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- - Graduate student earns prestigious NIH award to map unexplored brain region, study optic nerve regeneration
    Ubadah Sabbagh, a Virginia Tech translational biology, medicine, and health (TBMH) graduate student, has won a National Institutes of Health award that will fund his remaining TBMH predoctoral research and his future postdoctoral research. The award supports outstanding graduate students of underrepresented backgrounds in neuroscience research.
- - Students selected to present undergraduate research at ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference
    The group of Virginia Tech students was selected from a variety of disciplines to represent the university and share diverse research topics with their peers.
- - Virginia Tech graduate students selected to join competitive Society for Neuroscience program
    Amnah Eltahir and Alyssa Brunal-Brown, Virginia Tech graduate students at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, were accepted into the Society for Neuroscience’s fellowship and associate programs, respectively.
- - Class of 2019: Alyssa Johnson found her passion for research after coming to Virginia Tech from community college
    When Johnson walked across the stage in cap and gown as a 2014 high school senior in Manassas, Virginia, she had no idea that just a few years later she’d be preparing to make a similar walk across a stage as a graduating double major at Virginia Tech.
- - Virginia Tech Board of Visitors sets tuition and fees, advances new Ph.D. program in neuroscience
    During its quarterly meeting March 31-April 1, the board also approved the demolition of Holden Hall's north wing, selected student representatives for the coming year, and adopted resolutions for multiple faculty appointments and emerita/emeritus status.
- - Fralin Biomedical Research Institute to present the good, bad, and ugly at 7th Annual Brain School
    Experts will share insights and extraordinary facts during the series of community lectures and hands-on activities from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 11, through Thursday, March 14, at 2 Riverside Circle in Roanoke.
- - Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists link concussions to seizures, development of epilepsy
    Experiments by Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists show a strong relationship between changes in astrocytes after mild traumatic brain injury and the eventual occurrence of a seizure.
- - Renowned child development scientist to speak at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
    Martha Farah, a scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss "Socioeconomic Status and Brain Development: From Science to Policy" on Jan. 24 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. The lecture begins at 5:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
- - Researchers collaborating with National Institutes of Health to develop nonopioid drug for chronic pain
    Researchers from the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience are codeveloping a drug – now in its earliest stages – that can treat certain types of pain without the addictive consequences of opioids.
- - In memoriam: Paul Waites Youmans, research associate at Virginia Tech
    Youmans graduated with honors from the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech and quickly ascended through the ranks from laboratory technician to manager of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center
- - Scientists solve century-old neuroscience mystery; answers may lead to epilepsy treatment
    Since 1893, scientists have known about enigmatic structures called perineuronal nets wrapped around neurons, but the function of the nets remained elusive. Now, a research team led by Harald Sontheimer has determined the nets modulate electrical impulses in the brain.
- - Theatre Re examines memory, amnesia, and the power of the human experience
    Featuring physical theatre and compelling live music, “The Nature of Forgetting” comes to the Moss Arts Center on Wednesday, Nov. 14.
- - Virginia Tech leads $2.6 million study of brain trauma, epilepsy connection
    Virginia Tech is launching a $2.6 million study funded by the nonprofit Citizens United to Cure Epilepsy and the U.S. Department of Defense to determine if traumatic brain injuries can cause changes within the brain that lead to epilepsy.
- - Roanoke-based Virginia Tech graduate student selected as a Society for Neuroscience fellow
    Ubadah Sabbagh is a doctoral student in Virginia Tech's Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program.
- - Leaders mark construction milestone for VTC Biomedical Research Addition
    A crowd watched on Friday as a crane hoisted a steel beam four stories into the sky at the construction site for the Virginia Tech Biomedical Research Addition in Roanoke.
- - Virginia Tech’s molecular and cellular biology program welcomes first cohort
    The incoming class for the new interdisciplinary doctoral program is made up of seven students from diverse backgrounds with extensive research experience.
- - Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research hosting symposium in Northern Virginia
    The Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research will host its fourth annual Northern Virginia Autism Research Symposium Sept. 21 in Falls Church, Virginia, bringing experts in autism together with individuals with autism and/or their family members for a day of presentations and discussion.
- - New sequencing technology helps researchers understand brain cell development
    Using the Biocomplexity Institute's NovaSeq 6000, Michelle Olsen is forging new ground in the understanding of the development of astrocytes, crucial cells in brain health.
- - Class of 2018: Neuroscience graduate Dallece Curley is headed for year-long fellowship at Mayo Clinic
    When the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience first launched four years ago, incoming first-year student Curley was one of the first students to jump at the chance to be part of the new, one-of-a-kind program within the College of Science.
- - Compounds found in grapes, dark chocolate, coffee, and blueberries can be used to treat depression
    The finding — from a study published by a Virginia Tech researcher — does not mean that people who suffer from depression should eat a bar of dark chocolate or drink a bottle of red wine as self-treatment.

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