Postdoctoral Association

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, engagement, and diversity within our postdoc community. We endeavor to cultivate an inclusive 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

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)

Carolyn R. Shurer, PhD (Levental Lab)

Hong-Yin Wang, PhD (Levental Lab/Whitlock Lab)

Past members:

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

5/9/2025 – Title: TBD

Friday, May 9^th, 2025, at 3 PM Snyder Room 313/314 Zefan Li, PhD, Research Scientist, Ai Lab, MPBP, UVA School of Medicine

4/11/2025 – Title: TBD

Friday, April 11^th, 2025, at 3 PM Snyder Room 313/314 Kim Pate, Grants and Contracts Specialist, MPBP, UVA School of Medicine

3/14/2025 – Town Hall

Friday, March 14^th, 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 14^th, 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 10^th, 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 8^th 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 15^th 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 20^th 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, 16^th 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 7^th 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 10^th 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 12^th 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

2024 MPBP PA Annual Symposium

Friday, July, 19^th 2024

When physiology meets biophysics: Emerging mechanisms and rare diseases

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