Chemist to donate potential pharmaceutical royalties to developing country
The National Institutes of Health has renewed a five-year research grant for a total of $2.5 million to an international biodiversity group led by David G.I. Kingston, University Distinguished...
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Virginia Tech chemistry Professor Harry C. Dorn, Emory and Henry College chemistry Professor James Duchamp, and Panos Fatouros, professor and chair of the Division of Radiation Physics and Biology at...
View ArticleChemist elected international Fellow
Judy S. Riffle, professor of chemistry and director of the Macromolecular Science and Engineering program at Virginia Tech, has been elected a Fellow in the Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering...
View ArticleChemistry's Judy Riffle recognized for diversity contributions
A chemistry professor at Virginia Tech has been recognized for her contributions to diversity at the university.
View ArticleJames Tanko named chemistry chair
Professor James M. Tanko has been named chair of the Department of Chemistry in the College of Science.
View ArticleJudy Riffle named American Chemical Society Fellow
Judy S. Riffle, professor of chemistry and director of Virginia Tech's interdisciplinary Macromolecular Science and Engineering Ph.D. education program, has been named a Fellow of the American Chemical...
View ArticlePolymer-based alternative energy, sustainability, industrial innovation...
The Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute at Virginia Tech is holding its 2010 Technical Conference and Review, "Macromolecular Science and Engineering at Virginia Tech: Enabling a Healthy and...
View ArticleWebster Santos appointed Blackwood Junior Faculty Fellow of Life Sciences
Webster Santos, assistant professor of chemistry in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, was recently appointed as the Blackwood Junior Faculty Fellow of Life Sciences by the Virginia Tech Board of...
View ArticleNew cancer therapy appears promising in pre-clinical trials
A new method for treating breast cancer is showing early promise in pre-clinical trials.
View ArticleInstitute for Critical Technology and Applied Science names Robert Moore...
The Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science has appointed Robert Moore as the interim associate director for research.
View ArticleMacromolecules and Interfaces Institute, Fralin Life Science Institute to...
The Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute and the Fralin Life Science Institute at Virginia Tech will host Mark E. Davis, professor of chemical engineering at California Institute of Technology, as a...
View ArticleTechulon licenses technology that integrates diagnostics with therapeutics
Techulon Inc., a life sciences company based in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, has signed an exclusive license with Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties Inc.to market a new, traceable...
View ArticleTimothy Long named associate dean in College of Science
Timothy E. Long has been appointed associate dean for strategic initiatives in the College of Science.
View ArticleProductive university, industry research partnership recognized
Researchers from Virginia Tech and Kraton Polymers LLC have been awarded the American Chemical Society Division of Polymeric Materials' 2011 Award for Cooperative Research in Polymer Engineering and...
View ArticleChemist Timothy Long named Mark Scholar by American Chemical Society
Timothy Long, professor of chemistry and associate dean for strategic initiatives in the College of Science, has been named a Mark Scholar by the American Chemical Society. The award is one of three...
View ArticleNew insights on an old material will enable design of better polymer...
Two Virginia Tech research groups have combined forces to devise a way to measure Nafion's internal structure and, in the process, have discovered how to manipulate this structure to enhance the...
View ArticleDavid G.I. Kingston appointed to National Advisory Council for Complementary...
David G.I. Kingston, University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, who is affiliated with the Fralin Life Science Institute at Virginia Tech, has been named to the National Advisory Council for...
View ArticleChemist wins award for new approach to pressure-sensitive adhesive production
Tim Long has received an award for his research on a solvent-free and environmentally friendly approach of producing pressure sensitive adhesives.
View ArticleResearchers closer to understanding cell-division gatekeeper enzyme
An enzyme called Pin1 regulates the protein that initiates cell division by changing the shape of a peptide bond. Researchers at Notre Dame and Virginia Tech have discovered how Pin1 communicates...
View ArticleNew molecule tested as a delivery vehicle to image, kill brain tumors
Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia Tech researchers have developed a molecular platform that offers hope for treatment of the most common and aggressive form of brain tumors.
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