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Newly Discovered Mode of Drinking in Mosquitoes Carries Biomedical Implications
BEAM Associate Professor Jake Socha talks about his recent study in Scientific Reports detailing the discovery of a new mode of drinking in mosquitoes, which the researchers have named the burst mode. The team used the synchrotron x-ray facility at Argonne National Laboratory to collect live videos of the mosquitoes' drinking mechanisms.
Mosquitoes and the diseases they carry remain an ongoing focus of public health concern. These new findings on the insect’s feeding mechanisms and modalities could have larger implications for how scientists address mosquito-borne disease transmission in future research.
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College of Science students win Beckman Scholarships for collaborative research projects , articleThree 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.
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How much is too much? Researchers receive grant to study brain cells after trauma , articleResearchers 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.
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Scientists detect deadly arrhythmia trifecta: Salt, swelling, and leaky sodium channels , articleCardiovascular 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.
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H. Clay Gabler III posthumously awarded the Kenneth A. Stonex Roadside Safety award , articleThe 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.
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