“In my lab, we’re discovering the biochemical communication networks that control how cells behave. What I really love about this challenge is that cells are way more complicated than an aircraft carrier or an airplane. And so we need to … Read More
Two CVRC members, Karen Hirschi, PhD, and Lukas Tamm, PhD, received Research Achievement Awards from the University of Virginia on February 5. The awards were presented by President Jim Ryan, Executive Vice President and Provost Ian Baucom, and Vice President … Read More
Congratulations to Zuzanna Juskiewicz, Wyatt Schug, and Skylar Loeb from Isakson lab, Victoria Milosek from Owens lab, and Linyao (Elina) Zhou from Sun lab on their Fellowship Awards!! The UVA Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics (MPBP) is proud … Read More
When a foreign object gets stuck inside the human body, scar tissue begins to grow around it, preventing it from harming organs or tissues. This scarring, called fibrosis, can cause problem when the foreign object is a medical device, such … Read More
The CVRC’s Antonio Abbate, MD, PhD, recently appeared in a public service video alongside NHL pro Henrik Lundqvist. They discussed Lundqvist’s experiences with a heart condition, recurrent pericarditis, which is characterized by swelling in the sac-like tissue surrounding the heart. … Read More
The CVRC held its annual Robert M. Berne Lecture on November 7th, presented by Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD. Dr. Arispe is the Stephen Walter Ranson Professor and Chair of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School … Read More
On Sunday, October 27th, CVRC members ran the Haunted Heart 5K, a charity race to raise money for the American Heart Association (AHA). The event was organized and sponsored by Cardiovascular Training Grant participants. Approximately forty participants, many in Halloween … Read More
Kenneth Walsh, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine and resident faculty member of the Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, traveled to the Nobel Symposium in Physiology or Medicine in Cape Town, South Africa. On October 22nd, He presented his work, … Read More
New book gets beyond the bare bones and fleshes out how dinosaurs’ bodies may have functioned. When we think about the science of dinosaurs, it’s often about their looks. Did they have feathers? How did their bones fit together? What … Read More
Two alumni from the UVA School of Education and Human Development’s kinesiology programs, Colby Mangum and Austin Hogwood, were recently selected for the prestigious National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program. “This is a competitive program that awards productive scientists … Read More
