Monday marks the start of Brain 🧠 Awareness Week. Fralin Biomedical Research Institute & Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience are planing numerous events for the 10th annual "Brain School." Among the speakers is Alexandra DiFeliceantonio, recently featured in a WIRED story on dieting. vtx.vt.edu/articles/2023/…

ANNOUNCING EvE BIOTECH--where the group will discover 'everything' regarding druggable targets EvE Bio Please RT and Follow

Please join us in congratulating 2nd year student, Zach Hutelin on his GRFP award!

Woot! Go @DiFel1ceantonio ! vtx.vt.edu/articles/2023/…

I am honored and excited to share that I will be joining Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience and Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech as an assistant professor in Jan ‘24. My lab will focus on the development of cerebellar function and dystonia. ♥️🧡♥️

Highly processed foods make up 58% of the calories consumed in the #UnitedStates 🤯🍟🍕 With support from the NIDDK, @DiFel1ceantonio continues to search for the "why" 🤔 vtx.vt.edu/articles/2023/…

Alexandra DiFeliceantonio received a $2.2 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (part of the NIH) to discover why people are drawn to ultra-processed foods. 🧑‍🍳 @DiFel1ceantonio Read the full story: vtx.vt.edu/articles/2023/…

Upcoming MS Defense! Best wishes to Walt as he defends next week! walt Howe Lab

Good luck today walt !

🎉 Congratulations Walt Tatera, MS! walt Howe Lab

52 of us Black science faculty came together to discuss Juneteenth and how we can use this holiday to reflect on the ongoing barriers Black scientists face and how we can come together as a biomedical enterprise to tackle these challenges. cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Today is the day! We'll be Port City Brewing Co w/ Fralin Biomedical Research Institute for Tech on Tap tonight discussing "How Our Brains Influence Food Preference". Join us tonight (June 22) from 6-8pm! Details: fal.cn/3zjZF

Learn more about @DiFel1ceantonio and the Donnut Lab 🍩 news.vt.edu/articles/2023/…

nature.com/articles/s4225…. New paper lead by the intrepid Emily (Perszyk) Looney and with a great and diverse set of colleagues including my PhD mentor @JonesGotman, @HedyKober, tor wager, Xue Sun Davis, Dr. Maria Veldhuizen 😷💉, Jelena Djordjevic, Zach Hutelin, Jessica Trinh. M, McGill Medicine and Health Sciences

An extraordinary donation from the Red Gates Foundation will fuel hiring and research projects at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. Read more here: news.vt.edu/articles/2023/… Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Virginia Tech

Alexandra @DiFel1ceantonio, HNFE and Fralin Biomedical Research Institute assistant professor, was quoted in a recent Scientificamerican article discussing food addiction. 🍽️🧠 Read the full article here ⤵️ scientificamerican.com/article/food-c…

ICYMI: @DiFel1ceantonio of Fralin Biomedical Research Institute talked with Scientific American about the addictive properties of ultra-processed foods. scientificamerican.com/article/food-c…

This is good article on UPFs in Knowable Magazine by Alice Callahan. “As the debate about ultraprocessed foods roils on, one path forward is to invest in understanding the mechanisms by which ultraprocessed foods affect health” knowablemagazine.org/article/food-e…

“Given how prevalent these foods are — they [ultra-processed foods] make up 58 percent of calories consumed in the United States — there is so much we don’t know.” said Alexandra DiFeliceantonio of Fralin Biomedical Research Institute. news.vt.edu/articles/2023/…