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UVA Health, Focused Ultrasound launch $8M center
Center to combine focused ultrasound, cancer immunotherapy treatment
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University of Virginia Health and Charlottesville-based Focused Ultrasound Foundation invested $8 million into launching the Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center, the health system announced Wednesday. “We are excited to announce
Va. Tech professor elected council chair of national institute
Jennifer S. Wayne to chair council for American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
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Jennifer S. Wayne has been elected Academic Council chair of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), Virginia Tech announced Friday. Based in Washington, D.C., AIMBE is a
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Thermo Fisher Scientific to add 500 jobs in RVA region
Scientific equipment supplier will invest $97M in three new labs
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Massachusetts-based scientific equipment and software supply company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. will invest $97 million to expand its laboratory operations into three new locations in the Greater Richmond area, a
Leidos wins $545M biomedical research contract
Reston contractor will support NIAID
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Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. won a potential $545 million contract to support biomedical research for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the company
Manassas bio research supplier wins $5.5M in federal grants
ATCC will use DTRA grants to research virus treatments
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Manassas-based biological materials management nonprofit American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) announced Tuesday that it won three Defense Threat Reduction Agency grants valued at more than $5.5 million to identify new
VCU receives $104M gift for liver research
Donation from Dr. R. Todd Stravitz, foundation is largest in university's history
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Dr. Richard Todd Stravitz and his family’s Barbara Brunckhorst Foundation gave an unprecedented $104 million donation to Virginia Commonwealth University to support liver research, VCU President Michael Rao announced Tuesday
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W&M emphasizes real-world skills in undergrad projects
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History and academic prestige spring to mind when people mention William & Mary, the second-oldest university in the United States, created when its British monarch namesakes signed its charter nearly
ODU earns R1 classification in national ranking
One of nine universities promoted to R1 in Carnegie Classification
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Old Dominion University has earned the highest research activity classification in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, the university announced Tuesday. ODU is now one of 137 four-year
ODU names ED of new bioelectronics center
Gymama Slaughter also leads NIH initiative at ODU
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Old Dominion University has named Gymama Slaughter the founding executive director of its Research Center for Bioelectronics, the university announced Monday. The new center, which opened July 1, allows ODU
Mitre elects next chairman
Mike Rogers has served as vice chairman of McLean nonprofit since 2018
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The Mitre Corp.’s Board of Trustees elected Mike Rogers as chairman, the McLean- and Bedford, Massachusetts-based nonprofit announced Nov. 16. Rogers joined Mitre’s board in 2016 and has served as