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iTHRIV requests proposals for NIH-funded pilot grants , articleThe Clinical and Translational Science Award partnership between Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, Carilion Clinic, and Inova Health System is now accepting applications for the 12-month Pilot Translational and Clinical Studies Program.
Date: Jul 01, 2020 -
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Professor Michael Renardy named Class of 1950 Professor Emeritus in the College of Science , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 1986, Renardy made significant contributions to mathematics and brought international visibility to Virginia Tech through his research in fluid mechanics.
Date: Jul 01, 2020 -
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COVID-19 research projects propelled by Rapid Response Seed Fund , articleTo support COVID-related research and provide immediate support for Virginia Tech researchers, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation collaborated with Virginia Tech institutes and colleges to establish a COVID-19 Rapid Response Seed Fund. As a result, nine projects were selected for funding.
Date: Jun 26, 2020 -
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Delegation represents Virginia Tech at annual U.N. climate change conference , articleTwo undergraduate students accompanied four faculty members to the conference in Madrid in December.
Date: Jun 25, 2020 -
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Scientists discover cellular structure of poorly understood visual brain region , articleThe brain’s ventral lateral geniculate nucleus receives signals from the eye, but it is not associated with classical image-forming. In a new study, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC neuroscientists reveal newly identified brain cell subtypes unique to this region that form a striking layered formation.
Date: Jun 24, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech cancer researcher Carla Finkielstein to join Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC , articleFinkielstein, a molecular biologist and an associate professor in the College of Science, will join the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC on July 1. Her laboratory, which studies how circadian rhythms are involved in breast cancer progression, will move to the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke.
Date: Jun 23, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech graduate student co-organizes #BlackBirdersWeek , articleAmber Wendler, a biological sciences Ph.D. student in the College of Science studying the behavior of tropical birds, was one of the organizers of #BlackBirdersWeek, a social media movement that took place from May 31 to June 6.
Date: Jun 18, 2020 -
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Acclaimed neuroscientist to head Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC's Center for Neurobiology Research , articleAnthony-Samuel LaMantia, a developmental neurobiologist and a professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been named the new director of the institute’s Center for Neurobiology Research, according to Michael Friedlander, executive director of the research institute and Virginia Tech vice president for health sciences and technology.
Date: Jun 16, 2020 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists confirm usually benign virus attacks the heart’s electrical system , articleVirginia Tech researchers made their findings via first-of-their-kind experiments to observe adenovirus effects on human heart cells in a culture dish.
Date: Jun 16, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech students find timely parallels between the coronavirus pandemic and the 1918 influenza pandemic , articleStudents in a Virginia Tech history course presented in-depth research on the 1918 flu pandemic in a National Library of Medicine videocast as part of the library’s ongoing partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Date: Jun 16, 2020 -
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Students focus on COVID-19 impacts on sustainability, education, and society , articleStudents in the urban computing graduate certificate program gave their group presentations via Zoom at the end of semester 2020 Spring Retreat.
Date: Jun 16, 2020 -
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Academic Advising Academy cohort finds new ways to support students, each other despite pandemic , articleOffered through Academic Advising Initiatives, the Academic Advising Academy is a semester-long hybrid training and development program for academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
Date: Jun 15, 2020 -
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Department of Statistics’ Robert Gramacy named Fellow by American Statistical Association , articleGramacy focuses his research on real-data analysis where current solutions are inefficient and thus skimp on fidelity.
Date: Jun 15, 2020 -
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Feminist activism goes online to support a home for abandoned children , articleA sociology class in feminist activism took its fundraiser online to support Aarti for Girls in Kadapa, India.
Date: Jun 12, 2020 -
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College of Science student selected as associate editor for prestigious undergraduate research publication , articleOlti Myrtaj says the decision to do undergraduate research was an easy one, in no small part because he enjoys asking questions and autonomously exploring problems. He has big plans to expand accessibility for those interested in physics and mathematics research.
Date: Jun 10, 2020 -
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Ice, ice, maybe: Neutrino anomalies in Antarctica explained by physics’ Ian Shoemaker , articleA new research paper co-authored by a Virginia Tech assistant professor of physics provides a new and likely far simpler explanation for two recent strange events that occurred in Antarctica – high-energy neutrinos appearing to come up out of the Earth on their own accord and head skyward.
Date: Jun 09, 2020 -
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Michael A. Fox named new director of Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience , articleFox, director of the Center for Neurobiology Research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, will move from his current leadership position into a new role as director of the School of Neuroscience, taking over a position held by founding director Harald Sontheimer.
Date: Jun 08, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech drug researcher develops ‘fat burning’ molecule that has implications for treatment of obesity , articleSantos and his colleagues have recently identified a small mitochondrial uncoupler, named BAM15, that holds promise for future treatment and prevention of obesity, diabetes, and especially nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, a type of fatty liver disease.
Date: Jun 05, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approves 2020 promotions, tenure, continued appointments , articleThe Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved the following promotions, tenure, and continued appointments at its June 2 meeting.
Date: Jun 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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