A Sponge that Could Give Wounded Soldiers a Fighting Chance
UVA professor George Christ teams with UC Berkeley professor Kevin Edward Healy to develop a hydrogel material that can be placed directly in wounds to make up for missing muscle mass.
New Training Grant Matches Computation and Modeling to Experimental Design
When Remziye Erdogan learned about the new Systems and Biomolecular Data Science Training Program designed to immerse students in the techniques of systems biology, she jumped at the chance to apply.
UVA's Exploration of New Frontier in Cancer Research Nets $12M Award
New research center, funded by the NIH's National Cancer Institute, to leverage UVA's expertise in cancer systems biology and biomedical data sciences.
Leading Tissue Regeneration Expert to Chair UVA’s Department of Biomedical Engineering
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.
A UVA Post-Doc Wants to Teach the Immune System How to Regenerate Tissue
First, He Needs to Catalog All the Fibroblasts
UVA Biomedical Engineers Aim to Mass Produce Muscle Cells for Treating Traumatic Injuries
Rachel Bour is part of a team that’s getting closer to helping the thousands of Americans who suffer from perm
The Start of Something Powerful
A new research internship program for undergraduates taps into talent pool for graduate student recruitment, while building ongoing collaborations.
UVA Alumnus Aims to Accelerate Breakthroughs as Head of New NSF Directorate
Alumnus Edwin Gianchandani intends to create stronger ties between research, manufacturing and the marketplace across the nation to develop and scale key technology areas.
Class of 2022: Garrett Johannsen
Johannsen wants to work on technologies to treat Type 1 diabetes.
UVA Engineering Graduate Students Earn Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Each five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support and an annual stipend and a cost of education allowance to help cover tuition and fees.