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Undergraduate students SURF into research this summer , articleNine 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 -
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GlycoMIP nurtures new research community around glycomaterials , articleAs 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 -
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TOUR Scholars visit the National Institutes of Health , articleThe 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 -
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Virginia Tech awarded grant to study lingering Lyme disease symptoms , articleThe 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 -
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Impact of Virginia Tech agriculture research highlighted before U.S. House subcommittee , articleAlan 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 -
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Q&A: Virginia Tech researchers discover new, more effective candidates for treatment of syphilis , articleNew 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 -
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Virginia Tech researchers conduct proof-of-concept study on mosquito scent preferences , articleUsing 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 -
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Looking into the lingering horrors of Lyme disease , articleBrandon 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 -
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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences honors students and faculty at the college’s 2023 commencement ceremony , articleNumerous students and faculty will be honored for their outstanding service, leadership, engagement, personal growth and development, and academics.
Date: May 08, 2023 -
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Class of 2023: Eric Truong found his footing as a first-generation student , articleTruong 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 -
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Class of 2023: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences celebrates departmental outstanding seniors , articleStudents are honored for their service, leadership, engagement, personal growth and development, and academics.
Date: May 05, 2023 -
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Jutras Lab awarded $1.2 million to create rapid and accurate Lyme disease testing , articleVirginia 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 -
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Veterinary college, Department of Corrections continue to benefit from two-decade partnership , articleAligned 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 -
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Anne M. Brown receives NSF CAREER award to use computational modeling to study amyloid interactions , articleWith 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 -
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Glenda Gillaspy honored with emerita status , articleA 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 -
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Virginia Tech researchers discover how bacteria make pancreatic cancer cells grow and move , articlePancreatic 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 -
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In its sixth year, College of Science Dean’s Discovery Fund supports wide array of research , articleThis 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 -
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Could stopping 'zzz's' prevent mosquitoes from spreading disease? , articleResearch 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 -
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Virginia 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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