Featured Discovery celebrates the impressive science findings and innovations taking place in the School of Medicine. This initiative is a way to highlight unique discoveries by our faculty and research staff, while demonstrating UAB’s national leadership in research.
The AMC 21 research steering committee selects Featured Discovery winners based on the following criteria:
- Nominee must be a current faculty member at the School of Medicine
- Discovery must be considered a high-impact
- Research scope and goals must be aligned with our missions
- Project must demonstrate collaboration and team science
- Research must be published in a prominent scientific journal
Nominate yourself or a colleague by clicking here.
Deciphering the exact breakpoints of structural variations using long sequencing reads with DeBreak
The Heersink School of Medicine communications staff sat down with Dr. Zechen Chong to gain insight into this study, UAB, and the science community.
Metagenomics of Parkinson’s disease implicates the gut microbiome in multiple disease mechanisms
The Heersink School of Medicine communications staff sat down with Dr. Haydeh Payami to gain insight into this study, UAB, and the science community.
TIAM1-mediated synaptic plasticity underlies comorbid depression-like and ketamine antidepressant-like actions in chronic pain
The Heersink School of Medicine communications staff sat down with Dr. Lingyong Li to gain insight into this study, UAB, and the science community.
Novel genetic loci associated with osteoarthritis in multi-ancestry analyses in the Million Veteran Program and UK Biobank
The Heersink School of Medicine communications staff sat down with Dr. Merry-Lynn McDonald to gain insights about the research of this study, UAB, and the science community.
A high-resolution 3D atlas of the spectrum of tuberculous and COVID-19 lung lesions
The Heersink School of Medicine communications staff sat down with Dr. Adrie Steyn to gain insights about the research of this study, UAB, and the science community.
TBX20 improves contractility and mitochondrial function during direct human cardiac reprogramming
The Heersink School of Medicine communications staff sat down with Dr. Yang Zhou to gain insight about this study, UAB, and the science community.
Resident macrophage subpopulations occupy distinct microenvironments in the kidney
The Heersink School of Medicine communications staff sat down with Dr. James George to gain insights about the research of this study, UAB, and the science community.
Selective suppression of melanoma lacking IFN-γ pathway by JAK inhibition depends on T cells and host TNF signaling
The Heersink School of Medicine communications staff sat down with Dr. Lewis Zhichang Shi to gain insights about the research of this study, UAB, and the science community.
Atomic view of the HIV-1 matrix lattice. Implications on virus assembly and envelope incorporation
The Heersink School of Medicine communications staff sat down with Dr. Jamil Saad to gain insights about the research of this study, UAB, and the science community.
Association of transthyretin val122Ile variant with incident heart failure among Black individuals
The Heersink School of Medicine communications staff sat down with Drs. Pankaj Arora and Vibhu Parcha to gain insights about the research of this study, UAB, and the science community.