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Congratualtions to Dr. Aparna Shah, recipient on the VT Diggs Teaching Scholar Award. The Diggs Award recognizes excellent educators who model 'innovative pedagogical practices that advance, challenge, and/or unsettle existing conventions of teaching and learning. Well done!
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Two recent VT graduates, Jack Quan (Clinical Neuroscience) and Elliot Yun (Computer Science), team up to create a resource for the Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience course. Check it out: nogginlab.pages.dev
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Congratulations to Charlotte Monck (Ni lab). Charlotte took first prize in the 2026 Undergraduate Nutshell Games. Her work investigates temperature sensation in fruit flies. This works may inform how insects spread disease by targeting warm blooded pray!
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Dr. Ann Gregus, School of Neuroscience faculty member provides her insight on the topic of pain, and recent article, to the Wall Street Journal!
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Congratulations to School of Neuroscience PhD student Gabriel Isaac - recipient of the Jeanine L. Matte Fellowship for his research ion nonivasive therapies for pain!
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Assistant Professor in the School of Neuroscience, Ann Gregus, responds to interview request by NBC news request to provide feedback on a new chronic pain study. See here:
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Virginia Tech Giving Day - Wednesday Feb 18 @ noon! We support summer undergraduate research fellowships, and this year, 50% of all money raised will support study abroad. 85 donations unlocks our 10K challenge! Be sure to designate School of Neuroscience
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Check out the new story covering Dr. Kristin Phillips study abroad program, Global Perspectives in Medicine. This program is supported in part through giving day donations and School of Neuroscience supporter, Jerry Hulick! Thank you SoN supporters!
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Congratulations to the Pickrell and Morton labs at Virginia Tech. These researchers discovered an indication hidden in the brain that may help doctors identify children with a rare genetic disease earlier - check out new EMBO Molecular Medicine pub!.
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Dr. Ann Gregus and her team, including first author Cristina Miliano identify a new non-opioid approach to treating chronic pain. Read about it here:
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16 Dec 2025
Our Neuroscience PhD student continue to amaze!
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21 Sep 2025
Our Neuroscience PhD students had a great summer. Check out some of their accomplishments below! Shout out to Tung, Gabe, Ainul, CHin-Hui, Brieanne, Gladys and Kelly! So impressed.
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16 Sep 2025
Take a listen to the conversation between Neuroscience faculty member Georgia Hodes and Brain Ponderings Mark Mattson regarding her career path to science.
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7 Sep 2025
Congratulations to Neuroscience PhD student, Yuhang Dong and Dr. Ann Gregus on their new review on Alcohol use disorder-associated pain.
Congratulations!
Link to full article here: lnkd.in/euHyx5kW
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4 Sep 2025
The School of Neuroscience at Virginia Tech is hiring a tenure track assistant professor. Come join our amazing team of faculty and students in Blacksburg VA!
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4 Sep 2025
School of Neuroscience scientists along with colleagues from FBRI reveal reveal brain signaling that sets Parkinson’s disease apart from essential tremor
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10 Jul 2025
Listen to FBRI and School of Neuroscience faculty member Meike van Heijden talk about how the brain develops (from the lens of the cerebellum)!
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Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience retweeted
12 May 2025
The School of Neuroscience at VT is hiring a new instructor with a start date in August. Join an amazing group of faculty and students in beautiful Blacksburg, Virginia!
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15 May 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Morgan Patrick, who was officially hooded at yesterday’s Ph.D. ceremony! We are proud to celebrate her accomplishments as part of the Class of 2025 and look forward to all that lies ahead. #PhDGraduation #ClassOf2025 #AcademicAchievement
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