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Weight or energy: Undergraduate student's research finds ACL recovery results and implications for returning to sport , articleIn a study published in Clinical Biomechanics, undergraduate biomedical engineering student Jenna Mesisca and Robin Queen, professor of biomedical engineering and mechanics in the College of Engineering, discovered the importance of factoring both weight and jump height into the tests that are used to clear athletes to resume physical activity following an ACL injury.
Date: Sep 28, 2021 -
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Grant awarded for green real estate management textbook , articleVirginia’s Academic Library Consortium awarded a grant to Erin A. Hopkins, associate professor for apparel, housing, and resource management, and Anita Walz, University Libraries’ assistant director of open education and scholarly communication, to create a freely available textbook about green real estate management.
Date: Aug 31, 2021 -
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Meet the latest member of Hokie Nation, a newly discovered millipede that lives at Virginia Tech , articleVirginia Tech Professor Paul Marek and his lab have discovered and named a new millipede, the Hokie twisted-claw millipede Nannaria hokie. The millipede was discovered on Virginia Tech campus and was named in honor of the university.
Date: Mar 04, 2021 -
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Veterinary college research team explores causal relationship between maternal microbiota and neonatal antibody response , articleA research team from principal investigator Xin Luo’s lab used rodent subjects to show a causal relationship between neonatal antibody production and the mother’s microbiota. The team’s findings were published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the official journal of the National Academy of Sciences.
Date: Feb 24, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech veterinary neurologist helps establish shared 'life history' of brain cancer in dogs and people , articleA team of researchers, including the veterinary college’s John Rossmeisl, the Dr. and Mrs. Dorsey Taylor Mahin Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, analyzed tumor samples from dozens of gliomas in adults, children, and dogs and uncovered a remarkable degree of similarity between pediatric and canine tumors.
Date: Jun 10, 2020 -
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The mysterious Asian longhorned tick invades Virginia , articleThe presence of the pest and the disease it transmits — Theileria orientalis — are still unexplained, and the Ikeda subtype found in Virginia is a new discovery. At present, the Virginia Tech Animal Laboratory Services is the only laboratory in the U.S. capable of testing for the Ikeda genotype, which causes anemia in cattle.
Date: Feb 28, 2020 -
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The University Libraries hosts VT Authors Recognition Event to celebrate authorship , articleEach year, the University Libraries honors more than 300 Virginia Tech authors during this event.
Date: Jan 17, 2020 -
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Veterinary college researchers aiming to develop therapeutic strategies for pregnant women with lupus , articleTo help women with lupus experience healthy pregnancies and successful outcomes, a team of researchers in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine explored the possible role of gut microbiota in the link between pregnancy and the exacerbation of lupus.
Date: Sep 20, 2019 -
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Virginia Master Naturalist chapter publishes guide to the state’s poisonous plants , article“The Socrates Project: Poisonous Plants in Virginia” is a collaborative effort between the Virginia Master Naturalist Program and Virginia Cooperative Extension.
Date: Jul 12, 2018 -
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Regenerative medicine researcher’s startup companies give hope to patients , articleSometimes it takes a researcher with a flair for entrepreneurship to translate a laboratory breakthrough into a medical treatment. Rob Gourdie, the director of the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute’s Center for Heart and Regenerative Medicine Research, uses "intrapreneurship" to translate laboratory breakthroughs into medical treatments.
Date: May 23, 2017