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Nov. 29, 2022
3D model of brain tumor environment could aid personalized treatment
Glioblastoma, a rare but deadly brain cancer, is wickedly sturdy. Surgeons remove tumors only to see the cancer come back ferociously. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy have limited effects. About half of patients die within 18 months. But now Virginia Tech scientists have developed a novel 3D tissue-engineered model of the glioblastoma tumor microenvironment that can be used to learn why the tumors return and what treatments will be most effective at eradicating them – right down to a patient-specific level.
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2022 Health Sciences and Technology Hokie Pitch , homeDec. 8, 2022, 1 p.m. | G101A/B, 4 Riverside Circle | 2022 Health Sciences and Technology Hokie Pitch
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Virtual Seminar: Electrophysiology of Basal Ganglia and Thalamus in Children Undergoing DBS for Dystonia , homeDec. 9, 2022, 11:00 a.m. | Terence Sanger, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Pediatric Neurology, University of California - Irvine | Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Human Neuroscience Research
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Seminar: Interplay Between AKT and AMPK Signaling in the Regulation of Glucose Homeostasis , homeDec. 12, 2022, 12 p.m. | Natasha Jaiswal, Ph.D., Senior Research Investigator, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania | Seminar
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Seminar: Regulatory Mechanism of Mitochondrial Organization and Myofibrillar Matrix , homeDec. 14, 2022, 11 a.m. | Prasanna Katti, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Muscle Energetics Lab, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health | Seminar
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In Person Lecture: Tuning Depression Circuits Using Deep Brain Stimulation , homeDecember 15, 2022, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | Helen Mayberg, M.D., Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Member, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and National Academy of Inventors | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture
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In Person Seminar: Genetic Drivers in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma , homeJan. 13, 2023, 11 a.m. | Azeddine Atfi, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis Division, Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University | Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Cancer Research Group
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