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Innovating around complex problems , articleVirginia Tech inventors who contributed to the innovation ecosystem last year by disclosing 169 new innovations, executed 30 new license agreements with commercial partners, and created 10 new start-up companies, were honored at the second annual Celebrating Innovation event, last Monday.
Date: Apr 28, 2023 -
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Three Virginia Tech advisors win awards from national advising organization , articleNACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising recognized excellence in advisors from University Studies and Scholarship Support and the Department of Biological Sciences.
Date: Apr 26, 2023 -
Video ItemSigns of Spring: Ramps and Skunk Cabbage , video
Jordan Metzgar, curator of the Massey Herbarium, takes us through a Blacksburg trail to teach us about two local plant species.
Date: Apr 20, 2023 -
Video ItemWhat's Your Major? - Microbiology , video
Natalie shares her studies in microbiology and her interest in studying disease.
Date: Apr 13, 2023 -
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College of Science launches Robert E. Benoit Distinguished Lectureship in Biological Sciences , articleThe inaugural lecture, to be held Wednesday, April 12, at the Holtzman Alumni Center's Assembly Hall, will feature Steven Wilhelm of the University of Tennessee.
Date: Apr 07, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech scientist identifies narrow opportunity to address a disease connected with autism, schizophrenia , articleA National Institutes of Health grant will allow a team led by Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, a professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, to further his 20-year deep dive into DiGeorge syndrome, a genetic disorder that is usually diagnosed too late for treatment.
Date: Mar 31, 2023 -
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No frogs or toads left behind on Virginia Tech researchers’ watch , articleFor the last two years, researcher Traci DuBose and her team have evaluated and compared more than 140,000 observations of anurans native to the contiguous United States, making it the first study of this size and scope.
Date: Feb 24, 2023 -
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Can the fungus from ‘The Last of Us’ really create zombies? An expert explains , articleThe HBO television series, “The Last of Us,” a tale of survival in a zombie apocalypse that was already a hugely popular video game before it invaded our screens this year, imagines a zombie plague caused by a fungal infection that exits in nature. Jordan Metzgar, curator of the Massey Herbarium at Virginia Tech, answered a few questions about what humankind should realistically fear from the millions of species of fungi that live on our planet.
Date: Feb 24, 2023 -
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Calls for new railroad transportation safety measures, Virginia Tech experts weigh-in , articleThere’s a new push for railroad safety measures - engineering and environmental - in the wake of two recent train derailments, including the one in East Palestine, Ohio. Virginia Tech experts in engineering and biological sciences weigh-in.
Date: Feb 21, 2023 -
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This ecosystem toxicologist is tracking microplastic consumption in dolphins , articleBiological sciences' Assistant Professor Austin Gray’s research has led him and fellow team members to find an average of 1,400 microplastics in the gastrointestinal tracts of dolphins in Charleston Harbor.
Date: Feb 17, 2023 -
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Berkeley researcher to headline ecological forecasting event at Virginia Tech , articleThe Spring Seminar, Skills and Social event hosted by the Ecological Forecasting Project at Virginia Tech will take place Thursday, Feb. 23, in Fralin Auditorium.
Date: Feb 13, 2023 -
Video ItemHow harmful are the microplastics in our waterways? , video
As car tires deteriorate, they leave behind tiny particles that make their way into our waterways, along with other emerging contaminates. Assistant Professor Austin Gray, along with his graduate and undergraduate students, are researching the effects of these microplastics.
Date: Feb 03, 2023 -
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Internationally recognized scientist and writer C. Brandon Ogbunu to speak at Martin Luther King Jr. Seminar , articleThe 12th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Seminar features C. Brandon Ogbunu, a self-described radical collaborator, who will lead a talk, “Living, Learning, and Adaptive Landscapes: How Evolutionary Biology Can Help us Navigate it All,” on Jan. 20 at Steger Hall on Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus.
Date: Jan 13, 2023 -
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Biological sciences’ Dana Hawley leads study showing how symptoms of illness help pathogens spread amongst songbirds , articleHawley and a team of researchers have shown just how easily these pathogens — in this case, a form of conjunctivitis common in birds but harmless to humans — spread, suggesting similar scenarios for humans.
Date: Jan 11, 2023 -
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Three biological sciences alumni name undergraduate research fellowship in honor of emerita professor Anne McNabb , articleThree alumni of the Virginia Tech College of Science have established an undergraduate research fellowship grant in honor of F.M. Anne McNabb, a professor emerita of what is now the Department of Biological Sciences.
Date: Jan 11, 2023 -
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John Phillips honored with emeritus status , articleA member of the Virginia Tech community since 2000, Phillips maintained continuous research funding from a variety of federal agencies including four programs at the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, Oak Ridge National Labs, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Research Council of Norway, and the Fetzer Institute.
Date: Jan 03, 2023 -
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Cardiovascular scientists to explore viral infection that can lead to sudden death , articleJames 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 -
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Virginia Tech researchers will investigate how bird feeding influences humans and birds , articleAshley Dayer of the College of Natural Resources and Environment and Dana Hawley of the College of Science are leading a multifaceted project funded by the National Science Foundation to study the effects of bird feeding.
Date: Nov 15, 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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Virginia Tech team awarded NSF grant to assess how salt in freshwater streams impacts aquatic ecosystems , articleThe Appalachian region is home to extremely high biodiversity, making it urgent need to understand how increased freshwater salinization affects these environments.
Date: Oct 17, 2022
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