Congratulations to Jochen Zimmer and his lab on their publication in Nature

6/27/2022

Congratulations to Jochen Zimmer and his lab on the publication of the structure and mechanism of substrate recognition of hyaluronan synthase in Nature (). Hyaluronan is a ubiquitous acidic glycosaminoglycan…

Congratulating Ahmad Jomaa on the publication of his latest research article in Science

2/25/2022

We congratulate Assistant Professor, Ahmad Jomaa, for his latest research article published in the journal Science. Mechanism of signal sequence handover from NAC to SRP on ribosomes during ER-protein targeting…

Jochen Zimmer Named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

9/23/2021

We congratulate Jochen Zimmer for being named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator on September 23, 2021. The HHMI announcement can be found here.  Jochen is one of 33 outstanding…

Peter Kasson named 2021 Pinn Scholar for his timely project “Protecting against future pandemic viruses that don’t yet infect humans.”

3/31/2021

Pinn Scholars are mid-career faculty selected on the basis of their scientific expertise and research productivity, and contributions to the School of Medicine and to the greater research community, including…

Ai Lab develops improvement to fluorescent biosensors widely used in scientific and medical research.

10/20/2020

Congratulations to Dr. Huiwang Ai and his lab, on their new red-shifted biosensor paper published in Nature Chemical Biology and  highlighted in UVA Today by Science feature writer Josh Barney.…

Congratulations Dr. Minor: Testosterone discovery may explain low levels in men with diabetes.

3/29/2019

March 27, 2019 Josh Barney, jdb9a@virginia.edu UVa Today Scientists at the University of Virginia and elsewhere have mapped out how the body transports testosterone, and their surprising findings may explain…

Dr. Owen Pornillos, 2019 Class of Pinn Scholars

2/16/2019

Congratulations to Dr. Owen Pornillos who joined the 2019 Class of Pinn Scholars.  Pinn Scholars are selected on the basis of their scientific expertise and contributions to the School of…

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…

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…