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Unlocking Secrets of the MindPendleton Read Montague Jr., a computational neuroscientist at Virginia Tech, is on a mission to unlock the mysteries of the human mind. His work, a bridge between psychology and cutting-edge…
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Community tunes in to learn about ‘The Craving Brain: Food and Drugs’ during Brain SchoolNearly 200 people packed into the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC during Brain Awareness Week activities in March for exhibits, tours, talks, brain-healthy food and programming around…
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It’s the ‘thing in my life that shaped me the most,’ participant says of life-changing therapyAfter experiencing a stroke in utero that caused weakness on the left side of her body, Keya Shapiro found a home at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Neuromotor Research Clinic…
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Landmark $50 million gift to dramatically expand health sciences research at Virginia TechThe Richmond, Virginia-based Red Gates Foundation recently committed $50 million to the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC to accelerate health sciences research at Virginia Tech. The gift…
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Fundamental understanding of a molecule‘s normal function could inform treatments for a variety of brain disordersA team of investigators in John Chappell’s lab at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC made a discovery that could inform new therapies.
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Cancer researchers team up against deadliest brain tumors in childrenExperts from Children's National, Virginia Tech, and Columbia University join forces to explore new tactics to fight lethal childhood brain cancer.
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Brain School 2023 at the Fralin Biomedical Research InstituteAn annual Brain Awareness Week campaign hosted by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC that included brain-healthy foods, hands-on exploration, and short seminars by Virginia Tech brain…
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Brain School: Is the brain able to change or am I wired this way for life?Join us on March 13, 2023 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute from 5 to 7:30PM for Brain School: The Electric Brain. https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/events/annual-brain-school.html
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Brain School: Is the electricity in my brain the same thing that powers my phone?Join us on March 13, 2023 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute from 5 to 7:30PM for Brain School: The Electric Brain. https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/events/annual-brain-school.html
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Brain School: What's going on inside your brain when you're dreaming?Join us on March 13, 2023 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute from 5 to 7:30PM for Brain School: The Electric Brain. https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/events/annual-brain-school.html
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Virginia Tech researcher's discovery may lead to a better understanding of mental health disorders related to stress, anxietyBy studying zebrafish, Albert Pan and his team at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute found a molecule critical in development of the brain's stress response.
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Virginia Tech scientist uncovers possible link between early-life trauma and binge-eating disorderSora Shin, an assistant professor of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, led a study published in Nature Neuroscience that shows how adversity…
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute expands Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship programThirty-one undergraduate and high school students moved to Roanoke this summer to join an expanded lineup of four competitive, research-intensive mentorship programs hosted by the Fralin Biomedical…
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World-renowned researchers gather at the Precision Neuroscience Conference in RoanokeThe international Precision Neuroscience Conference builds on a collaboration between European and U.S. universities to advance neuroscience-based precision medicine, including diagnosis and…
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#VTGivingDay - Seale Innovation Fund at the Fralin Biomedical Research InstituteThe first seven Virginia Tech research teams each to receive one-year, $75,000 Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC Seale Innovation Fund awards have been selected. The awarded pilot projects…
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Researchers identify behavioral adaptations that may help Antarctic fishes to adapt to warming Southern OceanIn a new study published in PLOS ONE, Michael Friedlander and his team at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute describe how Antarctic fishes with and without hemoglobin react to acute thermal…
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