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- - 2019 Kentland Farm Beef and Forage Day to offer latest techniques and practices for producers
    On Sep. 17, Virginia Cooperative Extension and the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will host the event, which will highlight current research projects at Kentland Farm, address subjects related to grazing practices and pasture management, and feature a farm tour.
- - Lynn Ann Smith named Outstanding Recent Undergraduate Alumna for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
    Smith began her career as a food safety specialist with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services before transitioning to the Virginia Department of Health, where she works as an environmental health specialist.
- - Search committee for Fralin Life Sciences Institute director announced
    Stefan Duma, executive director of Virginia Tech’s Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science, will chair the search committee.
- - Daniel Frank named Outstanding Recent Graduate Alumnus by Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Alumni Organization
    Daniel Frank, a 2009 doctoral graduate of entomology was named the Outstanding Recent Graduate Alumnus of Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
- - When invasive plants take root, native animals pay the price
    A Virginia Tech research team has discovered that native animals are diminishing as invasive plants gain a foothold in their habitats. Their study, which took place over a two-year period, is published in the journal Global Change Biology.
- - Researchers earn Presidential Early Career Awards
    Two Virginia Tech faculty are among the 314 recipients of the 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, which was last awarded in 2016.
- - iTHRIV, community groups partner to improve health of Virginians
    The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia has awarded a total of $80,000 in community health research grants to four multi-institutional biomedical research projects.
- - Virginia Tech researchers receive NIH grant to look at how oral bacteria contributes to colorectal cancer
    Colorectal cancer is the second most common form of cancer in the world, with rates about 30 percent higher in developed countries. It’s expected to cause 51,020 deaths in the United States during 2019.
- - Regenerative medicine breakthroughs may hold key to cures for a host of life-threatening ailments
    Kiho Lee and a multidisciplinary team of Virginia Tech researchers were awarded $241,500 by the National Institutes of Health for pioneering work in the field of regenerative medicine.
- - Tracy Rutherford appointed head of Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education
    Rutherford has served as associate department head of academic programs in the Texas A&M University Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications for the past three years and as associate department head of undergraduate programs since 2011.
- - Chromosome structure inspires intricate works of art
    Virginia Tech professors of entomology, computer science, and art are uncovering scientific solutions using an innovative mix of computational modeling and artistic vision.
- - Virginia 4-H teens borrow from the brains at Google to teach local kids computer science
    In a new $6 million collaboration between Google and National 4-H, 4-H teens like Terrance Hairston and Cameron Robertson are learning through a “teens as teachers” model to train local kids in computer science skills, and to pass the tools to teach CS on to more 4-H’ers in communities throughout their state.
- - Virginia Tech discovery could help boost $40 billion soybean industry
    A new article published by Virginia Tech researchers and graduate students has revealed that soybean root nodules harbor high abundances of atypical non-nitrogen fixing bacteria, a discovery that has the potential to improve the crop resilience and yield of the crop.
- - Researchers link energy metabolism in cells with changes in disease expression
    Virginia Tech scientists with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have revealed how different levels of a mitochondrial genetic mutation could cause a rare form of adult-onset diabetes in some people and a childhood-onset progressive neurodegenerative disorder in others.
- - Gabriel Pent named superintendent of Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Research and Extension Center
    Pent brings extensive knowledge of agricultural research and Extension programming.
- - Researcher discovers how mosquitoes integrate vision and smell to track victims
    Clément Vinauger has discovered new neurobiology associated with mosquito vision and sense of smell that explains how Aedes aegypti mosquitoes track their victims. These findings were recently published in the journal Current Biology.
- - Virginia Tech soil scientist partners with archaeologists to investigate Early Bronze Age civilization on the Isle of Man
    Researcher W. Lee Daniels is partnering with archaeologists on the Isle of Man to examine and analyze soils in order to help the team interpret when human influences give way to natural soils.
- - Rick Rudd reappointed Virginia Cooperative Extension Chair of Excellence in Community Viability
    Rudd, professor and head of the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, has gained national and international recognition in rural leadership development and viable rural communities.
- - iTHRIV research portal now open for faculty, students
    The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) portal is a new tool available to researchers and students at Virginia Tech who are interested in conducting research that will improve health outcomes across the commonwealth.
- - Virginia Tech alumna takes science to pageant stage
    Wearing a lab coat, goggles, and high heels, Camille Schrier performed an exploding chemistry demonstration as her talent in the Miss Virginia competition — and she won.

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