Moore Inventor Fellowship

Congratulations to Prof. Pompano and the whole lab on receiving the 2022 Moore Inventor Fellowship! As one of five annual recipients, she was awarded for the development of a microscope to observe the interactions between cells in order to develop pharmaceuticals and therapies to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases. Congratulations!!

http://as.virginia.edu/rebecca-pompano-wins-moore-inventor-fellowship

https://www.nbc29.com/2022/10/04/uva-professor-wins-moore-inventor-fellowship/

https://dailyprogress.com/uva-moore-inventor-fellow/collection_a5644c9e-4653-11ed-8ab2-fb791587bda7.html

Posted on October 11, 2022 and filed under Grants & Awards.

Chemistry Alumni Open House events

The Pompano lab was delighted to meet alumni from the Department of Chemistry, ranging from recent grads to folks who graduated 50 years ago. PhD student Sophie Cook presented a poster at the research fair, and Hannah Musgrove ran a booth about the Chemistry Science Communications booth. Later, Sophie led tours of our lab for interested alumni! Thanks all for visiting, and please let us know if you would like more information about our research.

Posted on October 7, 2022 and filed under Presentations, Outreach, Lab Updates.

Katerina wins a UVA Cancer Center fellowship!

Katerina Morgaenko, a PhD student in the Biomedical Engineering program, was awarded a 2022 Trainee Fellowship from the UVA Cancer Center. In her proposal, “Ex vivo Model of Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer,” She'll be making the first-ever model of tumor cell infiltration into the lymph node parenchyma, using lymph node slices. The award will support Katerina's training and research in this area. Big congratulations, Katerina!

Posted on August 25, 2022 and filed under Grants & Awards, Lab Updates.

Congratulations to Nadia Cheng with mentor Jonathan Zatorski and Dorienne Hochard with mentor Parris Anbaei for the nano-STAR Summer Fellowship!

Every year, nanoSTAR invites undergraduate students to apply to spend a summer in their UVA laboratory. They match students to nanoscience projects based on their interests and abilities and students will get hands-on laboratory experience while learning the subject. They will prepare for a culminating oral and poster presentations at the end of the program. We are proud of Nadia and Jon for winning this!

Posted on July 11, 2022 and filed under Grants & Awards, Collaborations, People.

Celebration for Lavoisier

Yesterday we celebrated Research Scientist Dr. Lavoisier Akoolo (3rd from left, 2nd row), who is moving into a leadership role in UVA's Biorepository & Tissue Research Facility. He has been a part of our group since October 2020, and made significant contributions to our understanding of cell behavior in lymph node slices during long term culture. We will miss him and wish him the best in his new position!

We had a great time outside with ice cream and delicious treats home-made by Djuro and Jon. Yum!

Pompano lab members, standing outside in front of a tree and posing for photo.
Posted on July 9, 2022 .

Sophie Cook Awarded the Sidney M. Hecht Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry for next year!

The Hecht Fellowship was established by Professor Sidney Hecht whose mid-career spanned 28 highly prolific and influential years in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Virginia. The Hecht Fellowship secures one full year of living support with a $2000 additional award as well as the standard healthcare and tuition & fees support. It goes to a single student each year based on excellence in their graduate studies and research. Congratulations Sophie!! This is well deserved.

Posted on February 18, 2022 and filed under People, Grants & Awards.