Important paper on COVID-19 spread by Peter Kasson and Lynn Kamerlin getting world news coverage

7/8/2020

Shina C L Kamerlin, Peter M Kasson  Clinical Infectious Diseases, ciaa864,   Published: 01 July 202   Newsweek , Forbes , Jerusalem Post, UVa Today:   Lack of COVID-19 Lockdown…

We celebrate Mateusz Czub from Wladek Minor’s lab, recently awarded a Wagner fellowship

7/3/2020

Please join us in congratulating Mateusz Czub for earning the Robert R. Wagner Fellowship. In 1997, Bob and Mary Wagner established The Robert R. Wagner Fellowship Fund with the goal…

Congratulations to the Isakson Lab! In the course of 8 days, Dr. Brant Isakson and his Lab received a lot of great news…

4/4/2019

            In the course of 8 days, Dr. Brant Isakson and his Lab received a lot of great news: —Claire Ruddiman (2nd year Pharm student…

Congratulations! Excellence of Teaching Award for Dr. Barbie Pornillos

8/8/2018

Dr. Barbie Ganser-Pornillos is one of this year’s recipients of the University of Virginia School of Medicine Awards for Excellence in Teaching. Dean David S. Wilkes will recognize Dr. Ganser-Pornillos’…

Dean David S. Wilkes announces that Lukas Tamm, PhD, has been appointed as chair of the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, effective July 1, 2018.

7/9/2018

Dr. Tamm received his basic training in molecular biosciences at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland. He spent a year at Cornell University studying microtubules by electron microscopy…

Team led by Wladek Minor, PhD creates guide for the submicroscopic world inside us

5/24/2018

Wladek Minor's group has "established new guidelines for scientists mapping out the body molecule by molecule to help us better understand how our cells use metals such as iron and…

Minor Lab’s publication has been featured on the cover of Nature Protocols!

5/3/2018

Metals play a variety of essential roles in biological processes, but are often improperly modeled or misidentified in protein structures determined by various methods. The Minor Lab’s publication outlining the best…

C-ville article: Researching Ebola cure

2/2/2018

"Ebola. The flu. The common cold. None of them have cures, or even adequate prevention drugs because they evolve and splay into thousands—possibly millions—of varying strains each year."  Molecular Physiology…

We welcome Dr. Stefanie Redemann!

1/25/2018

Stefanie Redemann, Assistant Professor is joining our department and the Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology. The Redemann Lab is interested in uncovering and understanding the underlying principles of spindle…

Congratulations to Dr. Huiwang Ai!

10/17/2017

Dr. Ai is the winner of the 2017 American Chemical Society, Division of Toxicology,  Young Investigators Award.  Dr. Ai joined the Center for Membrane & Cell Physiology in August of…