Browsing by Author "Bland, Susan"

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  • Algebra adds value to mathematical biology education
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-08-11)
    As mathematics continues to become an increasingly important component in undergraduate biology programs, a more comprehensive understanding of the use of algebraic models is needed by the next generation of biologists to facilitate new advances in the life sciences, according to researchers at Sweet Briar College and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech.
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    Auburn High School students, teachers visit Virginia Bioinformatics Institute in conjunction with education and outreach project
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-04-17)
    A group of 35 students and two teachers from Auburn High School in Riner, Va., visited the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech for a daylong workshop on March 27, 2009, to learn more about the institute's cyberinfrastructure education and outreach program and participate in hands-on, bioinformatics-based activities.
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    Australian university delegation visits Virginia Bioinformatics Institute to discuss collaboration
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-03-27)
    A group of senior management and faculty members from the University of Wollongong in Australia met with members of the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute's Network Dynamics and Simulation and Science Laboratory (NDSSL) on March 12, 2009, to explore possible research and educational collaboration opportunities in the area of infrastructure policy informatics.
  • Barry Whyte named head of communications at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-09-14)
    The Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech has appointed Barry Whyte to lead its communication efforts.
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    David G.I. Kingston is featured speaker at Blacksburg Cafe Scientifique event
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-04-03)
    A new event in Blacksburg designed to take scientific research out of the laboratory and deliver it to a more general audience will feature a Virginia Tech professor known internationally for his work in biodiversity and the development of naturally occurring cancer-fighting agents.
  • GenBioOrg student group announces seminar series lineup for fall semester
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-09-08)

    GenBioOrg, an organization for students in Virginia Tech's Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology Ph.D. program, has announced the lineup for its invited speaker series for the fall 2010 semester, which will include an opening talk by Hamid Bolouri, research faculty in the Division of Human Biology at the Fred Hutchinson Research Center in Seattle, Wash., and visiting associate faculty in the Division of Biology at the California Institute of Technology.

  • Genome sequences for two deadly plant pathogens make major contributions to scientific research
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-12-15)

    A scientific paper written by an international team of researchers led by scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech and published in the journal "Science" in 2006 has surpassed 200 citations in the ISI Web of Knowledge.

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    Graduate research assistant receives outstanding student award
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-04-25)
    A graduate research assistants at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech has received an outstanding student award from the Virginia Tech Graduate School.
  • Hoops named Systems Biology Markup Language editor
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2006-12-19)
    Stefan Hoops, computational systems biologist at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI), has been named an SBML (Systems Biology Markup Language) editor by the SBML community. In this position, he will help manage the overall SBML development process, leading to new editions of the language.
  • iGEM team awarded gold medal in national competition
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2007-11-29)
    Virginia Tech's iGEM team made a successful first appearance at the 2007 national iGEM competition in Boston, Mass., Nov. 3-4 and received a gold medal from competition judges for their efforts.
  • Immune system changes linked to inflammatory bowel disease revealed
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-12-21)

    Scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have discovered some of the key molecular events in the immune system that contribute to inflammatory bowel disease.

  • Jeanne Forbis named chief of staff and executive communications officer for Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-04-18)
    The Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech has named Jeanne Forbis as its chief of staff and executive communications officer. Forbis will serve as a key advisor to the institute's Executive and Scientific Director Bruno Sobral and play a key role in shaping the institute's collaborative culture in the years ahead.
  • Kids' Tech University gears up for a second semester on Virginia Tech campus
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-11-18)
    Kids' Tech University, a program developed at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech in partnership with the Virginia Cooperative Extension's 4-H Youth Development Program to spark children's interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, will return to the Virginia Tech campus for a second semester in January 2010.
  • Kids' Tech University introduces new teacher training workshops
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-12-10)
    A groundbreaking program at Virginia Tech designed to introduce children to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines is offering a new program component to help teachers bring STEM topics to the classroom while providing an opportunity for professional career development.
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    Kids' Tech University returns to campus with spring semester program
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-12-03)

    As the nation's top government officials target efforts to help better prepare America's students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subject areas, a program at Virginia Tech that is the realization of these efforts is gearing up for a new semester of on-campus activities.

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    Matthew Lux receives U.S. Department of Defense SMART scholarship
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2010-05-11)
    The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a prestigious scholarship to a graduate research assistant at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech.
  • National Science Foundation funds systems biology study of crop drought responses
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2009-10-06)
    An international team of researchers, led by Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Professor Andy Pereira, has been awarded a three-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a systems biology approach to help combat the effects of drought on a variety of staple food crops.
  • New appointments made by Board of Visitors
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2006-10-06)
    The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors has recently approved recommendations for several new appointments and one re-appointment to the Policy Board of the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI). George C. Nolen, Ben J. Davenport, Jr., and Brad Fenwick join the board as new members, while Tom Rust has been reappointed for a further 4-year term of office.
  • New faculty member introduces Stress Systems Biology research program
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2006-09-06)
    Andy Pereira, former research scientist at the Dutch Ministry for Agriculture and Fisheries at Wageningen, has joined the faculty at theVirginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech as a professor.
  • Nobel Laureate keynotes Ninth Annual Computational Genomics Conference
    Bland, Susan (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2006-11-22)
    Barry Marshall, 2005 Nobel Laureate, was the keynote speaker at the Ninth Annual Computational Genomics Conference held in Baltimore, Md. from October 28-31.