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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 -
Video ItemResearchers make a new discovery in the regulation of PTSD in the female brain , video
Post-traumatic stress disorder is more commonly diagnosed in women than in men. Researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have uncovered how a common protein could lead to better therapeutic treatment for females with PTSD.
Date: May 18, 2023 -
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Neuroscientist to explore how diversity of neurons supports learning and memory in mammals , articleWith support from the Whitehall Foundation, Daniel English will explore how anatomical differences among neurons of the hippocampus translate to differences in how they support behaviors like episodic memory, the brain’s ability to hold onto sequences of experienced events.
Date: May 05, 2023 -
Video ItemBrain School 2023 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute , video
An annual Brain Awareness Week campaign hosted by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC that included brain-healthy foods, hands-on exploration, and short seminars by Virginia Tech brain experts.
Date: Mar 14, 2023 -
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Neuroscientists learn why PTSD patients relive highly charged fear memories in sleep , articleSujith Vijayan of the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience has led a research team in creating biophysically based models of the sleeping brain to explore at a deeper, mechanistic level how the brain may — or may not, with PTSD — effectively process and extinguish fear memories.
Date: Feb 07, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech researchers receive $3.3 million in Department of Defense grants to study deadly virus , articleResearchers led by Professor Kylene Kehn-Hall at Virginia Tech’s Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine will study mouse models of how the Eastern equine encephalitis virus changes the brain.
Date: Dec 19, 2022 -
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Blasts and gaps: How a biomedical engineering doctoral student is solving gaps in treatment for blast-induced neurotrauma , articleAfter enduring head trauma as a teenager and going through a challenging recovery, Carly Norris knew she wanted to help address others with similar issues. Now, through her research in the Traumatic Nerve Technologies Lab, she examines each of the brain’s regions to determine which are more susceptible to blast-induced neurotrauma.
Date: Jul 05, 2022 -
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So long, Roanoke; get ready, Denmark, for the 2024 Precision Neuroscience conference , articleResearchers, clinicians, and students from four countries recently worked side-by-side for three days in Roanoke, sharing ideas to help the nearly 1 billion people worldwide coping with brain disorders.
Date: Jun 28, 2022 -
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Neuroscience’s Michael A. Fox to hold I.D. Wilson Chair in the College of Science , articleA member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2012, Fox is a nationally recognized neuroscientist and an expert on understanding how neuronal circuits form in the developing brain.
Date: Jun 22, 2022 -
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Biomedical and veterinary sciences Ph.D. candidate receives National Institutes of Health grant , articleJatia Mills said that the majority of the grant will go toward her research on investigating the neuroinflammatory response that occurs because of traumatic brain injury.
Date: Jun 02, 2022 -
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How much is too much? Researchers receive grant to study brain cells after trauma , articleResearchers Pamela VandeVord and Scott Verbridge of Virginia Tech's Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics will use 3D gels, rather than flat, 2D models, to gain a more precise understanding of how brain cells respond to trauma such as blunt impacts from car crashes or blasts.
Date: May 25, 2022 -
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Researchers study the connection between dance and autism , articleJulia Basso and Rachel Rugh embarked on a research project to test a hypothesis that dance stimulates the social elements of the brain, and thus individuals with autism spectrum disorder may feel more connected at both the physical and psychological levels.
Date: Apr 06, 2022 -
Video ItemMemphis Jookin' at the Embodied Brain Lab , video
Renowned dancer Lil Buck and others from “Memphis Jookin’: The Show,” visited the Embodied Brain Lab where Julia Basso and her team were able to record their brain activity and body physiology as they performed a variety of choreographed and improvised material. The artists visited the lab following a performance the previous day at the Moss Arts Center.
Date: Mar 21, 2022 -
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Shima Shahab receives NSF CAREER Award to develop innovative methods for delivering ultrasound treatments , articleShahab, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has worked with her team to develop focused ultrasound as an effective tool for treating issues within the brain.
Date: Mar 21, 2022 -
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Scientists to present ninth annual 'Brain School' event for the community to celebrate Brain Awareness Week , articleOur brains enable us to understand the world, to build memories, to create, and to feel emotions. They endow us with all the qualities that make us human. Now, for the ninth straight year, Virginia Tech scientists will celebrate the amazing brain with its annual Brain School program, “The Adaptive Brain in Health and Disease,” from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, March 14.
Date: Mar 08, 2022 -
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To sleep, perchance to learn , articleSujith Vijayan, an assistant professor in the School Neuroscience, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award to study whether the brain’s work during sleep can also help people learn tasks associated with brain computer interfaces.
Date: Feb 24, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech graduate student receives three awards for research and community outreach , articleRachana Deven Somaiya recently received the Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award from the National Institutes of Health, the Virginia Tech Aspire! Award for student learning, and the 2021-22 Gaskins Graduate Scholarship.
Date: Jul 27, 2021 -
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Double major Christine Faunce named 2021 Outstanding Senior for the College of Science , articleFaunce, who is earning dual degrees in experimental neuroscience and medicinal chemistry in the College of Science, will pursue a Ph.D. in pharmacology.
Date: May 11, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech students present at ACC Meeting of the Minds research conference , articleVirginia Tech students from various programs and disciplines highlight their research and how their work seeks to benefit their communities in solving real-world problems.
Date: Apr 28, 2021 -
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Neuroscience’s Michelle Olsen using NIH grant to study one of the final frontiers: the brain , articleOlsen will study the yet unknown functions of the astrocyte cell as part of a new five-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health.
Date: Mar 19, 2021
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