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Article ItemUndergraduate students SURF into research this summer , article
Nine undergraduate students were paired with Fralin Life Sciences Institute-affiliated faculty mentors for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program, a 10-week training program designed to give motivated undergraduates full-time research experience that mirrors real-world graduate work.
Date: Sep 13, 2023 -
Article ItemGlycoMIP nurtures new research community around glycomaterials , article
As one of four Materials Innovation Platform programs in the United States, GlycoMIP has been cited more than 169 times in more than 60 research publications and integral to numerous student-focused programs to support future generations of glycomaterials scientists.
Date: Aug 01, 2023 -
Article ItemTOUR Scholars visit the National Institutes of Health , article
The Translational Obesity Undergraduate Research Scholars Program is a research-intensive summer experience that prepares students for graduate and medical education in translational obesity research.
Date: Jul 25, 2023 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech awarded grant to study lingering Lyme disease symptoms , article
The National Institutes of Health awarded a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences researcher $2.7 million to understand how the cell wall of the Lyme disease-causing pathogen makes people sick.
Date: Jul 07, 2023 -
Article ItemImpact of Virginia Tech agriculture research highlighted before U.S. House subcommittee , article
Alan Grant, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, highlighted USDA’s impact on the college, including the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and Virginia Cooperative Extension, to the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Date: Jun 14, 2023 -
Article ItemQ&A: Virginia Tech researchers discover new, more effective candidates for treatment of syphilis , article
New candidates for the treatment of syphilis have been validated in a laboratory setting with several being more effective than what is currently used to treat the infection.
Date: Jun 01, 2023 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech researchers conduct proof-of-concept study on mosquito scent preferences , article
Using scented soaps, Virginia Tech researchers found that the smell of certain body soaps could make humans more or less attractive to mosquitoes.
Date: May 16, 2023 -
Article ItemLooking into the lingering horrors of Lyme disease , article
Brandon Jutras and the Jutras Lab were recently awarded a National Institutes of Health grant for more than $2 million to investigate why symptoms of Lyme disease linger long after the initial infection in some people.
Date: May 10, 2023 -
Article ItemCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences honors students and faculty at the college’s 2023 commencement ceremony , article
Numerous students and faculty will be honored for their outstanding service, leadership, engagement, personal growth and development, and academics.
Date: May 08, 2023 -
Article ItemClass of 2023: Eric Truong found his footing as a first-generation student , article
Truong also received the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Ut Prosim Award, which is presented annually to a graduating senior in the college.
Date: May 05, 2023 -
Article ItemClass of 2023: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences celebrates departmental outstanding seniors , article
Students are honored for their service, leadership, engagement, personal growth and development, and academics.
Date: May 05, 2023 -
Article ItemJutras Lab awarded $1.2 million to create rapid and accurate Lyme disease testing , article
Virginia Tech researcher Brandon Jutras envisions a the possibility of a rapid, at-home test for Lyme disease with support of a $1.3 million award from the Department of Defense.
Date: May 01, 2023 -
Article ItemVeterinary college, Department of Corrections continue to benefit from two-decade partnership , article
Aligned by the common goal of improving Virginia agriculture, the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and the Virginia Department of Corrections continue to reap the benefits of a partnership now more than two decades old.
Date: Mar 15, 2023 -
Article ItemAnne M. Brown receives NSF CAREER award to use computational modeling to study amyloid interactions , article
With the five-year, $800,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award, Brown will use her molecular dynamics simulation expertise to shed more light on the differences between amyloids that harm and those that don’t.
Date: Feb 21, 2023 -
Article ItemGlenda Gillaspy honored with emerita status , article
A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1998, Gillaspy conducted seminal biochemical and molecular genetic research and was a mentor and role model for women in science to both female students and faculty and, in particular, other female department heads.
Date: Nov 22, 2022 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech researchers discover how bacteria make pancreatic cancer cells grow and move , article
Pancreatic cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Several characteristics make the disease difficult to treat, including its ability to suppress the immune system and its complex location and structure, which complicate surgery and chemotherapy delivery.
Date: Oct 18, 2022 -
Article ItemIn its sixth year, College of Science Dean’s Discovery Fund supports wide array of research , article
This year’s grants exceed $160,000 for projects focused on cancer research, battery materials, inflammatory bowel disease, age-related distractibility, the development of antibiotics, and more.
Date: Oct 18, 2022 -
Article ItemCould stopping 'zzz's' prevent mosquitoes from spreading disease? , article
Research being conducted in Virginia Tech's Department of Biochemistry is examining how sleep-deprivation may affect mosquitoes’ ability to find human hosts or even stop their ability to spread disease.
Date: Oct 05, 2022 -
Video ItemFinding new ways to control mosquitoes through sleep-deprivation , video
Diseases spread by mosquitoes cause hundreds of thousands of deaths every year. Assistant professor of biochemistry, Clément Vinauger, is researching how sleep-deprivation in mosquitoes could help control the spread of these diseases.
Date: Sep 08, 2022 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech biochemistry alumnus William 'Bil' Clemons elected to National Academy of Sciences , article
“The accomplishment highlights the fortunate support I’ve had throughout my career going back to my days as a biochem undergrad at Virginia Tech,” said Clemons, who is currently a professor of biochemistry in the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.
Date: Jul 21, 2022
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