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Using Computation to Explore Heart Regeneration
Read MoreJeff Saucerman temporarily sets modeling aside for high-throughput drug discovery
Saucerman temporarily sets modeling aside for high-throughput drug discovery, as he strives to identify molecular networks and control points that decide how the heart responds to...
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Summer Program Influences Student's Decision to Pursue Research
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When Ramon Castellanos, a BME at Florida International University, applied for a National Science Foundation-funded summer research program at the University of Virginia, he had...
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Beckman Scholar Connects Focused Ultrasound and Cancer Treatment
Read MoreOne student's journey from volunteer in the lab to independent undergraduate researcher
Ryan Clark has funding to conduct a 15-month, independent research project that could lead to better treatment for triple negative breast cancer.
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Approaching Tyrosine Phosphorylation as a Design Problem
Read MoreKristen Naegle brings computation and experimentation to bear on cell signaling
“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...
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University’s Data Sciences Focus Draws Leader in Machine Learning to UVA
Read MoreAidong Zhang adds machine learning expertise to biomedical data sciences at UVA
One measure of the success of UVA’s campaign to take its place as a national leader in the data sciences is its ability to attract highly regarded researchers to join the faculty...
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UVA Engineering's Ph.D. Enrollment Growth is Top in the United States
Read MoreTotal Graduate Enrollment Surges, Quality and Diversity Increase
Since 2015, UVA Engineering’s graduate program has grown significantly, while the quality of its incoming students has remained as high as ever.
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UVA Has Nation’s Highest Four-Year, Public Engineering School Grad Rate
Read MoreAt UVA Engineering, 84 Percent of Students Earn Bachelor’s Degrees in Four Years
UVA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science leads all public engineering schools in a survey of four-year graduation rates. Eighty-four percent of students who enroll in UVA’s...
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UVA Engineering Earns National Recognition for Focus on Diversity
Read MoreThe award was peer-reviewed by engineering college deans
The school is among the first in the country to earn a bronze award from the American Society for Engineering Education’s Diversity Recognition Program.
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Origins of Innovation: AgroSpheres
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Payam Pourtaheri and Ameer Shakeel met in their final year as biomedical engineering students at the University of Virginia (UVA), looking for one last research project that could help propel them into medical school. Three year later (and no medical school), their company AgroSpheres is...
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Math Saves Lives: Pioneering Research Could Pave Way for Microbe ‘Microbreweries’ Across State
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Greg Medlock is pioneering the bulk production of probiotics with the help of a $100,000 award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.