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- Biology graduate student boosts sustainability efforts at Virginia Tech through custom green lab certification system With over 1,200 laboratories, Virginia Tech strives to solve the world’s most complex problems by connecting brilliant minds with powerful technology. But at the end of the day, every researcher is facing the same challenge: copious amounts of laboratory waste. Aug 04, 2020
- Discovery could lead to more potent garlic, boosting flavor and bad breath A team of Virginia Tech researchers recently discovered a new step in the metabolic process that produces the enzyme allicin, which leads to garlic’s delectable flavor and aroma, a finding that upends decades of previous scientific belief. Aug 04, 2020
- Multiuniversity partnership receives $23 million NSF grant to accelerate U.S. research on glycomaterials A new research hub will support computer-aided design and modeling of glycomaterials through a virtual user facility that will provide critical tools and services to the scientific community. Jul 29, 2020
- Virginia Tech outlines expanded plan for student testing The plan, first announced on July 1, calls for students living on campus to be tested for COVID-19 during the move-in time period from Aug. 14-23. Jul 28, 2020
- Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens to tackle infectious diseases The center will be administratively established as an institute-level center in the Fralin Life Science Institute and will include faculty participants from at least seven colleges and more than 25 departments on campus. Jul 27, 2020
- Virginia Tech researchers discover that mouth bacterium may cause colon cancer to spread A diverse array of bacteria live in the human mouth as part of a vital ecosystem known as the oral microbiome. Virginia Tech researchers have discovered that one of these common bacteria can leave the mouth and potentially cause existing cancer cells in other parts of the body to spread. Jul 21, 2020
- Researchers use cell imaging and mathematical modeling to understand cancer progression Using a combination of experiments and mathematical modeling, a team of researchers from the Department of Biological Sciences and the Fralin Life Sciences Institute are beginning to unravel the mechanisms that lie behind tetraploidy - a chromosomal abnormality that is often found in malignant tumors. Jul 17, 2020
- From Hokie researchers to your home: science activities for kids to do this summer Science doesn’t take place just in a lab or field station — discoveries can happen anywhere. For the curious kids out there, affiliated faculty members of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute give their suggestions for fun science experiments and activities to do this summer. Jul 17, 2020
- TECH Together Campaign wants students to create innovative campus solutions The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Seed Fund has initiated a campus-wide competition open to Virginia Tech students, seeking proposals for creative, innovative, and integrated solutions for a safe reopening of Virginia Tech campuses this fall. Jul 14, 2020
- Geosciences’ Marc Michel switches from nanoparticles to 3D printing nasal swabs Michel, an associate professor of geosciences, diverged from his normal path to lead a project involving numerous Virginia Tech faculty, alumni, and specialists from Carilion Clinic to use 3D printing to create nasopharyngeal swabs during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Jul 14, 2020