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Sharon Swanger @SwangerLab

Assistant Professor. Studying the Molecular and Functional Diversity of Synapses and Circuits.

Joined November 2018
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Are you looking for lab experience before applying to graduate school? We have a position open! See the link below for more info. And see our lab website to learn more about our research. Posting: careers.pageuppeople.com/968… Website: labs.vtc.vt.edu/swanger
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CardioSURF@CardioSURF
3 Mar 2022
Applications for the MolVisSURF program have been extended to March 8! For more information and to apply, please visit: wp.vtc.vt.edu/molecularvis/
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Excited to announce Carleigh is defending her dissertation on Thursday!
VT's Translational Biology, Medicine, & Health@VT_TBMH
3 Feb 2022
First defense of the semester! Best wishes to @cestudtmann as she defends next week!
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Mona and her team did a great job! Congrats Mona!
VT's Translational Biology, Medicine, & Health@VT_TBMH
14 Dec 2021
Congrats to you all for a job well done!👏👏👏 vtx.vt.edu/articles/2021/12/…
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VT's Translational Biology, Medicine, & Health@VT_TBMH
14 Dec 2021
Congrats to you all for a job well done!👏👏👏 vtx.vt.edu/articles/2021/12/…

Biomedical innovations take center stage during 'Shark Tank'-style pitch competition on HS&T campus

The competition involved students from the Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health graduate program, who selected intellectual property, worked with real-world business mentors, and created an...

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VT's Translational Biology, Medicine, & Health@VT_TBMH
3 Dec 2021
The deadline is quickly approaching! Apply now for early admissions: tbmh.vt.edu/prospective-stud… #PhdChat #PhdProgram #HealthSciences #Research
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Welcome Mona, Quentin and Juliana to the Swanger Lab! Mona started her Masters, and Juliana is volunteering with us.
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Postdoctoral position available! The Swanger lab at Virginia Tech is hiring a postdoctoral fellow to study thalamocortical circuit function and mouse models of epilepsy. @Postdoctorals @postdocjobs #postdoctoral #postdoc #sciencejobs #epilepsyresearch #ephys #electrophysiology
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Find the job: hokies.dc4.pageuppeople.com/…~ And Our Lab Website: labs.vtc.vt.edu/swanger/
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Awesome lab logo designed by one of my lab members, Yang!
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute@FralinBiomed
23 Jul 2019
Sharon Swanger has won a $150,000 @curedravet grant to see if glutamate receptors can be modulated to correct neural activity and suppress seizures. Congratulations, @SwangerLab! 👏 vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2019/… #Neuroscience

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientist earns grant to examine ‘catastrophic’ seizure...

Sharon Swanger, an assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has won a $150,000 Dravet Syndrome Foundation research grant.

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Great time with the @sfarris721 lab. @FralinBiomed @salemredsox
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Part of the Swanger Lab ( Lucy from @michaelfoxlab) enjoying @FralinBiomed picnic last week. #postingbetterlatthanever
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*#postingbetterlatethanever
Thank You!
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute@FralinBiomed
14 May 2019
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute neuroscientist awarded $1.7 million NIH grant to study brain cell receptors involved in epilepsy. Congratulations, @SwangerLab! Read the full release: research.vtc.vt.edu/news/201… #neuroscience #roanokeinnovates
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Thank You for Supporting Our Research! @curedravet
Dravet Syndrome Foundation@curedravet
2 Apr 2019
Our 2018 research grant awardee, Sharon Swanger, PhD, @SwangerLab received a $150,000 two-year grant to study balancing thalamic excitation and inhibition in a #Dravet syndrome mouse model. Learn more about her project at dravetfoundation.org/dsf-fun…
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Welcome Brian, our Research Associate, to the Swanger Lab! And Welcome Carleigh and Yang, two TMBH Rotational Students, to the Swanger Lab!
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Marek Ladislav, a postdoctoral associate, has joined the Swanger Lab! Welcome!
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Thank you for supporting our research!
Dravet Syndrome Foundation@curedravet
1 Dec 2018
Congratulations to the 2018 DSF Research Grant & Postdoctoral Fellowship awardees! us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=…
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michael friedlander@mikejfriedlan
26 May 2018
Replying to @FralinBiomed
@VTCRI is delighted to announce that 2 new faculty will join the institute: Sharon Swanger, PhD of Emory, expert in molecular pharmacology of glutamate receptors in brain disorders & Shannon Farris, PhD of NIEHS, expert in brain gene expression in social interaction and injury.
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