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Dear Colleagues,

It is my distinct pleasure to announce that the recipient of the ‘22/’23 Departmental Award for Excellence in Teaching goes to Dr. Martin Wu. This award is meant to recognize some combination of performance in the previous year and broader impacts to the curriculum. Please feel free to send him our congratulations and thanks.

Scientific breakthroughs don’t happen overnight, and they’re rarely the work of just one person. At top-rated research universities like UVA, the process of discovering new knowledge about the world can take teams of students and researchers working together for months, years and even decades to advance the boundaries of scientific knowledge.

A new paper from Chhavi Sood and other Siegrist lab members reports the role of Notch signaling in controlling neural stem cell proliferation during development.

Nutrient Limitation Mimics Artemisinin Tolerance in Malaria

Abstract: Mounting evidence demonstrates that nutritional environment can alter pathogen drug sensitivity. While the rich media used for in vitro culture contains supraphysiological nutrient concentrations, pathogens encounter a relatively restrictive environment in vivo.