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Results for: Translational Plant Sciences Center
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Category: research Researcher investigates the key to heat and disease resilient crops , articleFunded by a multinational, multi-organization grant, Courtney Leisner will seek to better understand how pepper plants respond when simultaneously infected with the pathogen Xanthomonas and exposed to extreme heat.
Date: Jun 13, 2025 - -
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Category: academics Career exploration program cultivates student success , articleA combined 14 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows took part in the Translational Plant Sciences Center's Career Explorations Initiative's annual industry tour, which took place in St. Louis, Missouri, this year.
Date: May 27, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction Researchers discover large dormant virus can be reactivated in model green alga , articleFrank Aylward and Maria Paula Erazo Garcia discovered the largest virus ever recorded with a latent infection cycle in the model green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardti. Their findings were published in Science.
Date: Apr 10, 2025 - -
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Category: academics Graduate School honors students, faculty, and staff at annual awards reception , articleAward winners included the graduate students of the year and students who received the service excellence award, graduate teaching assistance excellence awards, and outstanding dissertation and thesis awards.
Date: Mar 28, 2025 - -
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Category: impact Virginia Tech ecologist appointed to prestigious national Invasive Species Advisory Committee , articleJacob Barney’s unique expertise will bolster federal efforts to manage invasive species.
Date: Mar 07, 2025 - -
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Category: impact In memoriam: John McDowell, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences and Fralin Life Sciences Institute , articleMcDowell, a global leader in the study of plant-pathogen interactions and professor, passed away Dec. 24 after a 19-month battle with cancer.
Date: Jan 16, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech Global Distinction New International Research Experiences Program will send students to Austria , articleThrough a National Science Foundation-funded program, undergraduate students will study ice nucleation research with College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Professor David Schmale.
Date: Jan 08, 2025 - -
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Category: research Organic collaboration propagates National Science Foundation grant , articleJames Westwoods research of invasive interlopers weeds with multiple long-time collaborations has led to a $1 million National Science Foundation grant to study the use of parasitic plants for a new method of plant genetic manipulation that could enhance food production.
Date: Dec 23, 2024 - -
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Category: impact Eva Colláková: A Fulbright journey in Israel , articleAn associate professor's research assignment provides unique insights into climate change and food security, fostering international collaborations.
Date: Dec 23, 2024 - -
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Category: impact Harvested apple crops tap into sustainability network , articleWhen Associate Professor Susan Whitehead asked for help harvesting apples from her research orchard, she tapped into an established chain of events that provides food security for students and families throughout the New River Valley region.
Date: Dec 05, 2024 - -
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Category: research Researchers receive grant to study invasive autumn olive , articleVirginia Tech researchers received a grant to find if a native fungus could be used as a biocontrol method on the autumn olive.
Date: Oct 22, 2024 - -
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Category: research Researchers receive USDA funding to combat devilishly invasive tree-of-heaven , articleThe award will help Virginia Tech researchers see if the spotted lanternfly can help spread a fungus that kills the tree-of-heaven.
Date: Oct 21, 2024 - -
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Category: research Labs establish joint genome-sequencing service to head off future pandemics , articleTesting labs in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are joining forces for a pathogen identification service to assist animal and plant disease diagnosticians.
Date: Oct 10, 2024 - -
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Category: impact International scientists converge at Virginia Tech to further plant health research , articleVirginia Tech hosted the International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, bringing 250 plant health scientists from 27 countries to Blacksburg for an exchange about the global food chain.
Date: Aug 16, 2024 - -
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Category: research Genome study informs restoration of American chestnut tree , articleResearchers in the College of Natural and Environmental Sciences in collaboration with the American Chestnut Foundation use genomes to help restore the American chestnut population and adjust species breeding to the changing climate.
Date: Jul 18, 2024 - -
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Category: research Leaves of three, let it be? Maybe not anymore , articleVirginia Tech researchers have found wide variability amongst poison ivy plants, rendering identification and avoidance more challenging.
Date: Mar 29, 2024 - -
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Category: academics Investigators collaborate to enrich undergraduate research experiences at Virginia Tech , articleDavid Schmale and Shane Ross teamed up with faculty at three minority-serving institutions to offer more students impactful, hands-on undergraduate research experiences.
Date: Mar 19, 2024 - -
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Category: research 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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Category: research 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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