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Translational biology, medicine, and health student pursues science close to home with new grant , articleMason Wheeler, a doctoral candidate in the Pfleger Lab at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, earned a prestigious Ruth Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.
Date: Oct 31, 2024 -
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The virus that causes COVID-19 is widespread in wildlife, Virginia Tech scientists find , articleSix of 23 common wildlife species showed signs of SARS-CoV-2 infections in an examination of animals in Virginia, as revealed by tracking the virus’s genetic code.
Date: Jul 29, 2024 -
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Interdisciplinary team receives $5 million grant to explore COVID-19 virus ecology at the human-animal interface , articleVirginia 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 -
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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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Virginia Cooperative Extension agents to be trusted messengers for COVID-19 vaccine information , articleA group of Virginia Tech researchers, along with partners at Virginia State University, are working to deliver facts about the COVID-19 vaccine to the hesitant in rural Virginia via messengers they know and trust: Virginia Cooperative Extension agents.
Date: Sep 22, 2021 -
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Summer interns gain hands-on learning in Virginia Tech’s COVID-19 testing lab , articleDuring two five-week, hands-on sessions, the interns worked in the Molecular Diagnostics Lab at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and took classes led by Carla Finkielstein, the lab’s scientific director and an associate professor at the research institute.
Date: Jul 23, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech’s COVID-19 testing operation demonstrates the power and versatility of academic labs , articleIn the early days of the pandemic, scientists at Virginia Tech created a COVID-19 testing laboratory and novel test for the virus from scratch. This novel protocol for transforming a research laboratory into a COVID-19 testing operation was described in a new article published July 20 in Nature Communications.
Date: Jul 20, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech COVID-19 lab passes 100,000-sample milestone , articleSince opening, the Molecular Diagnostics Lab has analyzed thousands of samples from Virginia Tech students and employees who were tested for the COVID-19 virus through the university’s testing centers. That’s in addition to testing done for regional health districts since April 20, 2020.
Date: Apr 05, 2021 -
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Carla Finkielstein honored with Ut Prosim Scholar Award , articleFinkielstein, an associate professor of biological sciences in the College of Science and an award-winning cancer researcher, anticipated the limitations of existing methods for testing the novel coronavirus and enlisted a team to develop an innovative method that would more accurately, reliably, and rapidly detect the virus and help mitigate its spread.
Date: Mar 22, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech COVID-19 lab ready to ramp up testing for thousands of student samples , articleVirginia Tech’s COVID-19 Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, located at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has processed more than 70,000 samples to support health districts across Virginia and the university community since its launch in April.
Date: Jan 13, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech lab joins network to expand COVID-19 testing across state , articleVirginia Tech was selected as one of three exclusive OneLab Network Tier 2 laboratories to expand COVID-19 testing capacity across Virginia, Governor Ralph Northam announced on Nov. 10.
Date: Nov 10, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech scientists, engineers to talk about steps to stop cancer in virtual public session , articleA year ago, Virginia Tech united its biomedical and technical expertise into a Cancer Research Alliance to take on the second leading cause of death in the United States. Now, scientists and engineers will talk about some leading-edge projects in breast cancer, brain cancer, and noninvasive cancer treatments in a public Zoom discussion at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Date: Nov 02, 2020 -
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Scientists, engineers to discuss COVID-19 response in virtual HokieTalk on Wednesday , articleWhen the novel coronavirus hit the United States in January, Virginia Tech faculty recognized the nation was on the brink of a COVID-19 pandemic that would affect the university and the entire Commonwealth of Virginia. Hear the inside story about what happened during a virtual HokieTalk at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30.
Date: Sep 27, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech COVID-19 lab ready to test thousands of student samples , articleStarting this week, as students begin to return to campus for the fall semester, the lab’s capacity of 1,000 tests per day will also be dedicated to Virginia Tech students and employees in high-contact roles.
Date: Aug 09, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech cancer researcher Carla Finkielstein to join Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC , articleFinkielstein, a molecular biologist and an associate professor in the College of Science, will join the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC on July 1. Her laboratory, which studies how circadian rhythms are involved in breast cancer progression, will move to the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke.
Date: Jun 23, 2020 -
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Virginia Tech researchers develop new COVID-19 tests to combat backlogs, shortages , articleVirginia Tech scientists have developed a new COVID-19 test and secured federal and state approvals to immediately begin processing samples at on-campus labs in Blacksburg and Roanoke.
Date: Apr 22, 2020