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Hands on experience in cutting edge imaging technologiesWELCOME TO MOLECULAR VISUALIZATION SURFImaging the human brain in real timeFunctional magnetic resonance imagingVisualizing electrical activity in the heartWhole organ optical mappingUnderstanding vascular development in health and diseaseLive-cell confocal microscopyVisualizing protein transport and interaction during stressSub-cellular confocal microscopyLocalizing molecular complexes at the nanoscale level within human cellsSuper-resolution localizationUnderstanding biological nanomachines in infectious disease and cancerCryo-electron microscopy

WELCOME TO MOLECULAR VISUALIZATION SURF

Hands on experience in cutting edge imaging technologies

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging

Imaging the human brain in real time

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

Whole organ optical mapping

Visualizing electrical activity in the heart

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

Live-cell confocal microscopy

Understanding vascular development in health and disease

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

Sub-cellular confocal microscopy

Visualizing protein transport and interaction during stress

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

Super-resolution localization

Localizing molecular complexes at the nanoscale level within human cells

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

Cryo-electron microscopy

Understanding biological nanomachines in infectious disease and cancer

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

About FBRI

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC spans 100,000 square feet of space near downtown Roanoke, Virginia, adjacent to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC Health Sciences and Technology Campus in the Roanoke Innovation Corridor. A unique public-private partnership, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC opened its doors in 2010….

OVERVIEW

The FBRI Molecular Visualization SURF program is a 10-week long summer program that gives students the opportunity to participate in hypothesis-driven independent research at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC in Roanoke, Virginia. Students will participate in a weekly workshop series to provide hands-on experience in the cutting edge imaging technologies housed within FBRI to…

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Click here for instructions on how to apply to the FBRI Molecular Visualization SURF program

MolViz News and Events

Welcome to FBRI and Roanoke, 2019 MolVisSURF students! A list of students can be found here. The Molecular Visualization application is open for 2019!  Please apply under the “application information” tab.  All applications are due by February 20th! We are excited to welcome our 2018 MolVisSURF Students! A list of students can be found here….

Our Team

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James Smyth Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Assistant Professor, Center for Heart and Regenerative Medicine Research, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, College of Science, Virginia Tech

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Science, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

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Gregorio Valdez Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, College of Science, Virginia Tech

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

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Robert Gourdie Ph.D.

Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund Eminent Scholar in Heart Regenerative Medicine Research, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Director, Center for Heart and Regenerative Medicine Research, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Professor, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

Professor of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Director of Emergency Medicine Research, Carilion Clinic

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Konark Mukherjee Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, College of Science, Virginia Tech

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

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Zhi Sheng Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

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Stephen LaConte Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

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Steven Poelzing Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

 

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John Chappell Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Assistant Professor, Center for Heart and Regenerative Medicine Research, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Science, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

 

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Ken Oestreich Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

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Samy Lamouille Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

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