Virginia Tech CeZAP

🎉 Congratulations to CeZAP affiliate Amy Pruden, University Distinguished Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, for being named a recipient of the Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.news.vt.edu/articles/2026/…

We’re excited to kick off our ID IGEP Recruitment Weekend today! 🎉 The Pathogems Podcast recently interviewed Sarah Gouger to share what you can expect during and helpful tips to feel confident going into your interview. youtu.be/h4grm7eXvg0

Science on Tap: Tiny Organs & Tricky Viruses @HBrown0890 February 26, 5:30 p.m., Rising Silo Brewery, 2351 Glade Road, Blacksburg

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Congratulations to CeZAP affiliate Erin Gloag on this award 🎉

The CeZAP SPARK series is back today at 3:30pm in a new location: Classroom 220 VMIA "The Role of the Group B Streptococcal Type VII Secretion System in Virulence and Interbacterial Competition"

In a recent study published in Water Research, @virginia_tech's @JingqiuLiao and a group of international researchers confirmed that nanoplastics in water give rise to an additional threat: they strengthen bacteria. 🥤🦠 news.vt.edu/articles/2026/…

Celebrations are in order for @VTCals associate professor Jonathan Auguste and Kirsten Nielsen, professor in the @VaMdVetMed, both @VTCeZAP faculty, for largest awards earned with a college or institute.

Congratulations to Mohamed Seleem on being named a 2025 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors 🎉 His patented drugs and diagnostics technologies target antimicrobial-resistant infections, which kill 1.27M+ people annually worldwide. news.vt.edu/articles/2025/…

“To be a scientist, we’re servants in the world. Just like public servants, this is our job, and it’s a privilege that we get to serve the world,” says @globalchangevt and @VTCeZAP affiliated faculty Austin Gray. youtu.be/P4r35JLSgWM?si…

Never too early to celebrate some of our December graduate all-stars! #VT25 First up, @VTCeZAP's @kaypepperoni 🎓👊 news.vt.edu/articles/2025/…

Modeling climatic drivers of mosquito-borne disease emergence: the case of dengue in Central Argentina

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In his podcast "This Week in Virology", 2025 @VTCeZAP symposium keynote speaker Vincent Racaniello (@profvrr) speaks with Virginia Tech researchers XJ Meng and Kylene Kehn-Hall about their research on the #hepatituse virus. youtu.be/KgDgRWQ7mw4?si…

Congratulations to Linsey Marr and Wujin Sun, CeZAP affiliates, for being named to Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list! 🎉 news.vt.edu/articles/2025/…

Met the man, the myth, and the legend that is #VincentRacaniello last month at the @VTCeZAP annual research symposium 🤩 His keynote was inspiring and perfectly set the stage for the incredible research showcased by the #CEZAP community!