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Article ItemGraduate student’s love of science leads to prestigious national fellowship , article
Kaylee Petraccione received a National Institute of Health award to further her research on the molecular mechanisms enabling the Rift Valley fever virus to cause disease.
Date: Sep 17, 2024 -
Article ItemExperts available: Boeing Starliner sounds, Eastern equine encephalitis, lunch meat listeria, and more , article
Virginia Tech experts are available this week to discuss the mysterious noises aboard the Boeing Starliner, how to protect yourself against eastern equine encephalitis, the lunch meat listeria outbreak, the latest on the Presidential campaign trail, and more.
Date: Sep 04, 2024 -
Article ItemThere’s an app for that: Study reveals that a smartphone app can effectively lower cholera risk , article
Kevin Boyle from the Pamplin College of Business and an interdisciplinary team of researchers demonstrate the potential of using smartphone apps in the fight against cholera.
Date: Aug 12, 2024 -
Article ItemKathleen Alexander receives Virginia’s highest faculty honor , article
Alexander, the William E. Lavery Professor in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, was recognized with an Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
Date: Jan 22, 2024 -
Article ItemGot wildlife? Get Jim Parkhurst , article
Parkhurst has built a 35-year career around solving and preventing the problems that arise when people and wildlife find themselves in close quarters.
Date: Oct 09, 2023 -
Article ItemLuis Escobar receives NIH award to study rabies transmission from wildlife to humans , article
Escobar will study vampire bats in Latin America to learn more about the spillover of a wildlife disease that can severely impact human health: rabies.
Date: Sep 25, 2023 -
Article ItemKathleen Alexander brings a One Health vision to conservation efforts in Botswana , article
Alexander makes a global impact merging wildlife conservation with community health and economic development in Botswana.
Date: Mar 17, 2023 -
Article ItemLauren Childs honored with fellowship by Association for Women in Mathematics and Cornell University , article
The award grants a mid-career mathematician a residential fellowship in the Cornell University Mathematics Department without teaching obligations.
Date: Mar 09, 2023 -
Article ItemA silver lining in the fight for clean water in India , article
Students and faculty in the Department of Geography trialed the use of silver-infused ceramic tiles as a way to provide clean water to schools in rural India.
Date: Mar 02, 2023 -
Article ItemLuis Escobar receives NSF CAREER award to study disease transmission among wildlife and across geographic scales , article
With the National Science Foundation award, Escobar will research the disease ecology and biogeography of hantavirus to better understand disease transmission between species and to humans.
Date: Feb 27, 2023 -
Article ItemBiological sciences’ Dana Hawley leads study showing how symptoms of illness help pathogens spread amongst songbirds , article
Hawley and a team of researchers have shown just how easily these pathogens — in this case, a form of conjunctivitis common in birds but harmless to humans — spread, suggesting similar scenarios for humans.
Date: Jan 11, 2023 -
Article ItemResearchers to lead Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society , article
Kathy Lu, a prominent College of Engineering researcher, was elected president, and Deborah Good, of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, was elected director of the mid-Atlantic region of Sigma Xi in November. Both will serve three-year terms beginning July 1.
Date: Jan 03, 2023 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech researchers will investigate how bird feeding influences humans and birds , article
Ashley Dayer of the College of Natural Resources and Environment and Dana Hawley of the College of Science are leading a multifaceted project funded by the National Science Foundation to study the effects of bird feeding.
Date: Nov 15, 2022 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech researchers address the grand challenges of pandemic prediction and prevention , article
T.M. Murali, a professor in the Department of Computer Science, along with several colleagues from across Virginia Tech, has received a $1 million National Science Foundation grant to identify expedient, efficient, cost-effective options for the prevention and containment of zoonotic viruses.
Date: Oct 24, 2022 -
Article ItemFralin Life Sciences Institute sponsors inaugural Infectious Disease Symposium , article
The Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Anthropod-Borne Pathogens will host the symposium on Friday, Oct. 7, with keynote speakers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes for Health, and One Health Institute.
Date: Oct 05, 2022 -
Article ItemStudying vampire bats to predict the next pandemic , article
Supported by the National Science Foundation, the team will examine how geography, population traits, and climate change affect the spread of infectious disease from vampire bats to other species, and propose new models for predicting when and where wildlife virus transmission might occur in the future.
Date: Sep 26, 2022 -
Video ItemFinding new ways to control mosquitoes through sleep-deprivation , video
Diseases spread by mosquitoes cause hundreds of thousands of deaths every year. Assistant professor of biochemistry, Clément Vinauger, is researching how sleep-deprivation in mosquitoes could help control the spread of these diseases.
Date: Sep 08, 2022 -
Article ItemResearchers receive $1.75 million grant to study host variation , article
Disease outbreaks and evolution are hard to predict. Researchers at Virginia Tech and three other institutions are studying immunity variation to get a better grasp on this phenomenon.
Date: Sep 27, 2021 -
Article ItemBreaking the deadly cycle: Drug researchers tackle the malaria parasite at multiple life stages , article
Researchers have received a $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to begin further testing of two inexpensive and effective antimalarial drug candidates that can kill Plasmodium parasites at three stages of their development.
Date: Aug 30, 2021 -
Article ItemRevolutionary mosquito researchers receive $2.7 million grant , article
Funded by a $2.7 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, researchers at Virginia Tech are now investigating how mosquitoes adjust their smelling rhythms in response to changes in our own daily activity.
Date: Jul 15, 2021
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