Manning Institute’s biomedical ‘SPARK Tank’ has the goal of saving lives
Modeled after the reality show where entrepreneurs pitch investors, some of UVA’s top researchers are seeking funding for life-changing medical breakthroughs.
NCI-Funded SASCO Center Spotlights Findings in Breast, Colorectal Cancers and Glioblastoma
UVA’s Center for Systems Analysis of Stress-adapted Cancer Organelles (SASCO) recently held its annual symposium, hosting a pair of leading figures in breast cancer research and sharing findings including identification […]
New NIH Grant Could Lead to Better Research Tools and Less Reliance on Animal Testing
A University of Virginia researcher has received a five-year, $2.1 million National Institutes of Health grant to develop advanced laboratory tissue models that could improve drug testing, deepen scientists’ understanding of disease and reduce the need for animal testing.
Interest in Neuroscience Leads UVA Researcher to Alzheimer’s Insights That Could Improve Treatment
Kareem El-Ghazawi, a graduating Ph.D. student in the UVA Department of Biomedical Engineering, found evidence that pericytes play a larger role in Alzheimer’s disease than previously recognized. His findings will be published in Nature’s Communications Biology.
UVA Engineering Researcher Earns $1.1M NIH Award To Advance Single-Cell Analysis and Disease Detection
A University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science faculty researcher earned a major new federal grant to develop emerging tools to work with some of the rarest circulating cells in the human body, a step toward better treatments for diseases such as cancer and infection.
UVA Researcher Craig Meyer Honored with ISMRM Gold Medal for Lifetime Contributions to MRI Innovation
A University of Virginia professor at the forefront of MRI technology is the recipient of a career-spanning award from the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
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Shooting for the Stars: UVA Lab’s New Gene Therapy May End Pediatric Seizures
When University of Virginia graduate student Caeley Reever came across the word “stellular” – “little star” in Latin – she and UVA anesthesiology professor Manoj Patel knew they had the perfect name for their startup company.
Stellula Therapeutics is centered around developing a gene therapy for a rare pediatric genetic epilepsy disorder, SCN8A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy.
Analysis Reveals Path to More Effective Probiotic Supplements
UVA researchers led by Jason Papin, PhD, analyzed more than 350 over-the-counter probiotics sold at the three largest pharmacy chains in the United States – CVS, Walgreens and Walmart.
University of Virginia Signs Master Research Collaboration Agreement with AstraZeneca to Accelerate Pre-Clinical Innovation
The University of Virginia (UVA) today announced the signing of a Master Research Collaboration Agreement with AstraZeneca designed to expedite…
Engineering Hope with 3D Printing and Soft Materials
While printing organs may sound like technology of the future, Associate Professor and Copenhaver Fellow in the School of Engineering Liheng Cai has created a method to do so using voxel bioprinting.