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Fourth-year Michael Shlossman's research with Fralin Biomedical Research Institute's Dr. Mike Fox Michael Fox has captivated me from the start...a bit scary to think that a parasitic infection causes neural changes. Hear for yourself on Friday! vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2021/…

Can’t wait for the trainee short talks sessions this Saturday at the CVCSN 👇🏼 Dr. Carmen Muñoz-Ballester, @gin_a_ger, Dr. Molly Hyer and me will be the chairs! Looking forward to hearing from Beatriz Pinkston Rachana Deven Somaiya Gabriela Carrillo Dr. Molly Hyer and others!

Such a successful #CVCSN2021 meeting! 🥳 Thanks to the keynote speakers Josh Burda and Robin Carhart-Harris for the great lectures! Thanks to all the VA speakers and to the trainees who gave awesome talks and presented awesome posters!!

Congrats to the trainees awarded Rachana Deven Somaiya Gabriela Carrillo Beatriz Pinkston Dr. Molly Hyer Khadijeh Sharifi, PhD and others I don’t have here! Thanks to the Trainee short talk sessions chairs Dr. Carmen Muñoz-Ballester Dr. Molly Hyer @gin_a_ger for moderating and staying on time!

Thanks to Javier González Maeso Gabriela Carrillo @ketoneunroe John Campbell and all the other organizers! It was a fun journey and fun to hang out all together!

Outstanding poster presentations by trainees went to Niesha Savory and Joun Park, Ph.D. (both in the Shannon Farris Lab), and Ben Heithoff, Ph.D. (in the @StefanieRobel Lab). @DiFel1ceantonio and Sora Shin were selected speakers. Congratulations! 🥳 #CVCSN #Neuroscience

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VT grad students...see below!!!

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Next up in our weekly Rising Stars speaker highlight: Gabriela Carrillo Gabriela Carrillo, who is in Michael Fox's lab Virginia Tech!

Big congrats to Gabriela Carrillo, Rachana Deven Somaiya, and Paras Patel on all being selected for the Young Investigator Educational Enhancement award from the American Society for Neurochemistry!! Big showing from Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and VT's Translational Biology, Medicine, & Health 🤩🥳

🎉🎉🎉 Awesome! Congratulations Rachana Deven Somaiya, Gabriela Carrillo, Paras Patel !!