Featured research from BEAM faculty and students
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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New drug application stops spread of brain cancer cells caused by clinical treatment approach
The study details the use of a drug that can block the way cancer cells respond to fluid flow. This work is part of a Munson-led five-year research grant project across multiple universities, examining the role of interstitial fluid flow in the spread of glioma cells.
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Virginia Tech leads $2.6 million study of brain trauma, epilepsy connection
BEAM faculty member and interim department chair Pamela VandeVord will serve as a key member of the team, studying specific aspects of the glial response in the brain.
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What do bubbles, cells, and dancers have in common?
Virginia Tech engineers have teamed up with a choreographer for a radical, creative approach to visualizing microscopic acoustic phenomena. The goal? Developing technologies that could lead to more effective treatments for cancer and other diseases.
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VTCRI scientist awarded new federal grant to study cardiac conduction in health, disease
Steven Poelzing, an associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, has received a new five-year grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
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The heart: digital or analog? VTCRI researchers shed dramatic new light on disorders of heart bioelectricity
Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute (VTCRI) have found evidence that may disrupt conventional understanding about how electrical activity travels in the heart — a discovery that potentially can lead to new insight into medical problems, such as heart arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death.
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