Dear Friends of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute,
It is not easy to develop and carry out a major multi-year research project for a doctoral dissertation and publish the results in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, presenting and defending the dissertation, while publishing the results in peer reviewed journals are also challenging. Besides the research itself that generally takes several years, just the preparation of the dissertation for the final defense takes additional months of difficult work, some of it performed around-the-clock.
We are pleased to report that 11 doctoral and graduate students who have conducted research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC showcased their work before their peers and have successfully defended their dissertations since December.
The students, including nine from the Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health doctoral program and two from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, worked in the labs of FBRI faculty and demonstrated a high level of scientific knowledge and technological expertise.
Students were interested in a wide range of topics, including “Risky decision-making under social influence,” “The Cx43 carboxyl-terminal mimetic peptide protects endothelial barrier function in a ZO1 binding-competent manner,” “The role of blood-borne factors in triggering atypical astrocytes,” “The role of CASK in central nervous system function and disorder,” “Arrhythmogenic mechanisms of acute cardiac infection,” “Role of axo-glial-neuronalsignaling in the neurodevelopment of visual thalamus,” “Diverse mechanisms impair thalamic circuit function in a Dravet Syndrome mouse model,” “Sex differences in cardiac conduction determinants and clinical relevance in the isolated Langendorff-perfused heart,” “Gatekeeper connexin43 phosphorylation events regulate cardiac gap junction coupling during stress,” “The relationship between ephaptic coupling and excitability in ventricular myocardium,” and “Novel electrochemical methods for human neurochemistry.”
Congratulations to all of our scholars, Mark Orloff, Randy Strauss, Kijana George, Paras Patel, Rachel Padget, Rachana Deven Somoiya, Carleigh Studtmann, Madeline Depman (Arpin), Alec Carlson, Katrina Colucci-Chang, and Amnah Eltahir for their considerable achievements.
Yours truly in the spirit of Ut Prosim,
Michael J. Friedlander, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology, Virginia Tech
Senior Dean for Research, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
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