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Critical Technology Platforms

The Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute will also develop, refine, and use for research and instruction a number of critical platform technologies, including bioimaging and data management.

Bioimaging: Technological improvements in imaging are allowing scientists to see and manipulate living material, such as tissue, cells, and proteins. Scientists can study proteins, their functions, and their interactions, such as with a pathogen; can deliver medicine to disease sites, even within cells; and can see within the body in 3D without entering the body.

Data management: High performance computing is making it possible to capture more information, to discover and analyze complex interactions, and even to visualize previously unknown patterns and processes in living systems, such as networks of neural interactions or how proteins move within cells. Scientists can collaborate, mine vast amounts of information, or determine the needs of a single individual, thanks to the modern ability to accommodate many variables.