Fralin Announcements
Fralin Life Science Institute summer fellows research topics like infectious disease
By Susan Trulove
Graduate Life Sciences Recruiting Weekend
Virginia Tech invites you to attend a Graduate Life Sciences Recruiting Weekend.
University awarded scholarship program to support non-traditional graduate students
Virginia Tech has been awarded $506,373 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a five-year program - "Broadening Opportunities for Nontraditional Graduate Students in Biomolecular Science".
Long Named Associate Director
(July 1, 2009) Prof. Timothy Long has been named Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Research and Education at Virginia Tech's Fralin Life Science Institute.
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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