Fralin Announcements
Novozymes/Fralin 2010 Summer Internships
Novozymes Biologicals, Inc., an international corporation, and the Fralin Life Science Institute at Virginia Tech are pleased to announce summer internship opportunities designed to provide undergraduate students with an opportunity to develop real world experience at the interface of life science and business.
Theralase Technologies uses Virginia Tech research to successfully destroy breast cancer cells
By Catherine Doss
BLACKSBURG, Va., January 25, 2010 -- Compounds developed by researchers at Virginia Tech, have proven effective in destroying breast cancer cells when used with lasers developed by Theralase Technologies (TSX-V: TLT) out of Toronto. Theralase, an international manufacturer of laser medical devices, reports that its patented photodynamic compounds (PDCs) developed at the university, when used with its lasers, destroy breast cancer cells in pre-clinical trials.
2010 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) Applications are now being accepted
Applications are now being accepted to support rising VT sophomores, juniors and seniors to pursue life sciences research full-time (40 hours/wk) during the summer of 2010.
Applicants must identify a faculty sponsor with whom they intend to work, and the student and sponsor should prepare this application together. Eleven fellowships of $4000 each will be awarded(subject to taxes and withholdings), paid over a 10-week period. The 10-week period begins on 6/1/10 and ends on 8/10/10.
The application may be downloaded below:
Kevin Davy to serve on NIH study section
Kevin P. Davy, professor in human nutrition, foods and exercise, has been invited to serve as a member of the Clinical and Integrative Diabetes and Obesity Study Section of the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) until June 30 2013. Members are selected on the basis of their demonstrated competence and achievement in their scientific discipline as evidenced by the quality of research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals, and other significant scientific activities, achievements and honors.
The Fralin Life Science Institute is an interdisciplinary research center at Virginia Tech
whose purpose is to bring scientists from different disciplines together under one roof to
solve some of biology's more complex challenges.
Graduate and undergraduate research opportunities are offered through Fralin Life
Science Insitute's various labs and collaboration efforts with many Virginia Tech
departments.
The Fralin Life Science Institute works to extend its research knowledgebase to Virignia
K-12 students as well as extending that reach to many more students nationwide.
Research supported by the Fralin Life Science Institute drives exploration and discovery
in both biomedical sciences and biotechnology.
Leadership, Support, and Partnership
Fralin's mission involves partnering with the university's colleges and departments to promote the best team science. To this end, equipment infrastructure investments serve as interdisciplinary research incubators that are closely tied to faculty recruitment and graduate student training.
The Institute promotes interdisciplinary research through recognition of established faculty that are already engaged in team science. Recruitment of highly talented graduate students is a priority, and the Institute will continue to offer quality research opportunities to undergraduates and high school students, as well.
Although not all inclusive, Fralin's Strategic Research Initiatives are Vector-borne Disease, Molecular Plant Sciences, Infectious Disease, and Obesity and Nutrition.
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- Starts at02/19/2010 - 12:20pmEnds at02/19/2010 - 1:20pm
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