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🚀 Investment fuels innovation! Thanks to Bill & Carol Seale’s generosity, six FBRI researchers are launching five bold projects—advancing neuroscience, metabolism, & human health research. 🔬Learn how philanthropy drives discovery: news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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Dr. Shenglin Mei's lab at @fralinbiomed.bsky.social Cancer Research Center in Washington, DC, is seeking highly motivated computational biology postdoctoral associate to join their team. Excellent pay, benefits, and training environment. Apply by March 10th! careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...

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Your generosity is incredible! 🎁 165+ gifts 📈 $413,000+ ✅ Lasting impact on human health Thank you for your support on #VTGivingDay.

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With less than two hours left of #VTGivingDay, you still have time to support our life-changing research! Give today: give.vt.edu/supportfralin

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Your support has been incredible as we've now unlocked $20,000! Help us unlock one final generous and anonymous donation before noon 🕛 36 more gifts ＝$30,000 Support our science and help us reach this exciting #VTGivingDay challenge goal! 🎁 give.vt.edu/supportfralin

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It’s giving day at Tech. Funds donated to our institute go directly to supporting research! I have a pilot award in my lab that comes from these funds studying artificial sweeteners and heart health. givingday.vt.edu/giving-day/9...

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4 hours left of #VTGivingDay! 🎁 Support our research today: give.vt.edu/supportfralin.html

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We’re almost there! 2️⃣0️⃣ more donors will unlock a generous $20,000 donation from an anonymous donor that directly supports our 500+ faculty, staff, and students who are improving human health across the lifespan. 🎁 give.vt.edu/supportfralin

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Whether in D.C. or Roanoke, our research teams work diligently to improve the future of human health. 🎁 You can help advance their research today: give.vt.edu/supportfralin.html #VTGivingDay

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From high schoolers to postdoctoral associates, we’re training the next generation of health scientists. 🎁 Support their life-changing research today: give.vt.edu/supportfrali...

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Almost there! When we reach 50 donors to any of our initiatives, a generous $10,000 will be unlocked. This exciting #VTGivingDay challenge is made possible thanks to the generosity of FBRI Advisory Board Member Callie Dalton. 🎁 give.vt.edu/supportfralin

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High-intensity therapeutic interventions allow children with cerebral palsy and other movement disorders to make lasting gains in their neuromotor skills. 🎁 This #VTGivingDay, you can support life-changing research: give.vt.edu/supportfrali...!

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#VTGivingDay starts now! Support our mission to advance health through science today. Make a gift today 🎁 give.vt.edu/supportfralin

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The costs of employer-provided health insurance have more than tripled in the past 25 years 📈 Join us as health economist Vivian Ho discusses "How Big Med Drives Rising Healthcare Costs and What to Do About It" 📍 2 Riverside Circle 🗓️ Thursday, Feb. 20, 5 p.m. news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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A recent review from DaeYong Lee's lab suggests biomaterials might better support the immune system's response to cancer if researchers work toward optimizing their size, shape, and stiffness. Read the latest: news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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#VTGivingDay is around the corner! 🥳 You can support our work in preventing, diagnosing, and treating the leading causes of death and disability: cancer, heart disease, and brain and behavioral disorders. Learn more: give.vt.edu/supportfrali...

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Pocket Science has launched 🚀 Today's episode features @difeliceantonio.bsky.social in "Are We Eating Ourselves to Death?" 🍩 🧠 New episodes will be released each Wednesday through March 6. Follow, subscribe, and listen now! 🎧 Link in the comments ⤵️

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It's about that time! 🚨 Application deadline: February 14 The @americanheart.bsky.social Cardiosurf program is a 10-week long hands-on summer program that gives #undergraduate students the opportunity to participate in cutting-edge research 🔬 Apply now ⤵️ fbri.vtc.vt.edu/education/un...

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Neuroscientists uncover how mitochondria fuel hippocampal neurons for learning, memory, and social recognition — offering insights into Alzheimer’s and autism. See the latest findings from @shannonfarris.bsky.social and her team: news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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Our physician-scientists are making strides to improve the standard of cancer care. Last week, they shared their impact with President Tim Sands. Watch the interview: news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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Happy this one is finally out! 🙌 Virginia Tech scientists discover a role for mitochondria in shaping memory circuits. #keepCA2weird @fralinbiomed.bsky.social www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

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Pediatric health is at the center of an expanded research partnership between Children's National Hospital and Virginia Tech. Read about how we plan to advance pediatric health through innovative discoveries and therapies: news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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Samantha Howerton is a doctoral student exploring how the tumor microenvironment can inform personalized treatment for glioblastoma. Read how a new fellowship will help her: news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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It often takes multiple attempts to successfully quit a substance. Our researchers found that getting to recovery varies based on the substance used and other factors. 📊➡️ news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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Using computational models to analyze dopamine-linked responses, researchers identified unique 🧠 activity that could help predict who is likely to recover from depression. Read more: news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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Apply now! 🚨 The neuroSURF program is a 10-week summer program that gives students the opportunity to participate in hands-on, hypothesis-driven research in an area of translational neurobiology. Application deadline: February 1 fbri.vtc.vt.edu/education/un...

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New evidence suggests emotional language can influence neuromodulator levels in brain areas not usually associated with emotional or linguistic processing, like the thalamus: news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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Abigail Doku studies how a molecule called PERM1 could help enhance heart contractility. A new fellowship will support her research into the potential treatment for heart failure: news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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Through a gene therapy technique that modifies blood stem cells with genome editing, our partner Children's National Hospital is making a difference for patients with sickle cell disease: www.nbcnews.com/now/video/ge...

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Shenglin Mei studies remodeling and regulation of the tumor microenvironment during metastasis. Learn about the newest assistant professor to join our growing Cancer Research Center in D.C. 🧪🔗 news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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In the Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program, commercialization lessons prepare students to drive healthcare innovations from concept to market. 📈 Then, students pitch their startups in a "Shark Tank"-style competition. Read more: news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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What is low-intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU) for human neuromodulation? It was a privilege to help write this primer with my mentor Wynn Legon, out now @methodsprimers.bsky.social. You can read the full article here rdcu.be/d38Rl. @fralinbiomed.bsky.social.

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I am delighted to announce the arrival of our newest faculty member, Shenglin Mei PhD, to the new Virginia Tech Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Cancer Research Center in Washington, DC. news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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With a Ray A. Gaskins Fellowship, doctoral student Nishika Raheja wants to use advanced technologies such as human intracranial electrochemistry to understand the neuroscience behind mindfulness. Read more: news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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👋 Meet the undergraduates whose research alongside experts in neuroscience, cardiovascular science, cancer, and more is making a real impact on human health and well-being: news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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A highlight from the ASH-FDA session at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology this week: our very own @drchrishourigan.bsky.social took the stage as a featured speaker! ✨ Stay tuned for exciting things to come! #ASH2024 #Hematology #ScientificExcellence

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A Zoom reunion of Zeta Beta Tau alumni led to the creation of a new fellowship for graduate student researchers. The first recipient will use the funding to study insulin resistance in cardiovascular disease. Read more: news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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Ph.D. student Mona Safari explores the cellular mechanisms behind childhood epilepsy, analyzing neuronal behavior to find cells that hold the 🔑 to tumor resistance. This graduate fellowship is helping her gather data: news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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First #AMP2024 meeting (and visit to Canada) done! HouriganLab will come back to future AMP conferences - hopeful with results from MEASURE.

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Research from Samy Lamouille's lab suggests the JM2 peptide invented by Rob Gourdie could limit stem cell-derived tumor growth. A start-up Lamouille co-founded with Gourdie is helping advance therapeutic possibilities for gliobastoma. Read how: news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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From bench to Bluesky, we're advancing health through science. 🧪 Learn more about one of the nation’s fastest-growing academic biomedical research enterprises: fbri.vtc.vt.edu/about.html

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Join us for an exclusive talk with pioneering oncologist Dr. Luis Diaz Jr. as he reveals how breakthroughs in genomics are reshaping cancer detection, treatment, and patient care. In person in Roanoke, Va., or virtually. #cancer fralinbiomed.info/diaz

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