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The Fralin Biotechnology Center 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.

    Location

  • Centrally located in the heart of the Virginia Tech Campus on West Campus Dr.
    Facilities

  • 44,000 ft2 laboratory facility completed in 1995
  • Twelve research labs
  • Confocal Microscopy (available to the university community)
  • Fermentation (available to the university community)
  • Proteomics/Mass Spectrophometry Facility
  • PX-Scanner by Oxford Diffraction
  • Two 24 student molecular biology teaching labs
  • One 50 student tiered lecture hall
  • One 100 person auditorium
    Faculty and Staff

  • Eight resident tenured or tenure track research faculty
  • Director (also one of the research faculty)
  • One administrative/research faculty
  • One teaching laboratory manager
  • One office manager
  • Two part-time student computer support person
    Governance

  • The center is not an academic department and as such reports to the Office for Interdisciplinary Programs in the Research Division
  • Director, Tracy D. Wilkins, Ph.D. (retiring September 1, 2002)
  • Associate Director, Dennis R. Dean, Ph.D.
    Students

While the Fralin Center is a strong supporter of pre-college, undergraduate, and graduate education, the center has no students of its own. All resident graduate students in Fralin come through the academic department of a resident Fralin Faculty member. Undergraduate students involved in courses taught in or research conducted in Fralin likewise have a home academic department. For information on the undergraduate and graduate Biotechnology Options, please visit the Education section of the Fralin website.