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- - Researcher receives NIH grant to study biomolecular interactions in hopes of informing drug design
    Justin Lemkul, an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, received a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how biomolecules fold and interact in an effort to inform better drug design for life-threatening diseases, especially neurodegenerative diseases.
- - Researchers develop long-sought genetic system for unlocking mysteries of special deep-sea methanogen
    Researchers have developed a genetic system for an ancient single-celled organism that resides in deep-sea volcanoes. The breakthrough could result in supplements that aid digestion in humans and animals.
- - Registration open for Kids’ Tech University, which connects researchers with students
    Hosted by the Fralin Life Sciences Institute in partnership with Virginia 4-H, Kids’ Tech University bridges the gap between scientists and kids to make science, technology, engineering, and mathematics more hands-on while investigating a variety of topics.
- - Miss Virginia 2019 Camille Schrier headlines this year’s Virginia Tech Science Festival and Nutshell Games
    The Virginia Tech Science Festival returns to campus for its sixth year on Nov. 16, with more than 100 free hands-on, minds-on learning interactive booths and activities that showcase dozens of science education and research programs throughout the university.
- - Researchers study the mechanisms behind learning and long-term memory in the brain
    Hehuang “David” Xie, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and his collaborators just published a new study in the journal Nature Communications.
- - Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow studies methane-producing microorganisms
    The Fralin SURF program is a 10-week training program designed to give motivated Virginia Tech undergraduates the opportunity to engage in full-time research and related professional development activities that mirror graduate training.
- - Virginia Tech researchers receive NIH grant to look at how oral bacteria contributes to colorectal cancer
    Colorectal cancer is the second most common form of cancer in the world, with rates about 30 percent higher in developed countries. It’s expected to cause 51,020 deaths in the United States during 2019.
- - Researcher discovers how mosquitoes integrate vision and smell to track victims
    Clément Vinauger has discovered new neurobiology associated with mosquito vision and sense of smell that explains how Aedes aegypti mosquitoes track their victims. These findings were recently published in the journal Current Biology.
- - Carla Finkielstein and team honored with award for research into circadian rhythms and cancer
    A team of Virginia Tech researchers led by Finkielstein, an associate professor in the College of Science, has been honored with the 2019 J. Shelton Horsley Research Award from the Virginia Academy of Science.
- - Virginia Tech researcher discovers cellular contributor of Lyme arthritis that could open door to treatment
    Virginia Tech biochemist Brandon Jutras has discovered the cellular component that contributes to Lyme arthritis, a debilitating and extremely painful condition that is the most common late stage symptom of Lyme disease.
- - Twenty students awarded Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
    The SURF program is designed to give students hands-on research experiences during a 10-week curriculum that mimics graduate training.
- - Three faculty members named to lead planning for university shared research facilities
    These three accomplished researchers are part of the inaugural cohort of the Faculty Fellows Program of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, which puts faculty leaders at the forefront of strategic research initiatives.
- - Ph.D. student uses computational biochemistry to tackle neurodegeneration, cancer, and premature aging
    In December 2018, Alexa Salsbury, a Virginia Tech graduate student in the Department of Biochemistry, received the Bruce M. Anderson Graduate Award for the Outstanding First-Year Biochemistry Graduate Student.