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Category: academics Collaboration advances practical neuroscience to make soldiers safer , articleThe collaboration between neuroscience students and the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets addresses impacts of military stressors on cognitive function and training.
Date: May 08, 2025 - -
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Category: academics Class of 2025: Michael 'Mikey' Harrigan finds purpose through innovation , articleHarrigan came to Virginia Tech inspired to pursue a career that would help people struggling with medical issues, such as his grandfather's battle with dementia. Combining neuroscience with computer science has given him powerful tools to pursue that goal.
Date: May 08, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction Virginia Tech study finds unique brain changes linked to witnessing trauma , articleResearchers discovered distinct molecular differences in how the brain processes directly experienced versus witnessed trauma — a finding that could lead to more targeted treatments for PTSD.
Date: Mar 17, 2025 - -
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Category: research Whole Health Consortium at Virginia Tech funds teams to tackle community health challenges , articleFive multidisciplinary teams received seed grants to develop community-informed solutions for better health.
Date: Mar 03, 2025 - -
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Category: academics School of Neuroscience and Language Sciences Program recognized with University Exemplary Department or Program Award , articleThe 2024 award, given annually by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, honored efforts to create accessible and engaging undergraduate research programs.
Date: Jan 21, 2025 - -
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Category: research New lab explores the genetic and environmental factors related to psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia and autism , articleRyan Purcell, an assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, deploys advanced technology to investigate cellular and molecular neurodevelopment.
Date: Nov 01, 2024 - -
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Category: research Sleep sounds , articleSleep is transformative in more ways than we know. Sleep specialists, including Sujith Vijayan, have found that sleep’s beneficial brain rhythms can be enhanced by another type of rhythm: sound waves.
Date: Sep 19, 2024 - -
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Category: research Researchers use engineering to study the effects of cannabis on the brain , articleElectrical engineering and neuroscience researchers collaborate on a device that can help understand the effects of cannabis on memory and learning.
Date: Aug 16, 2024 - -
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Category: research Research-inspired weight-loss bars set to launch , articleWith help from Virginia Tech’s LAUNCH, Deborah Good's company, Good Family Foods Group LLC, was been born. The first product, the “CLAW Bar," debuted in three flavors this spring.
Date: Jul 22, 2024 - -
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Category: research Virginia Tech scientist awarded grant to study a debilitating neurological disorder , articleMeike van der Heijden, assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, will use the award from the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation to study electrical signals in the brain connected to a movement disorder.
Date: Jun 20, 2024 - -
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Category: research Neuroscientist takes on new role helping build Virginia Tech’s expanding biomedical research enterprise , articleAs health sciences associate vice president for planning and strategy, Sarah Clinton will support the Office of the Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology as it advances the university’s biomedical and health sciences portfolio.
Date: May 23, 2024 - -
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Category: academics Michelle Olsen named I.D. Wilson Chair in the College of Science , articleOlsen, professor of neuroscience and director of the School of Neuroscience in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, is an internationally recognized expert in astrocyte biology as it relates to disease pathologies such as epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease.
Date: May 20, 2024 - -
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Category: impact Experts available: Solar eclipse, Trump on trial, Kate Middleton cancer diagnosis, and more , articleThe Virginia Tech media relations office has experts available for interviews on the upcoming solar eclipse, Donald Trump's legal entanglements, Kate Middleton's cancer diagnosis, and more.
Date: Mar 25, 2024 - -
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Category: academics Graduate students commit to research despite early challenges , articleStudents in the first cohort of the Molecular and Cellular Biology graduate program are preparing to graduate.
Date: Mar 12, 2024 - -
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Category: research Seed grants fuel multidisciplinary, community-engaged mental health research , articleThe first seed grants from the newly formed Whole Health Consortium, housed within Virginia Tech's Institute of Society, Culture, and Environment, will support programs ranging from using artificial intelligence to help adults with autism to developing interventions for food insecurity among young children
Date: Mar 07, 2024 - -
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Category: research Neuroscientists link musical theatre to lower anxiety and higher cognitive states in performers with disabilities , articleA Virginia Tech research team found that participation in musical theatre brought positive effects to the brain for people with disabilities.
Date: Mar 01, 2024 - -
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Virginia Tech Advantage VT Engage Faculty Fellowships expand opportunities for community-engaged learning , articleThe program is now open for new applicants to integrate high-impact, ethical community-based learning experiences in their academic courses and programs. Current fellows say their students' attitudes and attention reflect the purposeful learning their fellowships support.
Date: Feb 28, 2024 - -
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Category: research Low-intensity ultrasound shows promise as a noninvasive approach to alleviate pain , articleIn a Journal of Neuroscience study, Virginia Tech scientists demonstrated the effectiveness of using low-intensity focused ultrasound to modulate activity in a critical region in the brain that processes and regulates pain signals.
Date: Feb 19, 2024 - -
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Category: research New Fralin Biomedical Research Institute neuroscientist decodes developmental disorders , articleAssistant Professor Meike van der Heijden studies the cerebellum, a brain region that supports the development of many behaviors.
Date: Feb 14, 2024 - -
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Category: research Virginia Tech scientist shows focused ultrasound can reach deep into the brain to relieve pain , articleA study by Wynn Legon, assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, found that narrowly focused soundwaves aimed at an area of the brain called the insula reduced both the perception of pain and the body’s reaction to it.
Date: Feb 05, 2024 -
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