Fralin Announcements
Second finalist for founding director of the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute to present
James O. Hill, professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Colorado, Denver, and director of the National Institutes of Health-funded Center for Human Nutrition, will present a seminar Thursday, Nov. 19, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Fralin Life Science Institute auditorium.
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.
Virginia Tech food scientists research ways to make fruits and vegetables safer
Food-safety surveillance programs depend on research, education, and outreach to reduce risks from food-borne pathogens. A thorough evaluation of production and distribution processes can identify specific food hazards and help growers and distributors find ways to eliminate them from our food supply.
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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