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Video ItemWhat's Your Major? - Systems Biology , video
Ben shares why he studies Systems Biology in the Academy of Integrated Science.
Date: Apr 13, 2023 -
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Lauren Childs honored with fellowship by Association for Women in Mathematics and Cornell University , articleThe award grants a mid-career mathematician a residential fellowship in the Cornell University Mathematics Department without teaching obligations.
Date: Mar 09, 2023 -
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Academy of Data Science Discovery Fund awards support interdisciplinary research , articleThe projects supported in this year’s awards focus on the use of data science methods in the fields of geophysics, medicine, and systems biology.
Date: Oct 18, 2022 -
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Lauren Childs to create improved models for tracking spread of disease , article
Childs, an assistant professor of mathematics, will use a five-year $550,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop mathematical frameworks that can decipher the dynamics of disease and suggest earlier, more effective interventions to mitigate the spread of disease.
Date: Apr 18, 2022 -
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Microbiologist Frank Aylward to use $989,000 NSF CAREER Award to study ‘giant’ viruses found in ecosystems , articleAylward, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, will use the award funding to better understand how such viruses affect ecosystems.
Date: Mar 17, 2022 -
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Robert Weiss named director of Academy of Integrated Science in College of Science , articleThe academy was started in 2011 by the late Lay Nam Chang, then dean of the College of Science, with the mission of exploring powerful new approaches to current complex scientific problems.
Date: Mar 08, 2022 -
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Discovery of circadian rhythm gene in mice could lead to breakthroughs in understanding those in humans , articleIn a new study, Virginia Tech scientists have identified a novel gene, Per2AS, that controls the natural sleep/wake cycle, or circadian rhythm, in mice.
Date: Jun 07, 2021 -
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Mathematics’ Lauren Childs helps address the complex problems of malaria , articleChilds recently co-authored a report with a team from Harvard University on the role of natural mosquito behavior on transmission of a disease that threatens half the world’s population.
Date: Feb 23, 2021 -
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Mathematics’ Lauren Childs named Cliff and Agnes Lilly Faculty Fellow by Board of Visitors , article
A member of the Department of Mathematics since 2016, Childs’ research is in mathematical biology and combines mathematical models, theoretical analysis, and biological insight to understand infectious disease dynamics, such as those of the current outbreak of COVID-19.
Date: Oct 21, 2020 -
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Biological sciences’ John Tyson honored with emeritus status by Board of Visitors , articleTyson, University Distinguished Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, brought international visibility to Virginia Tech’s Department of Biological Sciences through his work in systems biology.
Date: Sep 28, 2020 -
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Hokie helps in a hot zone , articleSenior Cameron Buck traveled to Hidalgo County, Texas, on July 1 to begin a month of volunteering in hospital ICUs swamped with COVID-19 patients.
Date: Sep 08, 2020 -
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Miss Virginia 2019 Camille Schrier headlines this year’s Virginia Tech Science Festival and Nutshell Games , articleThe Virginia Tech Science Festival returns to campus for its sixth year on Nov. 16, with more than 100 free hands-on, minds-on learning interactive booths and activities that showcase dozens of science education and research programs throughout the university.
Date: Nov 07, 2019 -
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Three College of Science faculty receive Luther and Alice Hamlett honors to support research , articleThree faculty members in the Virginia Tech College of Science were recently honored with faculty fellowships named for Luther and Alice Hamlet by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Date: Oct 08, 2019 -
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University Libraries' DataBridge students poised for success in high-demand data professions , articleDataBridge is an undergraduate research experience that gives students interested in working with data a chance to increase knowledge and hone skills by helping graduate students and faculty with data challenges.
Date: Sep 24, 2019 -
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Virginia Tech alumna takes science to pageant stage , article
Wearing a lab coat, goggles, and high heels, Camille Schrier performed an exploding chemistry demonstration as her talent in the Miss Virginia competition — and she won.
Date: Jul 12, 2019 -
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Carla Finkielstein and team honored with award for research into circadian rhythms and cancer , articleA team of Virginia Tech researchers led by Finkielstein, an associate professor in the College of Science, has been honored with the 2019 J. Shelton Horsley Research Award from the Virginia Academy of Science.
Date: Jun 25, 2019 -
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Biological Sciences’ Frank Aylward awarded Simons Foundation grant to study evolution of oceans , articleThe three-year, $540,000 grant will help Aylward to understand evolutionary trends in prokaryotes and the roles they play in carbon and nitrogen cycling, and other biogeochemical processes that are vital to the Earth’s climate.
Date: May 24, 2019 -
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Biological sciences' Frank Aylward awarded 2018 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in Ocean Sciences , article
Recipients of 2018 Sloan Research Fellows will receive an award of $65,000, which Aylward will use to fund personnel in his lab and to purchase a server for computational genomic research.
Date: Feb 15, 2018 -
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Frank Aylward named assistant professor of biological sciences in College of Science , article
Aylward is also an affiliate faculty member of the systems biology program, part of the Academy of Integrated Science within the College of Science. He focuses his research on microbial ecology and diversity, and genomics and metagenomics.
Date: Dec 08, 2017 -
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Biocomplexity Institute hosts top researchers to explore the way science looks at DNA , articleChristian Reidys, director of the Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech's Mathematical Biocomplexity Laboratory, will help lead this landmark discussion on the future of genetic sequencing.
Date: Oct 12, 2017
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