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Deadly rodent-borne hantavirus is an emerging disease with pandemic potential , articleVirginia Tech researchers recently gained a better understanding of hantavirus by studying its rodent hosts in North America using National Science Foundation data.
Date: Apr 10, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech names 10 new Bouchet Scholars for 2025 , articleThe scholars will attend the honor society's annual conference at Yale University.
Date: Apr 09, 2025 - -
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Chris Smith builds up Virginia Tech's postdoctoral community , articleSince 2022, Smith has led the establishment of Virginia Tech’s Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, helped launch numerous support programs, and became chair of the National Postdoc Association board of directors.
Date: Apr 01, 2025 - -
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Radar maps wind over lakes , articleVirginia Tech geoscientists created the first large-scale high-resolution map of wind speed and direction over small bodies of water.
Date: Mar 31, 2025 - -
General ItemApply Now: Postdoctoral Associate Travel Award Program
The Postdoctoral Travel Award program helps Virginia Tech postdoctoral associates increase their impact and professional development by presenting their scholarly work at high-impact conferences. The award provides funds to offset the cost of travel and registration for a conference or scientific meeting where they are presenting.
Date: Mar 26, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech researcher earns fellowship to explore how obesity increases the risk for heart disease , articleMark Renton, a postdoctoral associate with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, will use the American Heart Association fellowship to investigate how the pannexin-1 protein regulates blood flow in an obesity-induced heart condition.
Date: Mar 20, 2025 - -
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Graduate School Mentoring Workshop focuses on best practices, real-life scenarios , articleMore than 50 faculty members and postdoctoral scholars attended the workshop, a "home" version of the Mentoring Road Show program.
Date: Nov 13, 2024 - -
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Inaugural postdoctoral awards cap appreciation week , articleVirginia Tech recognized National Postdoc Appreciation Week with a weeklong celebration that included an appreciation lunch, an online career panel, a postdoc scholars showcase, and three new awards.
Date: Oct 10, 2024 - -
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Researchers issue ‘call to action’ for data on more diverse range of dog owners , articleIn a perspective piece for the journal Science, Virginia Tech’s Audrey Ruple and Courtney Sexton wrote that factors that affect dogs' end-of-life outcomes could be significant for the humans that share their environments.
Date: Jun 15, 2024 - -
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Dogs play a key role in veterinary college’s brain cancer trial , articleA collaborative study explores an innovative therapy called histotripsy, harnessing the power of focused ultrasound to break down tumors with precision.
Date: May 21, 2024 - -
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Postdoctoral fellows grow research at Virginia Tech , articleMore than 200 postdoctoral fellows contribute to every college and institute, advance the pursuit of knowledge in every discipline, and represent the next generation of experts in their fields.
Date: May 13, 2024 - -
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Two Fralin Biomedical Research Institute postdoctoral associates awarded American Heart Association fellowships , articleThe awards will help Karthi Sreedevi and Samar Antar advance their academic careers while conducting research related to cardiovascular disease.
Date: Mar 19, 2024 - -
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New research aims to use AI to make cancer diagnostics for pets more available and affordable , articlePh.D. student Christina Pacholec will use artificial intelligence to analyze thousands of cytological images in an effort to identify lymphoma in dogs more quickly and less invasively.
Date: Mar 12, 2024 - -
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Novel discovery may benefit severe immune conditions , articleDiscovery 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 - -
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Chris Smith named vice chair of the National Postdoctoral Association’s board of directors , article
Smith, who leads Virginia Tech’s Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, will serve on the board for a one-year term.
Date: Mar 01, 2024 - -
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Audrey Ruple collaborates with Dog Aging Project, largest-known study of dog health , articleInformation collected on more than 47,000 dogs is helping scientists explore many angles of animal, environmental, and human health.
Date: Feb 28, 2024 - -
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Detecting COVID-19 in the air , articleA team of more than a dozen faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and student researchers are combining their expertise to develop a device that can assess the environmental risk of COVID-19 transmission in real time. Led by University Distinguished Professor Linsey Marr, the team has made great strides in figuring out how to successfully capture the necessary amount of air, filter it, deposit it onto a test strip, and identify virus particles.
Date: Feb 23, 2024 - -
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Seeking a better understanding of how genetic mutations lead to developmental disorders , articleA new Fralin Biomedical Research Institute award for postdoctoral scholars will help Chelsea Phillips advance research related to cellular junctions in heart cells.
Date: Nov 16, 2023 - -
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Digging for data: Researcher seeks new therapeutic interventions for progressive, chronic lung disease , articleA new Postdoctoral Excellence Award from the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC will help fuel Samar Antar’s research.
Date: Oct 26, 2023 - -
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Cristen Jandreau appointed to the Steering Committee of the Association of American Medical Colleges’s Forum on Conflict of Interest in Academe , articleThe director of the Research Conflict of Interest Program in the Division of Scholarly Integrity and Research Compliance at Virginia Tech, Jandreau will serve a three-year term on the Steering Committee of the association’s Forum on Conflict of Interest in Academe.
Date: Oct 19, 2023 -
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