Postdoctoral Association
About
Established by our Department Chair Dr. Ling Qi in 2023, the Postdoctoral Association of the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics is spearheaded by postdoctoral fellows and associates. Our primary goal is to enhance communication and engagement within our postdoc community. We endeavor to cultivate an atmosphere where postdocs can connect with both faculty members and peers, offering resources and assistance for career progression and transitions. Additionally, we provide a platform for showcasing the work and accomplishments of our postdocs. Please join us!
Contact Information: mpbp_pa_committee@virginia.edu
Committee members:
Committee members:
Faculty Advisor: Ahmad Jomaa, PhD
Chair: Huilun (Helen) Wang, PhD (Qi Lab)
Current Members:
Tyler Reagle, PhD (Whitlock Lab)
Yinghui Wang, PhD (Bao Lab)
Xiaoqiong Wei, PhD (Qi Lab)
Mauricio Torres, PhD (Qi Lab)
Hong-Yin Wang, PhD (Levental Lab/Whitlock Lab)
Past members:
Carolyn R. Shurer, PhD (Levental Lab) 2023-2025
Preeti Verma, PhD (Zimmer Lab) 2023-2024
Randall T. Schirra, PhD (Kenworthy Lab) 2024
Liangguang (Leo) Lin, PhD (Qi Lab) 2023
Zdravka (Ava), Daneva, PhD (Sonkusare Lab) 2023
Special Events:
6/20/2025 – Ice Cream Social
Sheridan G. Snyder Translational Research Building
Past Seminars
4/17/2026 – Title: Translational Genomics in Lung Diseases
Friday, April 17th, 2026, at 2 PM Snyder Room 313/314
Anny Xiaobo Zhou, PhD, Director of the Center for Translational Genomics, Department of Medicine, UVA
3/20/2026 – Title: From Hit to Human: Navigating the Small Molecule Discovery Gauntlet
Friday, March 20th, 2026, at 2 PM Snyder Room 313/314
Jetzte J. Tepe, PhD, Director of Drug Discovery Services, Comprehensive Cancer Center, UVA
2/20/2026 – Title: Town Hall
Friday, February 20th, 2026, at 2 PM Snyder Room 313/314
Ling Qi, PhD, Professor and Chair of MPBP, UVA School of Medicine
Jon Stafford, Chief Operating Officer of MPBP, UVA School of Medicine
1/9/2026 – Title: Driving Discoveries using the Genome Analysis and Technology Core Research-Ready Tool Kits: bridging read lengths from fragments to full genome.
Friday, January 9th, 2026, at 2 PM Snyder Room 313/314, Katia Sol-Church, PhD, Director of Genome Analysis and Technology Core, School of Medicine, UVA
11/14/2025 – Title: Biostatistics for In-vivo, Ex-vivo, In-vitro and Pilot Studies
Friday, November 14th, 2025, at 2 PM Snyder Room 313/314, Sarah J. Ratcliffe, PhD, Vice Chair for Research, Departmet of Public Health Sciences, UVA
9/26/2025 – Title: Identification of the Mitochondrial Na/Ca Exchanger TMEM65 and its Role in Cardiac Ischemia Reperfusion in Injury
Friday, September 26th, 2025, at 2 PM Snyder Room 313/314, Julia Chen, Lab specialist, Tsai Lab, MPBP, UVA
8/8/2025 – Title: Investigator’s Eye — Using visual art to improve biomedical research
Friday, August 8th, 2025, at 2 PM Snyder Room 313/314
Jordan Love, PhD, The Museum’s Carol Angle Academic Curator
Marcia Day Childress, PhD, Professor emerita of medical education, Center for Health Humanities and Ethics, UVA School of Medicine
Donna Chen, MD, MPH, Professor of Phychiatry and Public Health Sciences, Center for Health Humanities and Ethics, UVA School of Medicine
7/25/2025 – Title: Tau aggregation and RNA Dysregulation in Alzheimer’s Disease
Friday, July 25th, 2025, at 2 PM Snyder Room 313/314 Lulu Jiang, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG), UVA School of Medicine
6/13/2025 – Title: Macrophage Peroxisome Function in Disease and Aging
Friday, June 13th, 2025, at 2 PM Snyder Room 313/314 Xiaoqin Wei, PhD, Research Scientist, Carter Immunology Center, UVA School of Medicine
5/9/2025 – Title: Repurposing Proteins to See Molecules: A Guide tour for creating a genetically encoded Biosensor through Protein Engineering
Friday, May 9th, 2025, at 3 PM Snyder Room 313/314 Zefan Li, PhD, Research Scientist, Ai Lab, MPBP, UVA School of Medicine
4/11/2025 – Title: Grant Deadlines Are Closer Than They Appear: A Survival Guide
Friday, April 11th, 2025, at 3 PM Snyder Room 313/314 Kim Pate & Ann Adams, Grants and Contracts Specialist, MPBP, UVA School of Medicine
3/14/2025 – Town Hall
Friday, March 14th, 2025, at 3 PM Snyder Room 313/314 Ling Qi, PhD, Professor and Chair of MPBP, UVA School of Medicine
2/14/2025 – Artificial Intelligence-based Protein Function Annotation
Friday, February 14th, 2025, at 3 PM Snyder Room 313/314 Chengxin Zhang, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
University of Michigan
1/10/2025 – Navigating The Postdoc to Faculty Transition: Thoughts on K99 and Faculty Applications
Friday, January 10th, 2025, at 3 PM Snyder Room 313/314 Jarred M. Whitlock, PhD, Assistant Professor, MPBP, UVA School of Medicine
11/8/2024 – Metabolism Meets Translation: Cryo-EM Structure of Human SerRS/SIRT2 Complex
Friday, November 8th at 3 PM Snyder Room 313/314 Jie Yang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, UVA School of Medicine
10/15/2024 – The nascent polypeptide-associated complex (NAC) orchestrates protein biogenesis on the ribosome
Friday, October 15th at 11:30 PM Snyder Room 313/314 Alfred Lentzsch, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
9/20/2024 – From Ice to Insight: The Power of Cryo-Electron Microscopy
Friday, September 20th at 3:00 PM Snyder Room 313/314 Preeti Verma, Research Scientist, Zimmer Lab, UVA Medical School
8/16/2024 – MPBP-PA workshop lecture: Use CRISPR to generate your model – what can CRISPR achieve now?
Friday, August, 16th at 3:00 PM Snyder Room 313/314 Jason Li, Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP, M1), UVA medical School
7/19/2024 – 2024 MPBP PA Annual Symposium: When physiology meets biophysics: Emerging mechanisms and rare diseases, McLeod Hall
6/7/2024 – Postdoc Voices Luncheon
Friday, June 7th at 12:00pm Snyder 313/314
We invited Dr. Bimal Desai to join our luncheon to discuss and improve the postdoctoral experience within our department and university
5/10/2024 – Designer nanodiscs to probe and reprogram membrane biology
Friday, May 10th at 3:00 PM Snyder Room 313/314 Dr. Huan Bao Associate Professor of MPBP, UVA Medical School
4/12/2024 – MPBP-PA workshop lecture: Lipids of the life, by the life, and for the life
Friday, April 12th at 3:00 PM Snyder Room 313/314 Dr. Hong-Yin Wang Research Scientist, Levental Lab, UVA medical School
3/08/2024 – Clearance of dying cells: Life beyond death
Friday, March 8th at 3:00pm Snyder Room 313/314 Dr. Sho Morioka Assistant Professor of Medicine Nephrology, UVA Clearance of dying cells: Life beyond death
Symposium
2024 MPBP PA Annual Symposium
Friday, July, 19th 2024
When physiology meets biophysics: Emerging mechanisms and rare diseases
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Funding Opportunities
Available Funding Discovery Tools: https://research.virginia.edu/research-development/funding-discovery-tools
Internal: Professional Development Award