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UVA Discovery Could Ease Jet Lag, Improve Chemotherapy, Among Other Benefits
Miniature “guts in a dish” and advanced computer modeling to reveal how microscopic organisms that naturally live in our guts direct the timing of daily activities of the cells lining our intestines.
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UVA Health Awarded $15 Million to Better Understand Artery Hardening
The Leducq Foundation, which is dedicated to battling cardiovascular disease and stroke, has funded four projects worldwide for 2022. Two of those involve researchers here at UVA.
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UVA's Exploration of New Frontier in Cancer Research Nets $12M Award
Pioneers in Cancer Systems Biology will Establish a Center to Look Deep Inside Cells at the “Little Organs” of Cancer
New research center, funded by the NIH's National Cancer Institute, to leverage UVA's expertise in cancer systems biology and biomedical data sciences.
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Leading Tissue Regeneration Expert to Chair UVA’s Department of Biomedical Engineering
Shayn Peirce-Cottler’s Work Contributes to Improved Injury Healing and Disease Treatments
Her research focuses on tiny blood vessels that are one-tenth the diameter of a human hair, needed to regenerate tissues damaged by injury or disease.
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A Lifetime of Computing and Problem Solving
Q&A with Scott Acton, New Chair of UVA’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Acton's knowledge of the research enterprise and dedication to creating a meaningful student experience positions UVA Engineering for continued growth.
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Running With the Right Crowd
Collaborations Inspired Early-Career NIH Grant that Could Lead to Treatment Breakthroughs for a Range of Medical Conditions
Rachel Letteri is chemical engineering’s second early-career faculty member to earn the NIH Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award.
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A UVA Post-Doc Wants to Teach the Immune System How to Regenerate Tissue
First, He Needs to Catalog All the Fibroblasts
Biomedical engineering post-doctoral fellow Dan Abebayehu plans to tackle fibrosis by identifying different types of fibroblasts and determining how they work with immune cells.
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UVA Biomedical Engineers Aim to Mass Produce Muscle Cells for Treating Traumatic Injuries
Ph.D. Student Advances the Tissue Biomanufacturing Processes Needed to Scale Up Production
Rachel Bour is part of a team that’s getting closer to helping the thousands of Americans who suffer from permanent loss of skeletal muscle after injuries or diseases.
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The Start of Something Powerful
Chemical Engineering Labs at UVA Team with Hampton University on Collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates
A new research internship program for undergraduates taps into talent pool for graduate student recruitment, while building ongoing collaborations.
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For Women Struggling with Obesity or Diabetes, UVA Discovery May Help
Based on their new discovery, the UVA team was able to change whether female lab mice’s bodies stored fat subcutaneously (under the skin) or viscerally (wrapped around the organs). Visceral fat can be particularly harmful to good health.