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Article ItemSo long, Roanoke; get ready, Denmark, for the 2024 Precision Neuroscience conference , article
Researchers, clinicians, and students from four countries recently worked side-by-side for three days in Roanoke, sharing ideas to help the nearly 1 billion people worldwide coping with brain disorders.
Date: Jun 28, 2022 -
Article ItemThrough their stories, graduate students relay importance of research to university mission , article
Last week at the Board of Visitors’ Academic, Research, and Student Affairs Committee meeting, members heard about the significant role graduate students have in the university’s research mission.
Date: Jun 14, 2022 -
Article ItemScholar award helps doctoral student advance cancer treatment while enhancing representation , article
Sabrina Campelo, a doctoral student in the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences program, will continue her innovative work in translational cancer research with the help of the nonprofit Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholar Award for the 2022-23 academic year.
Date: Jun 02, 2022 -
Article ItemLong-standing partnership provides student research fellowships , article
Since 1990, the Virginia Space Consortium has provided 475 scholarship and fellowship awards totaling $2.1 million to Virginia Tech undergraduate and graduate student researchers, intended to supplement and enhance research support.
Date: Jun 01, 2022 -
Article ItemCollege of Science students win Beckman Scholarships for collaborative research projects , article
Three Virginia Tech students were awarded scholarships from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. They are Camille Bridgewater, double majoring in chemistry and physics; Sera Choi, a biological sciences major; and Nikki Keith, double majoring in biological sciences and clinical neuroscience.
Date: May 25, 2022 -
Article ItemHow much is too much? Researchers receive grant to study brain cells after trauma , article
Researchers Pamela VandeVord and Scott Verbridge of Virginia Tech's Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics will use 3D gels, rather than flat, 2D models, to gain a more precise understanding of how brain cells respond to trauma such as blunt impacts from car crashes or blasts.
Date: May 25, 2022 -
Article ItemScientists detect deadly arrhythmia trifecta: Salt, swelling, and leaky sodium channels , article
Cardiovascular researchers led by Steven Poelzing at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have published a new study describing how deadly arrhythmias arise from elevated sodium levels, heart tissue irritation and swelling, and sodium channel abnormalities associated with Long QT syndrome.
Date: May 24, 2022 -
Article ItemH. Clay Gabler III posthumously awarded the Kenneth A. Stonex Roadside Safety award , article
The award from the Committee on Roadside Safety Design recognizes outstanding contributions to improving highway and roadside safety. Gabler, who passed away on Jan. 11, 2021, was a professor and chair of the undergraduate biomedical engineering program and a leading researcher at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute-affiliated Center for Injury Biomechanics.
Date: May 17, 2022 -
Article ItemNew data revealed about the origin of the circulatory system during development , article
Researchers are closer to understanding the earliest beginnings of the circulatory system during embryonic development. The discovery could lead to ways to repair damage in the human body after a stroke or heart attack.
Date: May 17, 2022 -
Article ItemClass of 2022: Mariam Hasan named Outstanding Senior for the Honors College , article
Hasan’s extensive undergraduate student pursuits exemplify transdisciplinary collaboration, social responsibility, and experiential learning, which are core values of the Honors College.
Date: May 10, 2022
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