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Article ItemUbadah Sabbagh thrives on collaboration , article
During Friday's State of the University address, Sabbagh joined President Sands from his lab to talk about Virginia Tech's expansion in Roanoke.
Date: Sep 06, 2019 -
Article ItemGraduate student earns prestigious NIH award to map unexplored brain region, study optic nerve regeneration , article
Ubadah Sabbagh, a Virginia Tech translational biology, medicine, and health (TBMH) graduate student, has won a National Institutes of Health award that will fund his remaining TBMH predoctoral research and his future postdoctoral research. The award supports outstanding graduate students of underrepresented backgrounds in neuroscience research.
Date: Jul 19, 2019 -
Article ItemGraduate student in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health program receives prestigious Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Ben Barres Fellowship , article
Ubadah Sabbagh, a Virginia Tech translational biology, medicine, and health graduate student working at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, won the award as the most distinguished graduate student.
Date: Jun 28, 2019 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech graduate students selected to join competitive Society for Neuroscience program , article
Amnah Eltahir and Alyssa Brunal-Brown, Virginia Tech graduate students at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, were accepted into the Society for Neuroscience’s fellowship and associate programs, respectively.
Date: Jun 11, 2019 -
Article ItemLost in translation: The medium is the message for a healthy heartbeat , article
Researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have revealed how a genetic message to produce healthy heart tissue is altered in the body during stress and aging to contribute to sudden cardiac death.
Date: May 28, 2019 -
Article ItemMadelynn Todd, Ryan King to represent students on Board of Visitors , article
The two students will begin their one-year terms on July 1.
Date: Apr 05, 2019 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech Board of Visitors sets tuition and fees, advances new Ph.D. program in neuroscience , article
During its quarterly meeting March 31-April 1, the board also approved the demolition of Holden Hall's north wing, selected student representatives for the coming year, and adopted resolutions for multiple faculty appointments and emerita/emeritus status.
Date: Apr 01, 2019 -
Article ItemEconomist, UN advisor Jeffrey Sachs to discuss world’s 'most important agenda' , article
Sachs will give his presentation "Achieving Sustainable Development in the United States and throughout the World" at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at 2 Riverside Circle in Roanoke. The event will be free and open to the public.
Date: Feb 18, 2019 -
Article ItemVTCRI scientists find that sensory neurons can be used to discover therapies for ALS , article
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute (VTCRI) scientists examined sensory neurons in cell cultures and in mice with ALS-causing mutant genes. They found that sensory neurons’ axons exhibit similar pathological changes found in motor neurons afflicted with ALS.
Date: Nov 08, 2018 -
Article ItemRoanoke-based Virginia Tech graduate student selected as a Society for Neuroscience fellow , article
Ubadah Sabbagh is a doctoral student in Virginia Tech's Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program.
Date: Nov 02, 2018 -
Article ItemVeterinary college researcher awarded grant to study herpes simplex virus , article
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health has awarded Andrea Bertke, an assistant professor of infectious diseases in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, $1.7 million to study the neuron-specific regulation of herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2.
Date: Oct 09, 2018 -
Article ItemVTCRI scientist earns third concurrent grant from the National Cancer Institute to study breast cancer , article
Deb Kelly, who is also an associate professor of biological sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, is working to better detect, prevent, and repair the mutations found in cancers related to the breast cancer susceptibility protein, BRCA1.
Date: Jul 10, 2018 -
Article ItemVTCRI scientist awarded $2 million grant to study immune memory response , article
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a new five-year grant to Ken Oestreich, an assistant professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, to study immunological memory.
Date: Jun 27, 2018 -
Article ItemVTCRI scientists, Carilion clinicians first to identify perinexus in human heart , article
The research team was led by Steven Poelzing, an associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, and Soufian AlMahameed, who was a clinician associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and the director of Carilion Clinic’s Center for Atrial Fibrillation at the time of data collection.
Date: Jun 18, 2018 -
Article ItemVTCRI scientists identify novel cellular mechanism that can lead to cancer metastasis , article
Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have added a new dimension to the understanding of how cells alter their communication with one another during development, wound healing, and the spread of cancer.
Date: May 29, 2018 -
Article ItemNational expert on the behavioral science of scarcity to speak at VTCRI , article
Eldar Shafir will discuss the complex psychology of poverty and the tradeoffs people must make when resources are scarce on May 17 at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute.
Date: May 14, 2018 -
Article ItemFirst students earn degrees through innovative translational biology, medicine, and health program , article
The program is based on the Virginia Tech Carilion Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, and it positions students to conduct research in more than 50 departments and institutes across Virginia Tech.
Date: May 09, 2018 -
Article ItemCompounds found in grapes, dark chocolate, coffee, and blueberries can be used to treat depression , article
The finding — from a study published by a Virginia Tech researcher — does not mean that people who suffer from depression should eat a bar of dark chocolate or drink a bottle of red wine as self-treatment.
Date: Apr 17, 2018 -
Article ItemPresident of nation’s largest health and science public education and advocacy organization to speak at VTCRI , article
Mary Woolley, president and chief executive officer of Research!America, will speak at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute on April 5.
Date: Apr 02, 2018 -
Article ItemVTCRI scientist awarded $2 million National Cancer Institute grant to study breast cancer , article
The National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health has awarded Deborah Kelly, an associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, $2 million to study the mutated form of the breast cancer susceptibility protein that is implicated in hereditary breast cancer.
Date: Mar 29, 2018
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Media Contacts
John Pastor
Senior Director of Communications,
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Office of the Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology
jdpastor@vt.edu or 540-526-2222
Leigh Anne Kelley
Director of Communications,
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
lakelley@vtc.vt.edu or 540-526-2002