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Quarantine boredom buster leads to budding small business , articleAt the start of the pandemic, back home in Chesapeake, Virginia, Jarred Green '20 had to find a way to fill his newly found free time. He had a table saw and a passion for craftsmanship. Both became his ticket to a new business venture.
Date: Sep 09, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech research sees continued growth , articleResearch expenditures are up and sponsored awards have increased by 15 percent, building upon the prior year’s expenditure total of $542 million, despite the impact of COVID-19 felt nationally by higher education institutes, according to preliminary fiscal year-end reports.
Date: Sep 04, 2020 -
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Geosciences’ Marc Michel switches from nanoparticles to 3D printing nasal swabs , articleMichel, an associate professor of geosciences, diverged from his normal path to lead a project involving numerous Virginia Tech faculty, alumni, and specialists from Carilion Clinic to use 3D printing to create nasopharyngeal swabs during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Date: Jul 14, 2020 -
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SCHEV approves new Ph.D. program in School of Neuroscience , articleBy the time it is fully operational, the number of total students in the program, set to launch in fall 2021, will be about 24. The program requires a minimum of 96 credit hours of coursework and research.
Date: Jul 13, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech scientists developing new strategy to thwart Alzheimer’s , articleSupported by a new, five-year, $2.8 million National Institutes of Health grant awarded to Harald Sontheimer, a glial neurobiologist at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, scientists are probing changes caused by aging in the circulatory system in the normal brain and Alzheimer’s disease brain.
Date: Jul 07, 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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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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Lauren Haacke named 2020 Undergraduate of the Year , articleFive years ago, Haacke suffered a traumatic head injury. Now, she is graduating from the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience as the winner of a Fulbright Scholarship and with the honor of being named the 2020 Virginia Tech Undergraduate of the Year.
Date: May 04, 2020 -
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Class of 2020: Ryan Nasser reflects on opportunities that set him on a path to medical school , articleNasser, a senior double majoring in neuroscience and creative writing, is not sure exactly where he will end up, but he knows he is on his way to becoming a physician.
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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Scientists reveal how brain tumors impact normally supportive cells , articleThe same brain cells designed to stop brain damage fail to support healthy neurons when a cancer grows. New research, led by Stefanie Robel and Harald Sontheimer at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, reveals how gliomas alter astrocytes, a cell type that helps protect neurons and is crucial to preventing seizures.
Date: Apr 01, 2020 -
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Medical student Christopher Liao’s research has potential implications for Alzheimer’s disease , articleAs many as 5.5 million Americans over the age of 65 may have Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive brain disorder that currently has no cure, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Date: Mar 25, 2020 -
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NIH director and breakthrough neuroscientist round out Precision Neuroscience Conference keynote roster , articleDirector of the National institute of Mental Health, Josh Gordon (right), and Virginia Tech’s VTC Vernon Mountcastle Research Professor, Read Montague, will join eminent headliners Carol Mason and Jan Hoeijmakers in Roanoke, Virginia, May 20–22.
Date: Mar 05, 2020 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute to explore how a baby’s brain develops at Brain School , articleThis year’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC Brain School speaker lineup features interactive presentations about what influences early brain development and how these factors relate to infant health.
Date: Feb 27, 2020 -
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iTHRIV announces statewide health research pilot projects recipients , articleThe Clinical and Translational Science Award partnership between Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, Carilion Clinic, and Inova Health System has awarded funding to four research projects.
Date: Feb 24, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech students win awards at Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students , articleMalikah Ajose and Jessica Gannon were honored for their outstanding presentations at ABRCMS - one of the largest communities of underrepresented minorities in STEM.
Date: Feb 13, 2020 -
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Neuroscience’s Mike Bowers seeks cause, cure for stuttering with help from Virginia Tech alumnus , articleNeuroscientists think they’ve identified four mutant genes behind stuttering and stammering, but they don’t yet know the connection, the why – a misfire, a miscommunication, a 1 where there needs to be a 0 – between those genes and difficulty in speaking.
Date: Jan 07, 2020 -
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Class of 2019: Virginia Tech Rescue Squad member Rachael Ward has heart for service , articleIf you’ve ever seen an Automated External Defibrillator on campus — or had to use one — you have the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad and the efforts of Ward and her team to thank.
Date: Dec 16, 2019 -
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Class of 2019: Virginia Tech Rescue Squad member Alyssa Case always ready to serve , articleCase has served in a number of roles within the squad, including as an attendant, assisting with patient care on emergency calls; as the former director of special projects; and currently as an ambulance driver.
Date: Dec 11, 2019 -
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Global Change Center partners with Hollins University to promote undergraduate research opportunities , articleThe partnership, continuing into its third year, pairs distinguished undergraduate students with Virginia Tech professors for a summer of unique research opportunities.
Date: Dec 02, 2019
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