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michael friedlander
@mikejfriedlan
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neuroscientist, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Executive director, Virginia Tech VP for Health Sciences, Professor
Joined April 2011
@DiedSuddenly_ There are many valid reasons that humans have moved beyond superstitions and accepted the scientific method. Many lives have been saved because of this.
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@DiedSuddenly_ I wore a red shirt last week - and I caught a cold the week after. Last time I wear a red shirt since they obviously cause illness.
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@nationalpostdoc @JamieSmythLab Thanks for reminding us Jamie - postdocs are the lifeblood of the academic medicine discovery enterprise! It is an honor to share in this weeklong celebration of their contributions!
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Wonderful presentations at 10 year anniversary @TBMH program by PhD grads Kisha Greer, Tre Mills, Rachel Padget, Ubadah Sabbagh, Rebecca Brock & Meghna Verma. It was inspiring @FralinBiomed to hear the successful academic & industry career journeys of these articulate scientists
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Great day at tenth anniversary homecoming celebration for Virginia Tech's Translational Biology, Medicine and Health (@TBMH) graduate program @FralinBiomed Outstanding talks from several of the 91 graduates on their current research and careers in academia and industry.
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@neubadah @dr_alexharris Work with your Associations (AAMC, SFN, FASEB, etc.) on their responses to the proposed changes for NIH. They are doing a good job reaching out, capturing input from many and synthesizing carefully messaged response. Strength in numbers and unity of message.
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It was fun to present our newly published work @FralinBiomed on neurostimulation timing patterns for traumatic brain injury from the Journal of Neurotrauma last night at the Wudang International Medical Forum on Neuroscience.
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@WinsomeSears @FralinBiomed @virginia_tech It was an honor to host Lieutenant Governor Earle-Sears @FralinBiomed Her questions & interest in research at the institute were insightful & showed sincere interest in the work, its impact on the health of our communities & economic impact. Thank you Lieutenant Governor!
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Great for Virginia Tech to be designated the newest Focused Ultrasound Center of Excellence! Congrats to Jenny Munson @FralinBiomed , Joanne Tuohy @ACCRC @VAMDvetmed & Eli Vlaisavljevich @BEAMvt
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The Friedlander lab @FralinBiomed is pleased to see our study on patterns of stimulation on synaptic plasticity in normal & injured brain published in the Journal of Neurotrauma. Congrats to first author Quentin Fischer & the team. Listen to the patterns.
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Great day at FBRI annual retreat @FralinBiomed today! 7 new faculty members introduced themselves & presented their work after roundtable research center visioning activities and state of the institute report. Tomorrow we hear from the grad students, med students and postdocs!
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Congratulations @FralinBiomed to the FBRI's Read Montague, Sarah Snider, Spencer Marsh, Rob Gourdie and Hal Irvin on their recognition @Verge Tech Nite with multiple awards for their biomedical innovation, translation and commercialization achievements!
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Great night for @FralinBiomed at Verge-RBTC Tech Nite! Spencer Marsh & Rob Gourdie's company Tiny Cargo won the Hart of Entrepreneurship award; Read Montague won the Innovator of the year; Sarah Snider's BEAM Diagnostics won the Rising Star award; Hal Irvin won the Ruby award!
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Great evening @FralinBiomed Brain School yesterday! Over 300 participants in-person or online, learning about all things brain including the craving brain: food & drugs. Thanks to the terrific VA Tech students, faculty & staff who made this event possible for our community!
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Congratulations to Steve Poelzing and colleagues @FralinBiomed on their Circulation Research paper on the perinexus in regulating extracellular volume and ventricular conduction velocity! This work is truly revolutionary for understanding cardiac function in health & disease.
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Congratulations to Jamie Smyth and his colleagues @FralinBiomed for their news Circulation Research paper showing the importance of the virus itself in early stages of myocarditis. This is a big deal!
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@VT_TBMH Congratulations Andrew! Well done and thank you for being part of this and continuing the strong tradition of science advocacy here at the FBRI and in TBMH!
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@IgnacioSaezPhD @SinaiBrain Congratulations Ignacio!! That’s terrific and consistent with your outstanding contributions - keep up the innovative work!👋
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@TateRodemaker Good catch. KH is a hypocrite. Like so many today, no real principles but just expediency of the current situation that suits him best.
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@ACCFootball @RLGrahe @FSUFootball @Seminoles It was simply rigged for the SEC. Clearly the performance on the field does not matter - just the prognostications of a few.
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