Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience

At the forefront of neuroscience discoveries and in the training of our next generation of neuroscientists. #UtProsim @VT_Science

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The School of Neuroscience is hiring an instructor. Join our amazing group of faculty and students in beautiful Blacksburg VA. Have experience in cellular and molecular neuroscience or human anatomy and physiology - this may be the ideal position for you!

https://t.co/p9OU8Fyxoc

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The School of Neuroscience at Virginia Tech is hiring tenure track assistant professors. Join us in beautiful Blacksburg VA! Competitive salary, space, and start‐up packages provided.
https://t.co/fPGHoptyCx

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Check out the new featured research spotlight in this issue of Journal of Neuroscience - work done by VT PhD neuroscience alumni Beatriz Pinkston, current PhD student Jack Browning, and undergrad alumni Amelie Larson!
Nice work!
https://t.co/xpNm2W1K5s

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#JNeurosci highlight of the week: Creating a map of cortical changes in the aging human brain
Explore this week’s selection of featured research: https://t.co/lYIPTr6UKC

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New BioRxiv article by assistant professor Meike van der Heijden. This article shows that neurotransmission-dependent competition promotes cerebellar circuits, maintaining complex behaviors even when inputs are developmentally compromised. https://t.co/70RewugScU

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Congratulations to Dr. Lina Ni, an Associate Professor in the School of Neuroscience. Dr. Ni, recently awarded the NIH Outstanding Investigator (R35) Award! Read about Dr. Ni's research here: https://t.co/EArOtBw2Pd

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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: https://t.co/A7aN1GOCD9

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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!

https://t.co/R0oIJixAHz

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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!

https://t.co/ldHo0sVnjO

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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:
https://t.co/NlE2JOMB5N

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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
https://t.co/F6DRAodNzP

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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!
https://t.co/fH6JRK2CEc

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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!.
https://t.co/5nwUyAwMmQ

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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:
https://t.co/GlEtiqDmkU

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Our Neuroscience PhD student continue to amaze!

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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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Take a listen to the conversation between Neuroscience faculty member Georgia Hodes and Brain Ponderings Mark Mattson regarding her career path to science.
https://t.co/NEimlAiZNF

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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: https://t.co/HN5xBuOsXk