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Results for: Translational Plant Sciences
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Clay Wright receives MIRA funding to create new molecular tools , articleThe grant supports Wright's innovative work in understanding and engineering common cellular signals, a critical mechanism shared across animals, plants, and fungi.
Date: Mar 06, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech secures $5.7 million USDA grant to combat fire blight , articleResearchers at Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are leading a national effort to revolutionize management of the highly destructive disease in apples, pears, and pome fruit.
Date: Feb 28, 2024 -
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Championing collaboration in the invasive alien species space , articleIn recognition of National Invasive Species Awareness Week, Feb. 26-March 3, invasive species experts, including those at Virginia Tech's Invasive Species Working Group, will come together with government officials and agency leaders to discuss prevention and management priorities.
Date: Feb 23, 2024 -
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Researchers awarded $2.7 million grant to develop the faba bean as a sustainable mid-Atlantic crop , articleVirginia Tech researchers have teamed up with four other universities to introduce the climate-hardy, high-nutrition faba bean as a viable cash and cover crop.
Date: Jan 15, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech, Virginia Cooperative Extension receive USDA funding to advance specialty crops , articleSix Virginia Tech and Virginia Cooperative Extension projects have been awarded funding through the Specialty Crop Block Grants program.
Date: Jan 04, 2024 -
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New center director eyes burgeoning growth over the next three years , articleDavid Schmale of the Translational Plant Sciences Center has plans to focus on growth in three main areas: broadening collaboration within and outside of the university, enhancing workforce development opportunities, and harnessing pathways for real-world impact.
Date: Dec 14, 2023 -
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Undergraduate students SURF into research this summer , articleNine undergraduate students were paired with Fralin Life Sciences Institute-affiliated faculty mentors for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program, a 10-week training program designed to give motivated undergraduates full-time research experience that mirrors real-world graduate work.
Date: Sep 13, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech graduate students, postdoctoral fellows join Edward Bouchet National Honor Society , articleKaren DePauw, vice president emerita for graduate education and dean emerita of the Graduate School, also was honored at the induction ceremony with the Bouchet Society’s inaugural service award for her service to and impact on graduate education.
Date: Apr 07, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech researchers to investigate transcriptional regulation of cannabinoid synthesis in industrial hemp , articleIndustrial cultivation of hemp is seeing a massive expansion in the United States due to new federal laws and consumer demand. Researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have received a $600,000 grant to study the regulation of the genes that are responsible for cannabinoid biosynthesis.
Date: Mar 31, 2023 -
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Expanded perspectives give greater voice to invasive species working group , articleThe Invasive Species Working Group is crowdsourcing resources and expertise to tackle global invasion species that are reshaping ecosystems, disrupting economies, and causing disease, costing an estimated $1.3 trillion globally each year.
Date: Mar 23, 2023 -
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Intersecting science and art collaboration highlights invasive species research , articleAssociate Professor Jacob Barney and multimedia designer David Franusich partner to creatively bridge the gap between science and everyday citizen concerning one of the biggest threats to local ecosystems: invasive species.
Date: Mar 01, 2022 -
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How plant parents ensure that their kids make it far in life , articleSeed dispersal is being studied by a team led by Susan Whitehead, an assistant professor of biological sciences in the College of Science, to better understand how chemicals affect interactions between fruits and the animals that consume them.
Date: Oct 05, 2021 -
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Fralin Undergraduate Research Fellow searches for mechanisms behind cell detection in arabidopsis plant , articleAs part of the Fralin Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Amanda Ramirez, a senior biochemistry major, has been studying a specific amino acid transporter called Amino Acid Permease 1 to help solve a problem in agronomics that is becoming increasingly complex: nitrogen use efficiency.
Date: Jun 30, 2021 -
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Symposium addresses how protecting plant health protects life , articleFaculty, graduate students, and visiting researchers gathered for the 2020 Translational Plant Sciences Symposium at Virginia Tech on Feb. 28 to discuss how their research is protecting plant health in the four areas of sustainability, environment, development, and monitoring and early warning systems.
Date: Mar 09, 2020 -
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Twenty students awarded Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships , articleThe SURF program is designed to give students hands-on research experiences during a 10-week curriculum that mimics graduate training.
Date: Jun 14, 2019 -
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Researchers discover microscopic tornadoes of spores released during rainfall , articleRecent research in the Schmale Lab at Virginia Tech and the Jung Lab at Cornell University has shown how splashing of rain droplets can transport spores of pathogens from infected plants.
Date: Feb 25, 2019