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Kids’ Tech University to host new programs this fall 21 Aug 2013 | 01:31 am
Blacksburg, VA, August 20, 2013---The award-winning Kids’ Tech University has partnered with the Army to host four new Kids’ Tech sessions at historic Fort Belvoir in Fairfax, Virginia. Registration w...
Students on a mission to Mars 6 Aug 2013 | 01:56 am
BLACKSBURG, Va., August 5, 2013 – A Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering team led by Kevin Shinpaugh, VBI’s director of information technology and computational resources, too first place in ...
Researchers explore genetic links between nicotine, cancer using ‘next-generation sequencing’ 29 Jul 2013 | 06:40 pm
BLACKSBURG, Va., July 29, 2013 – Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute have taken a closer look at the role that nicotine plays in cancer, finding new consequences of nicotine stress on...
New book charts progress of speciation technology and discovery 26 Jul 2013 | 06:29 pm
A new book edited by Pawel Michalak of the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute will help scientists understand the mechanisms of speciation around the world. Speciation: Natural Processes, Genetics, and...
‘Zombie virus’ to be unleashed at national Boy Scout Jamboree to teach kids about contagious disease 17 Jul 2013 | 07:32 pm
BLACKSBURG, Va., July 17, 2013 – If researchers from Virginia Tech's Virginia Bioinformatics Institute have their way, 50,000 Boy Scouts might just turn into zombies as part of an educational game cal...
Researchers discover hidden pathway that plants use to maintain balance, fight stress 10 Jul 2013 | 06:27 pm
BLACKSBURG, Va., July 9, 2013 – An international team of researchers led by scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have uncovered how important chemical pathways involvin...
Researchers discover hidden pathway that plants use to maintain balance, fight stress 10 Jul 2013 | 06:27 pm
BLACKSBURG, Va., July 9, 2013 – An international team of researchers led by scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have uncovered how important chemical pathways involvin...
Summer undergraduate research: Student wins prestigious fellowship from American Society of Microbio 1 Jul 2013 | 06:26 pm
BLACKSBURG, Va., July 1, 2013 – Kelly Drews of Leesburg, Va., a senior majoring in biological sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has been awarded a highly competitive Undergraduate R...
Summer undergraduate research: Student wins fellowship from American Society of Microbiology 1 Jul 2013 | 06:26 pm
BLACKSBURG, Va., July 1, 2013 – Kelly Drews of Leesburg, Va., a senior majoring in biological sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, has been awarded a highly competitive Undergraduate R...
Study reveals new details about H7N9 influenza infections that suddenly appeared in China 20 Jun 2013 | 02:28 am
BLACKSBURG, Va., June 19, 2013 – Researchers with the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute have revealed new information about the latest strain ...
