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Results for: Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens
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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 -
General ItemLecture: Epidemic Orientalism Date: Sep 21, 2023
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General ItemResearch colloquium: Human Dimensions of Infectious Disease Date: Sep 21, 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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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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Kathleen Alexander brings a One Health vision to conservation efforts in Botswana , articleAlexander makes a global impact merging wildlife conservation with community health and economic development in Botswana.
Date: Mar 17, 2023 -
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A silver lining in the fight for clean water in India , articleStudents and faculty in the Department of Geography trialed the use of silver-infused ceramic tiles as a way to provide clean water to schools in rural India.
Date: Mar 02, 2023 -
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Luis Escobar receives NSF CAREER award to study disease transmission among wildlife and across geographic scales , articleWith the National Science Foundation award, Escobar will research the disease ecology and biogeography of hantavirus to better understand disease transmission between species and to humans.
Date: Feb 27, 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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Virginia Tech researchers address the grand challenges of pandemic prediction and prevention , articleT.M. Murali, a professor in the Department of Computer Science, along with several colleagues from across Virginia Tech, has received a $1 million National Science Foundation grant to identify expedient, efficient, cost-effective options for the prevention and containment of zoonotic viruses.
Date: Oct 24, 2022 -
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Fralin Life Sciences Institute sponsors inaugural Infectious Disease Symposium , articleThe Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Anthropod-Borne Pathogens will host the symposium on Friday, Oct. 7, with keynote speakers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes for Health, and One Health Institute.
Date: Oct 05, 2022 -
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Virologist Kylene Kehn-Hall to direct the Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens , articleKehn-Hall, professor of virology from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, conducts research focused on understanding the mechanism of viral pathogenesis and developing antivirals for vector-borne and zoonotic diseases.
Date: Sep 16, 2022 -
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Researcher receives three grants from the National Institutes of Health to combat mosquito-borne viruses , articleNisha Duggal, an assistant professor of biomedical sciences and pathobiology in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, received three R21 grants from the National Institutes of Health totaling $825,000 to combat the transmission of multiple mosquito-borne viruses, develop therapeutics, and predict future disease in humans.
Date: Mar 22, 2022 -
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Microbiologist Frank Aylward to use $989,000 NSF CAREER Award to study ‘giant’ viruses found in ecosystems , articleAylward, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, will use the award funding to better understand how such viruses affect ecosystems.
Date: Mar 17, 2022 -
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Oversized and understudied: Researchers begin to uncover the mysterious lives of jumbo bacteriophages , articleAlaina Weinheimer, a Ph.D. candidate, and Frank Aylward, an assistant professor of biological sciences in Virginia Tech’s College of Science, have answered a few big questions about jumbo bacteriophages.
Date: Mar 09, 2022 -
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Researcher receives grant to develop improved Lyme disease diagnostics and therapeutics , articleBrandon Jutras, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, received a grant from the Global Lyme Alliance to improve diagnostic testing for all stages of Lyme disease and to develop new ways to treat patients when conventional treatment options have failed.
Date: Mar 02, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech researchers developing a new vaccine for a swine coronavirus , articleWith a four-year, $630,000 grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Mike Zhang and co-principal investigator X.J. Meng are researching a nanoparticle-based vaccine to curb a highly contagious coronavirus among swine.
Date: Feb 23, 2022 -
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X.J. Meng named interim executive director of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute , articleUniversity Distinguished Professor X.J. Meng’s appointment follows the announcement that Matt Hulver, the current executive director and professor of human nutrition, foods, and exercise, has accepted the position as vice president for research at Arizona State University.
Date: Nov 09, 2021