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Results for: Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens
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Article ItemNovel discovery may benefit severe immune conditions , article
Discovery of a DNA shift in the innate immune memory of cells may aid in the fight against one of humans’ most deadly foes – sepsis.
Date: Mar 11, 2024 -
Article ItemMeet two Virginia Tech research couples who share a special bond , article
Two Fralin Life Sciences Institute research couples — Brenda Winkel and Jim Westwood, along with Nisha Duggal and James Weger— share insight on how their worlds of being partners in life intertwine with their roles in academia.
Date: Feb 13, 2024 -
Article ItemForensic science combats wildlife trafficking , article
A $2.6 million grant will fund a new wildlife forensic center in Botswana as part of Virginia Tech’s ongoing collaborations with the government of the Republic of Botswana to foster conservation and global research initiatives in Africa.
Date: Feb 06, 2024 -
Article ItemForging the global land-grant mission , article
Virginia Tech President Tim Sands traveled to Botswana to meet with President Eric Mokgweetsi Keabetswe Masisi and celebrate the expansion of collaborative projects as part of Virginia Tech’s efforts to expand the land-grant mission globally.
Date: Feb 05, 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 ItemX.J. Meng awarded $2 million NIH grant to study hepatitis E-related neurological disorders , article
Meng, University Distinguished Professor of Molecular Virology in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, will focus on understanding how the hepatitis E virus affects the cells in the neurovascular unit, leading to neurological injury.
Date: Dec 21, 2023 -
Article ItemA new approach to creating an ancient tree of life , article
Carolina Martinez-Gutierrez and Frank Aylward have created a genetic tree that establishes a timeline for when 13 clades – the lineages of bacteria and archaea – colonized in the ocean.
Date: Dec 14, 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 ItemNot all viruses are harmful , article
An assistant professor of biological sciences, Bryan Hsu received a five-year $1.9 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to develop a model to test the role of viruses attacking bacteria within the gut microbiome.
Date: Sep 22, 2023 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech awarded grant to study lingering Lyme disease symptoms , article
The National Institutes of Health awarded a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences researcher $2.7 million to understand how the cell wall of the Lyme disease-causing pathogen makes people sick.
Date: Jul 07, 2023 -
Article ItemQ&A: Virginia Tech researchers discover new, more effective candidates for treatment of syphilis , article
New candidates for the treatment of syphilis have been validated in a laboratory setting with several being more effective than what is currently used to treat the infection.
Date: Jun 01, 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 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 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 ItemVirologist Kylene Kehn-Hall to direct the Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens , article
Kehn-Hall, professor of virology from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, conducts research focused on understanding the mechanism of viral pathogenesis and developing antivirals for vector-borne and zoonotic diseases.
Date: Sep 16, 2022 -
Article ItemResearcher receives three grants from the National Institutes of Health to combat mosquito-borne viruses , article
Nisha Duggal, an assistant professor of biomedical sciences and pathobiology in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, received three R21 grants from the National Institutes of Health totaling $825,000 to combat the transmission of multiple mosquito-borne viruses, develop therapeutics, and predict future disease in humans.
Date: Mar 22, 2022 -
Article ItemMicrobiologist Frank Aylward to use $989,000 NSF CAREER Award to study ‘giant’ viruses found in ecosystems , article
Aylward, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, will use the award funding to better understand how such viruses affect ecosystems.
Date: Mar 17, 2022
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