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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s new lab will take aim at tobacco use, cancer rates, and informing policy , articleRoberta Freitas-Lemos wants to provide policymakers with research-informed strategies to influence health behavior and lower cancer rates related to tobacco, one of the world’s biggest public health threats.
Date: Apr 17, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech professor to be inducted into prestigious American Society for Clinical Investigation , articleChristopher Hourigan, director of the Cancer Research Center – D.C., has been inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation, a historic membership for a faculty member of Virginia Tech.
Date: Apr 04, 2024 -
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Data visualization aids Virginia Tech cancer researcher’s quest for better brain tumor treatment , articleJennifer Munson, associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, shared her data on fluid flow in brain tumors with Virginia Tech’s Visionarium, which created 3D visualizations that allow new insights by Munson and her team.
Date: Feb 09, 2024 -
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2023 marks a year of firsts for Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program , articleThe interdisciplinary program saw its first student assigned full-time to a Fralin Biomedical Research Institute lab in Washington, D.C., its first students from Nepal and Ghana in an internationally diverse incoming cohort, and its first student to be awarded a prestigious grant for future physician-scientists.
Date: Dec 15, 2023 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute researchers take on public health challenge of hepatitis C , articleThe institute’s Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory will lead efforts to provide genomic sequencing to help decrease spread of the virus that can cause liver damage.
Date: Oct 09, 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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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC: Growth of an innovator , articleSince its founding in 2010, the research institute has become a focal point for biomedical research across Virginia Tech. It now has more than 450 faculty, staff, and students in Roanoke and Washington, D.C., supporting research fueled by $173.7 million in external grants.
Date: Aug 29, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech outlines ambitious strategy to spearhead cancer research and elevate university's global standing , articleThe university is mustering its scientists and engineers behind a new strategy to help families who are struggling with cancer, a disease that occurs in almost 2 million people and claims more than 600,000 lives annually in the United States.
Date: Aug 29, 2023 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute spinoff Cairina Inc. translates science into improved cancer treatments , articleThe company recently received support from Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties to help commercialize better tools for surgeons and oncologists.
Date: Jul 17, 2023 -
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Common challenge, different strategies: Virginia Tech Cancer Research Alliance gathers broad mix of researchers and clinicians , articleThe second annual Virginia Tech Cancer Research Alliance retreat, hosted this year on the Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus, brought together scientists and physicians on the leading edge of developing innovative therapy types, fresh biological targets, and new technologies to take on cancer.
Date: Jun 21, 2023 -
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‘We have a very rich resource here’ , articleScientist Jia-Ray Yu and collaborators tackle pediatric brain cancer in Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s growing presence in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area.
Date: Jun 20, 2023 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientist to chair premier cancer conference , articleJennifer Munson, a biomedical engineer and cancer researcher, was elected by her peers to co-chair the Physical Science of Cancer Gordon Research Conference in Galveston, Texas, Feb. 5 to 10
Date: Feb 03, 2023 -
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New cancer biologist targets ‘Achilles heel’ in deadly brain cancers , articleCancer biologist Kathleen Mulvaney joins the faculty of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC on Oct. 1. Her lab will be in Washington, D.C., on the Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus as part of a partnership between Virginia Tech and Children’s National.
Date: Sep 27, 2022 -
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11th season of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series launches Sept. 16 , articleThe full slate features 29 experts sharing leading discoveries in cardiovascular science, cancer research, neuroscience, biomedical imaging, addiction, and health behaviors.
Date: Sep 12, 2022 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute expands Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program , articleMore than 30 undergraduate and high school students worked behind the curtain of biomedical research this summer at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Aug 16, 2022 -
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New study may inform chemotherapy approaches for breast cancer , articleIn a first-of-its-kind finding, Virginia Tech researchers have found platinum-based chemotherapy drugs may activate a breast cancer patient’s lymphatic system and affect how tumor cells spread. But the drugs might be made more effective if the changes to the lymphatic system can be blocked or even reversed by an additional therapy.
Date: Aug 08, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech researcher’s 3D model of brain tumor environment could aid personalized treatment , articleScientists have developed a novel 3D tissue-engineered model of the glioblastoma tumor microenvironment that can be used to learn why the tumors return and what treatments will be most effective at eradicating them – right down to a patient-specific level.
Date: Aug 02, 2022 -
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Cancer Research Alliance forges new collaborations, strengthens research programs at inaugural retreat , articleMore than 100 cancer researchers from across Virginia Tech recently met at the first Cancer Research Alliance retreat hosted by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Apr 04, 2022 -
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Samy Lamouille recognized as Research Mentor of the Year at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine , articleStudents repeatedly describe Lamouille as a mentor who empowers them to independently seek answers to research questions. He will receive the award at this year’s Medical Student Research Symposium, which is set for March 25 beginning at noon at the school.
Date: Mar 22, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech Cancer Research Alliance to host inaugural retreat for researchers , articleDuring the first Virginia Tech Cancer Research Alliance Retreat on March 18, 2022, alliance members will share their research, forge new collaborations, and learn from keynote speakers spanning veterinary and human oncology, and biomedical cancer research.
Date: Mar 11, 2022
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