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Bird feeding may give humans something to chirp about , articleAshley Dayer and a team of researchers at Virginia Tech and beyond are working to develop a deeper understanding of the relationship between bird feeding and human well-being.
Date: Dec 05, 2023 -
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External fellowships open doors for graduate students , articleGraduate students likely are familiar with the ways in which their colleges, programs, and labs provide financial support for them, but they may be far less aware of funding sources beyond Virginia Tech.
Date: Nov 17, 2023 -
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Forget social distancing: House finches become more social when sick , articleMarissa Langager, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science, led a new study about the social behavior of sick house finches.
Date: Nov 15, 2023 -
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Happy Halloween: Spooky news and fall favorites , articleGhosts and goblins gather round for some scary stories, spooky science, tips, and trends to help you make the most of the fall season.
Date: Oct 30, 2023 -
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Caribbean parrots are relics of human-driven millennial-scale extinction, research shows , articleJulie Allen, assistant biological sciences professor, co-authored a paper about changes in parrot diversity after the arrival of humans in the Caribbean.
Date: Oct 23, 2023 -
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Interdisciplinary team receives $5 million grant to explore COVID-19 virus ecology at the human-animal interface , articleVirginia Tech researchers will explore the risk of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infections in wildlife communities and how those risks could affect humans.
Date: Oct 20, 2023 -
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Biological science’s Daniela Cimini named College of Science Faculty Fellow , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2005, Cimini serves as associate head and graduate program director of the Department of Biological Sciences. She has been instrumental in building the department’s program in cell and molecular biology and imaging.
Date: Oct 20, 2023 -
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Graduate students vie for top prizes in science fair with a twist , articleElementary students judged Virginia Tech graduate students' research presentations at the Flip the Fair event held at the Melrose Branch Library in Roanoke.
Date: Oct 17, 2023 -
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Carla Finkielstein named Roger H. Moore and Mojdeh Khatam-Moore Dean’s Faculty Fellow , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2005, Finkielstein currently serves as the associate director of research of the Academy of Integrated Science in the College of Science and as interim co-director of the Virginia Tech Cancer Research Alliance.
Date: Sep 29, 2023 -
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Liwu Li named College of Science Faculty Fellow , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2005, Li serves as the director of the Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at Virginia Tech.
Date: Sep 22, 2023 -
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Not all viruses are harmful , articleAn assistant professor of biological sciences, Bryan Hsu received a five-year $1.9 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to develop a model to test the role of viruses attacking bacteria within the gut microbiome.
Date: Sep 22, 2023 -
Video ItemTales from the Galapagos: Study Abroad Spring 2023 , video
In this captivating journey, join Professors Ignacio Moore and William Hopkins—experts in Biological Sciences and Fish and Wildlife Conservation, respectively—as they guide a diverse group of Hokies on an extraordinary study abroad adventure to the Galapagos Islands. From students majoring in various academic disciplines to the unique wildlife encounters, this trip offers an unparalleled educational experience you won't want to miss.
Date: Sep 21, 2023 -
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‘The real deal’: Students thrive and grow in summer hands-on research experiences , articleThis was the seventh summer of programs aimed at engaging and training the next generation of scientists. This year, 34 students from colleges in Virginia, North Carolina, and as far away as California, and from five area high schools, participated in summer undergraduate research fellowship programs at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Sep 20, 2023 -
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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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In memoriam: Jack Cranford, emeritus associate professor of biological sciences , articleCranford was internationally known for his research in the field of ecology of small mammals and published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles in the field.
Date: Sep 11, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech is fertile ground for a new rural environmental health training program , articleA $500,000 institutional research training grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences will support Virginia Tech’s new Rural Environmental Health Ph.D. Fellowship Program by providing a two-year assistantship for six qualifying graduate students during the next five years.
Date: Sep 05, 2023 -
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In its seventh year, College of Science Dean’s Discovery Fund supports new research efforts , articleThe Lay Nam Chang Dean’s Discovery Fund recently announced research awards to support projects that include the discovery of non-opioid pain killers, wildlife disease, a mobile app for rural parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and bat guano. This year's awarded grants exceed $120,000.
Date: Aug 23, 2023 -
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Faculty do their homework for the fall semester , articleWhile students have been preoccupied with thoughts about packing and moving back to campus, faculty have been focused on preparing to be back in the classroom and their teaching content.
Date: Aug 16, 2023 -
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Research team makes surprising discovery of low-noise genes , articleOften upstaged by the more striking, well-publicized high-noise genes, Silke Hauf and her research team were intrigued by their discovery of ultra-low noise genes as they provide a window into the understanding of gene expression and gene expression noise.
Date: Aug 09, 2023 -
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Scientists spurred by a thirst to transform the field of phytoplankton forecasting , articleCayelan Carey, professor of biological sciences, will serve as the lead principal investigator on a $2.2 million National Science Foundation grant to develop the first automated, real-time system to forecast the toxic blooms that endanger drinking water.
Date: Aug 08, 2023
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