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3 Faculty, 2 Disciplines, Multiple Schools

Nine new BME projects were just funded by 3 Cavaliers, a UVA seed fund that provides rapid seed funding for collaborative research.

In this Issue: Phil Bourne: Rethink Your Relationship to Data Science

Program Dates May 20 - August 2, 2019

A rigorous schedule of seminars, independent research, and clinical immersion prepares young scientists and engineers to build an interdisciplinary research pipeline for diabetes...

Become Immersed

BME Majors work alongside third-year medical students in their clinical rotations. The goal is to immerse undergraduates in clinical settings, where they will identify unmet...

The Virginia iGEM team presented “Quorus," a novel synthetic gene network that enhances the productivity of bacteria-based bio-manufacturing. Applications are being accepted for the 2019 team!

New Senior Faculty Hire

“I am very excited to be part of a department whose faculty members routinely use data- and computationally driven approaches to gain insight into biological problems," says...

Accelerating Tissue Engineering

Highley uses 3D bioprinting to ask and answer more interesting biological questions.

The tiny bacteria that live on and inside us are tremendously important for our health and well-being, affecting everything from our mood to the risk of autism. But understanding how those multitudes of microbes interact – and how they influence human health – is a gargantuan task.

A Course in Convergent Systems-Level Thinking

Teaches a way of thinking about science that particularly resonates with students interested in biomedical data sciences and systems biology.

Panels explored why women entrepreneurs are important for global change

The Society of Women Engineers at UVA marked Women Entrepreneurship Week with help from abroad.