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Article ItemNovel discovery may benefit severe immune conditions , article
Discovery of a DNA shift in the innate immune memory of cells may aid in the fight against one of humans’ most deadly foes – sepsis.
Date: Mar 11, 2024 -
Article ItemKathleen Alexander receives Virginia’s highest faculty honor , article
Alexander, the William E. Lavery Professor in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, was recognized with an Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
Date: Jan 22, 2024 -
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Article ItemVampire bats make northward flight seeking stable climates , article
Doctoral student Paige Van de Vuurst is the lead author of research recently published in the Ecography journal that predicts that vampire bats — currently only found in Mexico and Central and South America — are on the move, with the United States being a viable home in 27 years.
Date: Nov 13, 2023 -
Article ItemInterdisciplinary team receives $5 million grant to explore COVID-19 virus ecology at the human-animal interface , article
Virginia Tech researchers will explore the risk of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infections in wildlife communities and how those risks could affect humans.
Date: Oct 20, 2023 -
Article ItemGot wildlife? Get Jim Parkhurst , article
Parkhurst has built a 35-year career around solving and preventing the problems that arise when people and wildlife find themselves in close quarters.
Date: Oct 09, 2023 -
Article ItemLuis Escobar receives NIH award to study rabies transmission from wildlife to humans , article
Escobar will study vampire bats in Latin America to learn more about the spillover of a wildlife disease that can severely impact human health: rabies.
Date: Sep 25, 2023 -
Article ItemNot all viruses are harmful , article
An 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 -
Video ItemTeam prepares for vampire bat research in Colombia , video
Luis Escobar and his research group are studying the emergence of infectious diseases. "We know that many infectious diseases, especially emerging diseases, come from wildlife," said Escobar. In advance of an upcoming trip to Colombia to study vampire bats, Escobar and his team met near the Duck Pond to review critical safety information and field sampling protocols.
Date: May 18, 2023 -
Article ItemLooking into the lingering horrors of Lyme disease , article
Brandon Jutras and the Jutras Lab were recently awarded a National Institutes of Health grant for more than $2 million to investigate why symptoms of Lyme disease linger long after the initial infection in some people.
Date: May 10, 2023 -
Article ItemGrassroots philanthropy effort will fund Virginia Tech white-tailed deer research , article
A philanthropic grant from Virginia Hound Heritage will help support research on a disease impacting white-tailed deer in Virginia.
Date: May 05, 2023 -
Article ItemJutras Lab awarded $1.2 million to create rapid and accurate Lyme disease testing , article
Virginia Tech researcher Brandon Jutras envisions a the possibility of a rapid, at-home test for Lyme disease with support of a $1.3 million award from the Department of Defense.
Date: May 01, 2023 -
Video ItemX.J. Meng shares his passion for innovative research in molecular virology , video
A National Academy member and University Distinguished Professor, X.J. Meng’s twenty-plus year tenure at Virginia Tech includes several successful commercial endeavors. Leading the Meng Lab, the world-renowned researcher’s work focuses on emerging and reemerging viral diseases that impact veterinary and human public health. Meng is widely considered one of the world’s leading scientists in hepatitis E virus, porcine circovirus type 2, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, and porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. With 22 awarded patents and approximately $53 million in research grant awards to his name, Meng embodies the synergy between academic research and innovation.
Date: Apr 20, 2023 -
Article ItemKathleen Alexander brings a One Health vision to conservation efforts in Botswana , article
Alexander makes a global impact merging wildlife conservation with community health and economic development in Botswana.
Date: Mar 17, 2023 -
Video ItemStudying diseases in humans and wildlife , video
Professor Kathleen Alexander's research in Botswana explores factors that influence the spread of diseases. Understanding how diseases infect and spread between humans and wildlife within the environment is crucial for public health on a global scale.
Date: Mar 16, 2023 -
Article ItemGlobal biobank pioneer to describe the power and potential of big data to inform threats to human health , article
Zhengming Chen, a pioneer of global repositories of biological samples and data, will discuss the rise and importance of biobanks in his talk, “Unleashing the Power of Big Biobanks in the East and West for Precision Medicine,” on March 16 at 5:30 p.m. at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Mar 10, 2023 -
Article ItemA silver lining in the fight for clean water in India , article
Students 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 -
Article ItemAmy Pruden speaks at Global Leaders Group meeting on antimicrobial resistance , article
Pruden was invited to speak with the group to help identify sustainable health outcomes for people and ecosystems.
Date: Mar 01, 2023 -
Article ItemVeterinary college alumni at forefront of effort to contain avian flu and its impacts , article
From personally escorting a sample on a flight from Virginia to Iowa for testing, to joining a delegation on a trans-Pacific flight to Japan to convince trading partners the U.S. poultry supply is safe, alumni from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine are on the front lines in the battle to control the impacts of the highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak.
Date: Mar 01, 2023 -
Article ItemLuis Escobar receives NSF CAREER award to study disease transmission among wildlife and across geographic scales , article
With 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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