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Researchers, students, and industry all benefit from new dairy science complex
From left, Jason Carter, executive director of the Virginia Cattlemen’s Association and the Virginia Beef Industry Council; Eric Paulson, executive secretary of the Virginia State Dairymen’s...
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Pilot plant helps build bridges between industry and Virginia Tech
Food packaging, DuPont research, Food Science and Technology By Zeke Barlow Things are really cooking in the Human and Agricultural Biosciences Building 1 pilot plant these days. In one corner of the...
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Bob Pitman (left) and Tony Wolf were recently recognized as the recipients of the 2016 Land-Grant University Award from the Virginia Agribusiness Council. Pitman, the superintendent of the Eastern...
View ArticleResearchers discover a royal flush in powering fuel cells with wastewater
Two Virginia Tech researchers have discovered a way to turn your toilet into the first component of an energy-generating battery. Xueyang Feng, an assistant professor of biological systems...
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Virginia Tech hops into the farm-to-glass craft beer movement with new brewhouse
By Amy Loeffler The college has long been a steward of the commonwealth’s wine industry through enology and viticulture research and outreach efforts. Now, the advent of a state-of-the-art, shiny new...
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Scientists discover way to track human and agricultural viruses
Xiaofeng Wang, assistant professor of plant pathology, physiology, and weed science, studies viral replication. By Amy Loeffler Viruses are molecular thieves that take from their hosts under the cloak...
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Virginia Tech researchers itching to learn more about poison ivy conduct...
John Jelesko (left), professor of plant pathology, physiology, and weed science and his team hiked part of the Appalachian Trail this summer in order to study poison ivy’s genetics and its growth...
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Taking a bite out of the Zika virus
Virginia Tech researchers are working on ways to stamp out the Zika virus and other diseases mosquitoes carry. By Zeke Barlow For years, researchers in the college have worked to develop ways to fight...
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Nemo found at Seafood AREC
Mike Schwarz and others at the Virginia Seafood AREC are raising ornamental fish to help drive industry and protect the environment. When the sequel to the popular “Finding Nemo” movie came out this...
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Undergraduate research is a petri dish for budding scientists
Hannah Parker’s mucky boots sat next to her on the bus as she caught rides to the sheep center on the Virginia Tech campus. Those same boots made the trek back to the lab where the she was part of a...
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Twin Virginia Tech doctoral grads work together to engineer a better soybean
Mike and Kevin Fedkenheuer infiltrate a plant in John McDowell’s lab (above). McDowell celebrated with the twins when they received their Ph.Ds. (below). Kevin Fedkenheuer can’t imagine life — or...
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New associate dean sets sights on global impact
Tom Thompson, who had been the head of the Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences since 2011, was recently named the college’s associate dean and director for Global Programs. We sat down...
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