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Dec. 12, 2018
Pioneer in human tissue engineering to speak at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute today
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, university professor of Medical Sciences at Columbia University, literally grows the stuff of hearts and bones.
Dec. 7, 2018
In supporting research institute, Heywood Fralin encourages others to get involved
In Heywood Fralin’s vision of the future, an academic health center fueled by world class research will transform the Roanoke Valley and create a robust ...
Dec. 6, 2018
$50 million gift transforming biomedical research institute
The founding vision to create the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute was bold: Amass a concentration of biomedical research talent and catalyze it with the ...
Dec. 6, 2018
Record $50 million gift to Virginia Tech results in naming of Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
The Horace G. Fralin Charitable Trust and Heywood and Cynthia Fralin will donate a record $50 million to Virginia Tech to support research at the ...
About Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC makes transformative scientific advances in understanding and addressing the fundamental processes of human health and disease; train the next generation of leading biomedical scientists; facilitate discovery-based medical education; and sustain and strengthen the Virginia Tech - Carilion partnership in order to develop one of the nation’s premiere biomedical research environments in Roanoke, Virginia.
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