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Article ItemAlumnus to share 50 years of progress in treating cancer through immunotherapy , article
Lewis Lanier ’75 will share what he’s learned in nearly five decades as a cancer immunologist when he delivers the next Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture in Roanoke on Thursday, April 16.
Date: Apr 12, 2026 - -
Article ItemUnderstanding how cells adapt after exercise , article
Xuansong Mao of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC will use a Lyerly Postdoctoral Excellence Award to research the role of exercise in Alzheimer’s, metabolic conditions, and age-related cognitive decline.
Date: Mar 25, 2026 - -
Article Item12 new members join Academies of Faculty Service and Leadership , article
In a first for the university, two faculty members have received appointments to both academies.
Date: Mar 23, 2026 - -
Article ItemBrain School: An inside look at how our genes contribute to healthy brain development and what can go wrong , article
The public is invited to explore the body’s most complex organ on March 9 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Feb 27, 2026 - -
Article ItemThe complexities of human milk and infant brain development , article
A James R. Carter Sr. Memorial Award is supporting doctoral student Blakely Lockhart as she studies how maternal health and infant nutrition shape early neurodevelopment.
Date: Feb 09, 2026 - -
Article ItemImproving cardiac treatments and ‘patient quality of life’ , article
With support from a Ray A. Gaskins graduate fellowship, Md Ruhul Amin is exploring the therapeutic potential of milk-derived exosomes in treating heart attacks and tissue damage.
Date: Feb 03, 2026 - -
Article ItemFrom Ghana to glioblastoma: Solving problems with science , article
A Ray A. Gaskins graduate fellowship will support translational biology, medicine, and health doctoral candidate Caleb Mensah in investigating new cancer treatments.
Date: Jan 20, 2026 - -
Article ItemGraduate students turn biomedical research into business ideas , article
First-year translational biology, medicine, and health graduate students presented during the annual Health Sciences and Technology Hokie Pitch competition.
Date: Dec 19, 2025 - -
Article ItemBrain pathway may fuel both aggression, self-harm , article
A new study by Virginia Tech Assistant Professor Sora Shin shows that two behaviors — aggression and self-harm — can arise from a shared biological mechanism in how the brain processes pain, particularly in individuals exposed to early-life trauma.
Date: Nov 05, 2025 - -
Article ItemThe hidden currents of the brain , article
To biomedical engineer Jennifer Munson, the liquid movements within the brain hold powerful clues about how disease takes hold — and how healing might begin.
Date: Oct 21, 2025 - -
Article Item‘How drunk do you feel?’: Ozempic, Wegovy may help reduce alcohol use , article
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute researchers found that after a cocktail, study participants taking medications for diabetes and weight loss saw delayed effects from alcohol.
Date: Oct 15, 2025 - -
Article ItemPain during opioid addiction treatment tied to worse outcomes , article
A Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC study of 602 people found that uncontrolled pain was associated with not only less success from treatment, but depression, withdrawal, continued craving, and an overall lower quality of life.
Date: Oct 08, 2025 - -
Article ItemBiomedical innovator to open Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture series in Roanoke , article
Robert Gourdie, who leads programs at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and who co-founded biotech companies in Virginia and South Carolina, will help mark the research institute’s 15th anniversary in Roanoke with insights from his groundbreaking research on Thursday, Sept. 18.
Date: Sep 11, 2025 - -
Article ItemSummer research fellows showcase studies at annual symposium , article
Students in the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC’s neuroSURF and cardioSURF programs, as well as students from other summer fellowships, shared posters and competed for prizes at the symposium.
Date: Aug 25, 2025 - -
Article ItemMeike van der Heijden appointed to Dystonia Foundation’s medical and scientific advisory council , article
Council members are international leaders in dystonia care and research. They review research grants for funding and attend workshops to discuss the most pressing research directions.
Date: Aug 22, 2025 - -
Video ItemFormer Neuromotor Research Clinic Patient Returns – as a Student Researcher , video
Arden Grim suffered a stroke in utero, and visited the Neuromotor Research Clinic for therapy multiple times as a child. Now she’s back at the clinic at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, but as summer undergraduate research fellow.
Date: Jul 28, 2025 - -
Article ItemResearchers identify why some heart rhythm drugs heighten risks when sodium levels drop , article
New research explains how low levels of the electrolyte sodium in the blood can disrupt the timing of the heartbeat in patients taking widely used rhythm-control medications such as flecainide.
Date: Jul 14, 2025 - -
Article Item‘Every time we wait, we lose someone who might have made it’ , article
For every careful step forward in cancer research, there is a patient waiting — a family holding its breath in the middle of the night. That reality was clear at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Cancer Research Symposium.
Date: Jun 27, 2025 - -
Video ItemCancer Researchers Spurred to Move Faster at the Cancer Research Symposium , video
For every careful step forward in cancer research, there is a patient waiting — a family holding its breath in the middle of the night. That reality was clear at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Cancer Research Symposium in Roanoke. The annual event, organized this year by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC Cancer Research Center in Roanoke, was created to bring together researchers — including faculty, clinicians, and students — who are united by a passion to understand cancer, improve treatments, and develop cures.
Date: Jun 25, 2025 - -
Article ItemVirginia Tech announces new Institute for Advanced Computing in the Washington, D.C., area , article
The institute will support new industry and government partnerships that advance research and learning opportunities and enable graduate students to address global-scale problems in close proximity to the nation’s capital.
Date: May 27, 2025 -
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