Clayton Metz
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Video ItemCancer researchers team up against deadliest brain tumors in children , video
Experts from Children's National, Virginia Tech, and Columbia University join forces to explore new tactics to fight lethal childhood brain cancer.
Date: May 19, 2023 -
Article ItemInternational trainees selected for inaugural postdoctoral scholar program , article
Karthi Sreedevi and Xuansong Mao, postdoctoral associates at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, recently joined the new program created to help young professionals successfully launch their careers. They will receive additional training and support through the Research and Innovation Postdoctoral Scholars program.
Date: Apr 26, 2023 -
Article ItemEvent canceled - Scientist to provide insights from complex data that informs health policy in face of climate change , article
Francesca Dominici, co-director of Harvard University’s Data Science Initiative, will share research on environmental racism, air pollution exposure, wildfires, and COVID-19 vulnerability at the next Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture.
Date: Jan 13, 2023 -
Article ItemCardiovascular scientists to explore viral infection that can lead to sudden death , article
James Smyth, associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been awarded a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to discover why viruses that normally infect our lungs can turn deadly when they infect the heart.
Date: Nov 18, 2022 -
Article ItemFralin Biomedical Research Institute expands Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program , article
More than 30 undergraduate and high school students worked behind the curtain of biomedical research this summer at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Aug 16, 2022 -
Article ItemNeuroscientists will probe the functional brain circuitry that underlies learned preferences for tasty food , article
Sora Shin, an assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, will analyze the functional neuronal circuitry in the brain that lead to overconsumption of high-fat foods with new National Institutes of Health funding.
Date: May 24, 2022 -
Article ItemPioneer in brain-computer interface to speak at next Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture , article
Bin He will discuss the significance of this revolutionary work at a public lecture titled “Dynamic Brain Mapping and Brain-Computer Interface” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5. The presentation is free and open to the public at 2 Riverside Circle in Roanoke.
Date: May 02, 2022 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech science graduate students trade traditional communication for a blank canvas , article
On a Friday night in Roanoke, 27 Virginia Tech graduate students swapped pipettes for glue sticks, test tubes for glitter, and petri dishes for pencils at the first-ever Science on Canvas event, hosted by the Virginia Tech Communicating Science Club in partnership with the Taubman Museum of Art.
Date: Dec 20, 2021 -
Article ItemLeader in prenatal DNA screening to speak at next Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture , article
Diana Bianchi, director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, will give a virtual talk on Dec. 16, hosted by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Dec 03, 2021