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Creating a healthier future. For everyone.
The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC makes transformative scientific advances that address the fundamental processes of human and animal health and disease. The only university-level institute at Virginia Tech dedicated to biomedical research, the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute trains the next generation of leading biomedical scientists while also facilitating discovery-based medical education.
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UPCOMING SEMINARS & EVENTS
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General ItemVirtual Seminar: Reprogramming the Brain Cancer Stem Cell
March 5, 2021, 11 a.m. | John Laterra, M.D., Ph.D. | Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series
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General ItemVirtual Seminar: Effect of Contemporary Societal Exposures on Adolescent Behavioral Health
March 12, 2021, 11 a.m. | Adam Matthew Leventhal, Ph.D. | Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series
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General ItemVirtual Public Lecture: Genes Regulating Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
March 25, 2021, 5:30 p.m. | Michael Young, Ph.D. | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture **Awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine**
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General ItemVirtual Seminar: The Epigenetic Basis of Memory Formation and Dysregulation in Memory Disorders
April 2, 2021, 11 a.m. | Farah Lubin, Ph.D. | Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series
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April 2, 2021, 1 p.m. | Alain Dagher, M.D. | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Seminar Series
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General ItemVirtual Seminar: Chemistry of the Adaptive Mind
April 9, 2021, 11 a.m. | Roshan Cools, Ph.D. | Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series
Giving to the Research Institute
Your generous support of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute's rigorous biomedical research enterprise makes a difference for our faculty, students, and patients. Every donation helps accelerate the pace of new discoveries to help patients with cancer, neurological disorders, heart disease, and even rare genetic disorders. Private donations fast-track our progress.
RESEARCH FOCUS AREAS

Addiction Recovery
Our researchers work at the intersection of behavioral study and neuroscience to target the impaired decision-making processes underlying addictive behaviors.
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Cancer
We are rigorously searching for the next generation of targeted cancer therapies in aggressive forms of brain and breast cancer.
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Cardiovascular Science
With heart disease as the nation’s leading killer, we are elucidating cardiomyopathy, heart attack, sudden cardiac death, and stroke on a molecular scale.
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Children's Health
We want every child to reach their full potential, which is why our researchers study pediatric cancers, brain development and disorders, and neuro rehabilitation.
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Glial Biology
We are demystifying the role of glia in healthy brain function, neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's, brain injury and trauma, and brain cancers.
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Health Behaviors
We are studying ways to prevent and treat lifestyle-related disorders, such as obesity, substance use, and Type 2 diabetes.
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Human Neuroscience
Our scientists are developing new ways to study human behavior, brain function, decision-making, and brain disorders.
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Infectious Disease
At Fralin Biomedical we seek to understand how pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and parasites infect host cells.
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Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology
We examine the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying brain development to understand how brain cells are altered by genetic variations, neurodegenerative disorders, trauma, and aging.
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Reparative Medicine
From treating chronic wounds to healing injured cardiac muscle and arteries, we are discovering new ways to manipulate cell signaling channels to heal injured tissues.
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