The Fralin Life Science Institute is an interdisciplinary research center at Virginia Tech whose purpose is to bring scientists from different disciplines together under one roof to solve some of biology's more complex challenges.
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Institution Facts
Mission
Location
- Centrally located in the heart of the Virginia Tech Campus on West Campus Dr.
Facilities
- 44,000 ft2 laboratory facility completed in 1995
- Twelve research labs
- Confocal Microscopy (available to the university community)
- Fermentation (available to the university community)
- Proteomics/Mass Spectrophometry Facility
- PX-Scanner by Oxford Diffraction
- Two 24 student molecular biology teaching labs
- One 50 student tiered lecture hall
- One 100 person auditorium
Faculty and Staff
- 9 resident tenured or tenure track research faculty
- Director (also one of the research faculty)
- Administrative (1) and Research Faculty(2) and Staff(2)
Governance
- The Institute reports to the Office of the Vice President for Research
Students
While the Fralin Institute is a strong supporter of pre-college, undergraduate, and graduate education, the center has no students of its own. All resident graduate students in Fralin come through the academic department of a resident Fralin Faculty member. Undergraduate students involved in courses taught in or research conducted in Fralin likewise have a home academic department. For information on the undergraduate and graduate Biotechnology Options, please visit the Education section of the Fralin website.
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