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Interested in learning about Lyme disease?Join Brandon Jutras, Lyme disease expert, as he discusses past and future challenges of Lyme disease, and what his team at Virginia Tech is doing to tackle this pervasive problem that impacts more than 400,000 Americans each year.
Date: Jul 02, 2020 -
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Recipients selected for inaugural Undergraduate Research Excellence Award , articleThis year’s Dennis Dean Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Conference, a day-long celebration of student research, offered students the opportunity to gain experience communicating their research or creative scholarship while engaging faculty and other students on an online platform.
Date: Jun 01, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech researcher receives grant from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation to study Lyme arthritis , articleWith the $661,216 grant, Brandon Jutras, an assistant professor of biochemistry in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will study Lyme arthritis, including the cellular component that contributes to it.
Date: May 21, 2020 -
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University Libraries’ student teams respond to White House call to action to analyze COVID-19 data , articleUniversity Libraries at Virginia Tech faculty members Anne M. Brown and Jonathan Briganti challenged their undergraduate data students in the library’s DataBridge program and the Bevan & Brown Lab to jump in and create tools and look for patterns and trends in COVID-19 research data using machine learning and molecular modeling.
Date: May 12, 2020 -
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Class of 2020: Biochemistry and biology major encourages students to gain experience while finding their own way , articleAstrid Meenan has advice for new Virginia Tech students: “Keep an open mind to opportunities. Don’t automatically think it’s not for you or that just ‘other people do that.' Virginia Tech opened so many opportunities for me.”
Date: May 01, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech researchers develop new COVID-19 tests to combat backlogs, shortages , articleVirginia Tech scientists have developed a new COVID-19 test and secured federal and state approvals to immediately begin processing samples at on-campus labs in Blacksburg and Roanoke.
Date: Apr 22, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech team leading the charge for student-driven innovation , articleThe university’s newest cohort of University Innovation Fellows is working to help their peers connect, collaborate, create, and prepare for the future.
Date: Mar 06, 2020 -
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Mosquitoes are drawn to flowers as much as people - and now scientists know why , articleResearchers have discovered the chemical cues that lead mosquitoes to pollinate a particularly irresistible species of orchid.
Date: Feb 11, 2020 -
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Graduate student receives first Mitzi L. Frank Memorial Scholarship to support cancer research , articleThe inaugural Mitzi L. Frank Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to Jesse Janoski, a first-year graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences, who is researching cancer and circadian rhythms.
Date: Feb 04, 2020 -
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Researcher receives NIH grant to study biomolecular interactions in hopes of informing drug design , articleJustin 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.
Date: Dec 20, 2019 -
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Researchers develop long-sought genetic system for unlocking mysteries of special deep-sea methanogen , articleResearchers 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.
Date: Dec 12, 2019 -
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Registration open for Kids’ Tech University, which connects researchers with students , articleHosted 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.
Date: Nov 26, 2019 -
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Miss Virginia 2019 Camille Schrier headlines this year’s Virginia Tech Science Festival and Nutshell Games , articleThe 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.
Date: Nov 07, 2019 -
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Researchers study the mechanisms behind learning and long-term memory in the brain , articleHehuang “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.
Date: Oct 01, 2019 -
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Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow studies methane-producing microorganisms , articleThe 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.
Date: Aug 23, 2019 -
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Virginia Tech researchers receive NIH grant to look at how oral bacteria contributes to colorectal cancer , articleColorectal 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.
Date: Aug 01, 2019 -
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Researcher discovers how mosquitoes integrate vision and smell to track victims , articleClément 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.
Date: Jul 19, 2019 -
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Carla Finkielstein and team honored with award for research into circadian rhythms and cancer , articleA 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.
Date: Jun 25, 2019 -
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Virginia Tech researcher discovers cellular contributor of Lyme arthritis that could open door to treatment , articleVirginia 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.
Date: Jun 17, 2019 -
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Twenty students awarded Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships , articleThe SURF program is designed to give students hands-on research experiences during a 10-week curriculum that mimics graduate training.
Date: Jun 14, 2019
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