@VTNeuro

At the forefront of neuroscience discoveries and in the training of our next generation of neuroscientists. #UtProsim @VT_Science

 Blacksburg, VA
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Joined November 2015
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The School of Neuroscience is hiring an instructor. Join our amazing group of faculty and students in beautiful Blacksburg VA. Have experience in cellular and molecular neuroscience or human anatomy and physiology - this may be the ideal position for you! jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/instr…

Instructor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Job Description The Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience invites applications for a full-time Instructor to teach undergraduate neuroscience students. The primary responsibility of this position is...

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The School of Neuroscience at Virginia Tech is hiring tenure track assistant professors. Join us in beautiful Blacksburg VA! Competitive salary, space, and start‐up packages provided. jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assis…

Assistant Professor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Job Description Virginia Tech (VT) invites applications for multiple tenure track faculty positions in the School of Neuroscience at the Assistant Professor level. We are seeking a candidate that...

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Check out the new featured research spotlight in this issue of Journal of Neuroscience - work done by VT PhD neuroscience alumni Beatriz Pinkston, current PhD student Jack Browning, and undergrad alumni Amelie Larson! Nice work! jneurosci.org/content/46/31/…
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#JNeurosci highlight of the week: Creating a map of cortical changes in the aging human brain Explore this week’s selection of featured research: jneurosci.org/content/featur…
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New BioRxiv article by assistant professor Meike van der Heijden. This article shows that neurotransmission-dependent competition promotes cerebellar circuits, maintaining complex behaviors even when inputs are developmentally compromised. biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…

Competitive Olivocerebellar Input Selection Promotes Resilient Circuit Formation

Many neural circuits undergo competitive input selection, a process in which supernumerary connections compete for innervation territory on target cells. This process can create atypical circuits...

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Congratulations to Dr. Lina Ni, an Associate Professor in the School of Neuroscience. Dr. Ni, recently awarded the NIH Outstanding Investigator (R35) Award! Read about Dr. Ni's research here: neuroscience.vt.edu/our-peop…
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Congratualtions to Dr. Aparna Shah, recipient on the VT Diggs Teaching Scholar Award. The Diggs Award recognizes excellent educators who model 'innovative pedagogical practices that advance, challenge, and/or unsettle existing conventions of teaching and learning. Well done!
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Two recent VT graduates, Jack Quan (Clinical Neuroscience) and Elliot Yun (Computer Science), team up to create a resource for the Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience course. Check it out: nogginlab.pages.dev
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Congratulations to Charlotte Monck (Ni lab). Charlotte took first prize in the 2026 Undergraduate Nutshell Games. Her work investigates temperature sensation in fruit flies. This works may inform how insects spread disease by targeting warm blooded pray!
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Dr. Ann Gregus, School of Neuroscience faculty member provides her insight on the topic of pain, and recent article, to the Wall Street Journal! wsj.com/health/wellness/pain…

Why Pain Lasts Longer for Women

New research helps explain why men generally recover faster from pain.

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Congratulations to School of Neuroscience PhD student Gabriel Isaac - recipient of the Jeanine L. Matte Fellowship for his research ion nonivasive therapies for pain! news.vt.edu/articles/2026/03…

Research goal: Noninvasive therapy for chronic pain

Gabriel Isaac was awarded a fellowship to support his doctoral research toward putting low-intensity focused ultrasound into clinical practice.

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Assistant Professor in the School of Neuroscience, Ann Gregus, responds to interview request by NBC news request to provide feedback on a new chronic pain study. See here: nbcnews.com/health/womens-he…

Why does women's pain last longer than men's? A new study offers an answer

The research suggests that men’s immune systems have a better mechanism for shutting off pain, which could explain why women have more chronic symptoms.

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Virginia Tech Giving Day - Wednesday Feb 18 @ noon! We support summer undergraduate research fellowships, and this year, 50% of all money raised will support study abroad. 85 donations unlocks our 10K challenge! Be sure to designate School of Neuroscience givingday.vt.edu/giving-day/…

Giving Day 2026

View Giving Day results here!

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Check out the new story covering Dr. Kristin Phillips study abroad program, Global Perspectives in Medicine. This program is supported in part through giving day donations and School of Neuroscience supporter, Jerry Hulick! Thank you SoN supporters! news.vt.edu/articles/2026/01…

Over espresso and gelato, clarity takes shape abroad

Through intensive research, close faculty mentorship, and everyday moments of cultural immersion, a three-week neuroscience study abroad program in Switzerland helps students gain confidence, clarify...

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Congratulations to the Pickrell and Morton labs at Virginia Tech. These researchers discovered an indication hidden in the brain that may help doctors identify children with a rare genetic disease earlier - check out new EMBO Molecular Medicine pub!. news.vt.edu/articles/2026/01…

Research findings may lead to earlier diagnoses of genetic disorder

Researchers discovered an indication hidden in the brain that may help doctors identify children with a rare genetic disease earlier.

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Dr. Ann Gregus and her team, including first author Cristina Miliano identify a new non-opioid approach to treating chronic pain. Read about it here: news.vt.edu/articles/2026/01…

Researchers find new approach to reversing chronic pain

In a new study published in PAIN, researchers in the School of Neuroscience erased well-established pain behaviors by shutting down an enzyme system that produces molecules known to amplify pain...

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Our Neuroscience PhD student continue to amaze!
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Our Neuroscience PhD students had a great summer. Check out some of their accomplishments below! Shout out to Tung, Gabe, Ainul, CHin-Hui, Brieanne, Gladys and Kelly! So impressed.
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Take a listen to the conversation between Neuroscience faculty member Georgia Hodes and Brain Ponderings Mark Mattson regarding her career path to science. youtube.com/watch?v=FKywAZyx…

Georgia Hodes: Sex Differences in Responses to Stress and Vulnerability to Neurological Disorders

Chronic uncontrolled stress is a risk factor for many different dis...

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Congratulations to Neuroscience PhD student, Yuhang Dong and Dr. Ann Gregus on their new review on Alcohol use disorder-associated pain. Congratulations! Link to full article here: lnkd.in/euHyx5kW
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