Biomaterials, Biomechanics, and Biomanufacturing

Using a new $1.5 million grant from the American Heart Association and the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, University of Virginia researchers are embarking on an ambitious study, using innovative laboratory techniques, to delve into the working of the heart’s scaffolding – the “extracellular matrix...

Virtual Software Offers Life-Changing Option for Heart Failure Patients

Most of us take the beating of our hearts for granted. For many heart failure patients, however, those beats are not so reliable. In some, different portions of the heart contract...

2nd Annual UVA Advanced Biomanufacturing Symposium

On November 6, 8:15am to 4:00pm at Newcomb Hall, this meeting will bring together experts from industry and academia to discuss topics related to the research, technology...

Professors Richard Kent and Jeff Crandall, biomechanical engineers at the Center for Applied Biomechanics (CAB), have taken the principles involved in making cars safer and...

Position descriptions and application information for seven new postdoctoral training opportunities in UVA Biomedical Engineering labs.

UVA biomedical engineers are embarking on one of the most audacious reengineering projects in history—learning how to manufacture human tissues outside the body.

BME Professor Jeff Holmes is one of two investigators nationwide to receive a $1.5 million award from the American Heart Association and the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group's new "Distinguished Investigators" program. A collaboration with Dr. Sarah Ewald in Microbiology and Dr. Zunder...

Professors Saucerman and Holmes Team Up on New NIH RO1 Award

Dr. Saucerman and Dr. Holmes received a new joint grant from the NIH to study the systems biology of cardiac fibrosis.

UVA is one of seven universities working with the U.S. Army to develop crash test dummies that can closely predict how the human body would behave during an under-body blast – the type of blast generated when land mines or improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, explode beneath a vehicle.

Professional Development for PhD Students

The failure to train graduate students for non-academic careers has been the subject of much discussion in professional and popular publications. Going Pro is UVA's answer.