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- - Fralin Biomedical researchers shed light on how to protect optic nerve from genetic harm
    Virginia Tech scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute have developed a new insight about the most common form of inherited childhood blindness known as optic nerve hypoplasia.
- - Medical student seeks clues behind preeclampsia, a dangerous pregnancy condition
    Anisha Chada, a fourth-year medical student, will give an oral presentation on her research at the 2020 Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Medical Student Research Symposium on March 27.
- - Pioneering medical scientist will connect cancer care, reproductive health, and fertility at public lecture
    The lecture by Teresa Woodruff, director of Northwestern University’s Women’s Health Research Institute, will not occur this week and will be rescheduled.
- - Doctoral student named Society for Neuroscience Policy ambassador
    Ubadah Sabbagh, a doctoral candidate in Virginia Tech’s translational biology, medicine, and health program who conducts research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been selected as one of 10 members of the Society for Neuroscience to participate in the Society’s annual Capitol Hill Day on Thursday.
- - Matt Hulver named executive director of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute at Virginia Tech
    In his new role, Hulver will shape the vision and programs of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute by leveraging existing strengths and developing a strategic plan to enhance resources for Virginia Tech’s life sciences community.
- - Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC expansion moves forward
    Take a peek inside the new VTC Biomedical Research Addition, a 149,000-square-foot building slated for a grand opening in fall 2020 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke. The facility will be home to at least 25 new teams of Virginia Tech biomedical researchers specializing in cardiovascular research, obesity and metabolism, body-device interfaces, cancer, and more.=https://video.vt.edu/media/1_705f6u56
- - Fralin Biomedical Research Institute to explore how a baby’s brain develops at Brain School
    This 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.
- - Neuroscience innovator to show how technology can enhance memory and attention
    Studies led by upcoming Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture speaker, Adam Gazzaley, show that older adults can improve multi-tasking and memory using computer games. Gazzaley will present at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 27 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC in Roanoke.
- - iTHRIV announces statewide health research pilot projects recipients
    The 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.
- - Scientists explore new method to help people with alcohol use disorder
    New ways to help people resist the siren call of alcohol have not kept pace — which leaves health care providers stuck with the same intervention and rehabilitation options they have been using for decades. But now, Virginia Tech scientists are studying whether people battling alcohol use disorder might gain some relief by “pre-experiencing” the future.
- - Study seeks toddlers and infants who have had a stroke
- - New Virginia Tech startup seeks to use nano-capsules derived from milk to deliver heart drug
    Good things come in small packages. Launched by Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Robert Gourdie, The Tiny Cargo Co. will package vital heart medicine in nano-containers extracted from cow’s milk.
- - President Tim Sands: New decade offers great opportunity for Virginia Tech
    It is important to remember that we are one university, one interconnected network of campuses and a mission to serve our communities, the commonwealth, the nation, and the world.
- - Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists shed light on surprising visual development patterns
    The discovery shows for the first time that retinal cells recruit astrocytes to facilitate growth in visual processing brain regions.
- - Found in translation: National Institutes of Health leader to outline efforts to accelerate biomedical innovations
    Christopher Austin, director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health, will talk about "an era of massive collaboration coming in biomedical sciences to get more treatments to patients."
- - New compound could help improve heart attack recovery
    Robert Gourdie, a professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, is working on a way to limit the damage of hypoxic ischemic injury, allowing the nearby heart muscle cells to remain intact.=https://video.vt.edu/media/New+compound+could+help+improve+heart+attack+recovery/1_v8sx1uh2
- - TBMH students awarded Research!America microgrant, launch science outreach podcast
    Produced by Virginia Tech translational biology, medicine, and health graduate students training at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, the new "Big Lick of Science" podcast explores biomedical research and its relevance to your life and health.
- - Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists reveal neural basis of confirmation bias
    An international research team comprising neuroscientists at Virginia Tech and the University of London revealed brain mechanisms and functional regions that underlie confirmation bias — a phenomenon where people strongly favor information that reinforces their existing opinions over contradictory ones.
- - Class of 2019: Virginia Tech Rescue Squad member Rachael Ward has heart for service
    If 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.
- - Robert Gibson named business partnership development director for Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, LINK
    Gibson is responsible for developing and nurturing partnerships between Virginia Tech scientists and companies seeking to introduce cutting-edge health science discoveries from the lab to the marketplace.

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