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- - 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.
- - Biomedical, business, engineering students set for HS&T shark tank-style competition
    Teams will compete for $9,000 in prize money provided by the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Luna Innovations Inc., Carilion Clinic, the Apex Systems Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and the Woods Rogers law firm.
- - VTCRI scientists find that sensory neurons can be used to discover therapies for ALS
    Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute (VTCRI) scientists examined sensory neurons in cell cultures and in mice with ALS-causing mutant genes. They found that sensory neurons’ axons exhibit similar pathological changes found in motor neurons afflicted with ALS.
- - VTCRI scientist earns third concurrent grant from the National Cancer Institute to study breast cancer
    Deb Kelly, who is also an associate professor of biological sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, is working to better detect, prevent, and repair the mutations found in cancers related to the breast cancer susceptibility protein, BRCA1.
- - VTCRI scientists, Carilion clinicians first to identify perinexus in human heart
    The research team was led by Steven Poelzing, an associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, and Soufian AlMahameed, who was a clinician associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and the director of Carilion Clinic’s Center for Atrial Fibrillation at the time of data collection.
- - VTCRI wins award to develop test for mild traumatic brain injury, working with industry partners, University of Virginia
    The project has won the support of the Virginia Catalyst, which has awarded a $500,000 grant to the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute to further develop and commercialize a multi-modality system approach to aid in the diagnosis and management of mild traumatic brain injury, known as mTBI.
- - Kimberly Horn named associate vice president for clinical research collaboratives
    Horn will grow existing and develop new collaborative research programs between Virginia Tech and its primary clinical partner, Carilion Clinic, in partnership with other universities, health systems, federal agencies, private foundations, and appropriate industry partners.
- - President of nation’s largest health and science public education and advocacy organization to speak at VTCRI
    Mary Woolley, president and chief executive officer of Research!America, will speak at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute on April 5.
- - VTCRI addiction expert to inform White House panel on Tuesday
    Warren Bickel, an addiction neuroscientist with the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, will brief a group of White House officials on the latest behavioral decision science underlying drug addiction and intervention, particularly in terms of opioids.
- - Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute teams converge on strategies to defeat McCain’s form of brain cancer
    Research teams at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute from three colleges — Engineering, Science, and Veterinary Medicine — are developing new approaches to treat glioblastoma, the aggressive form of brain cancer recently diagnosed in U.S. Sen. John McCain.
- - National Institute of Mental Health director to discuss new approach to psychiatric illnesses
    Joshua A. Gordon will talk about efforts to understand and use neural circuits as potential pathways to target to treat depression, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric disorders.
- - Regenerative medicine researcher’s startup companies give hope to patients
    Sometimes it takes a researcher with a flair for entrepreneurship to translate a laboratory breakthrough into a medical treatment. Rob Gourdie, the director of the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute’s Center for Heart and Regenerative Medicine Research, uses "intrapreneurship" to translate laboratory breakthroughs into medical treatments.
- - Nationally recognized immunologist to discuss Bubble Boy disease and gene therapy on Thursday
    Warren J. Leonard, a National Institutes of Health Distinguished Investigator and elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, leads the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.
- - Virginia Tech researcher leads team that examines molecular-level problems of heart disease
    Associate Professor David Brown teamed with scientists from across the U.S. and Europe on a research project that could lead to new approaches for treating the No. 1 killer among men and women worldwide.
- - Researchers discover how breast cancer mutation in BRCA1 causes protein to self-destruct
    Of the more than 3 million people with breast cancer in the United Stated, about 10 percent carry an inherited mutation in their BRCA1 gene. In health, the gene is responsible for suppressing tumors. In disease, the gene goes terribly awry.
- - Within Reach program on careers in health care set for Nov. 21
    The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine is teaming up the with Jefferson College of Health Sciences, Virginia Western Community College, and Virginia Tech’s Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health program for the event.
- - Developmental and Translational Neurobiology Center to open at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
    Led by Michael Fox, an associate professor at the institute, the center will enhance existing strengths in cell and molecular neuroscience and create a collaborative community for scientists.
- - Virginia Tech partners with Nordic universities to host first international precision neuroscience conference
    The conference, set for Oct. 5-7, will bring together neuroscientists, clinicians, and national health science leaders from the National Institutes of Health, and thought leaders from the pharmaceutical industry in the United States and Nordic nations, including Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
- - Third class joins Virginia Tech’s translational biology, medicine, and health doctoral program
    The doctoral program is the Virginia Tech Graduate School’s largest interdisciplinary program, with more than 200 members of Virginia Tech’s Faculty of Health Sciences teaching and mentoring the students.
- - Research finds long-term heart attack risk to men who as children experienced parent's incarceration
    A parent’s incarceration has immediate, devastating effects on a family. Now, Virginia Tech and University of Toronto researchers say there’s a longer term risk: Men who as children experienced a family member’s incarceration are approximately twice as likely to have a heart attack in later adulthood in comparison to men who were not exposed to such a childhood trauma.

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