Two anonymous $25 million estate gifts are building momentum for UVA's Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology. The gifts also enabled UVA Health to top its $1 billion fundraising goal in UVA's Honor the Future campaign.

The grant will launch a community-led queen conch aquaculture facility in Eleuthera, The Bahamas, in partnership with The Island School’s Cape Eleuthera Institute. Focused on restoring declining queen conch populations—vital to Caribbean ecosystems and coastal food economies—the project is part of a larger mission to transform food systems and strengthen coastal resilience through sustainable aquaculture. It builds on the Queen Conch Lab’s growing network of 10 community-based farms across the Caribbean, underscoring the species’ importance to ocean health, food security, and cultural identity.

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) welcomed 7,800 physicians, technologists, pharmacists, laboratory professionals, scientists, industry leaders and patients this week at its 2025 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, themed “Accelerating the Cure.” With the rapid pace of evolution in the specialty, the meeting provided a key forum for sharing new research and ideas and building connections.