Pulling at the Heartstrings
This collaboration will utilize high-throughput imaging capabilities developed by Drs. Brown and Nain. Together we have established a framework to collect a significant amount of data on cells that are moving along engineered fibers and generating measurable forces as they tug on fibers. These videos allow us to monitor the behavior of cells under different conditions. We have established a method to induce a “heart attack in a dish”, where we can modulate the cellular environment on the microscope and expose cells to conditions that mimic what happens in a heart attack.
“Be the Data” at Women in Computing Day
Eighty 7th grade girls from southwestern Virginia learned about data analytics and visualization at the Women in Computing workshop today at Virginia Tech. In particular, they learned how to explore high-dimensional data by manipulating 2D projections of the data.
Visual Language of Chromatin Architecture
It is now well recognized that three-dimensional (3D) organization of the genome (chromatin) plays an important role in key cellular processes such as DNA replication, repair, transcription, and epigenetic inheritance, i.e., inheritance that is not encoded by the DNA sequence. Abnormalities in the 3D genome architecture have been associated with a number of pathologies including various cancers.
Fusality for Stream and Field
Researchers supported by the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology are developing an interactive 3D environment that will bring together data from multiple research locations, including water quality data, to produce more comprehensive models and analytics for community ecosystem monitoring, targeting ongoing research activities at Stroubles Creek and the Catawba Sustainability Center.
Medical Avatar: The Time Health Machine by Artist Virgil Wong
This exhibit of art and technology uses multidisciplinary concepts to create the visualization of health data.
2019 ICAT Creativity and Innovation Day Proposals
ICAT Creativity and Innovation Day will be held on Monday, May 6, 2018, from 10 AM to 4 PM. This event is a celebration of innovation and process at the nexus of science, engineering, arts, and design (SEAD). The event features projects funded by ICAT, projects from transdisciplinary courses, projects with ICAT-affiliated faculty, and community projects that work at the nexus of SEAD.
More than 2,700 students enrolled in largest winter session to date
The 2019 winter session residential classes open this week with more than 2,700 students enrolled in 167 courses. This represents the largest number of enrollments since winter session first launched in 2014, with an increase of more than 500 from last year’s winter session.
Marenostrum @ The Spacial Music Workshop & Cube Fest 2018
The Spatial Music Workshop 2018 was held August 4-9, 2018. It was organized by Eric Lyon with the collaboration of Tanner Upthegrove and DJ Malinowski. The workshop included full-day sessions of technical presentations (e.g., Reaper, Max, SuperCollider, Bukvic’s D4, Upthegrove’s spatial audio mastering techniques, Malinowski’s music production tools, or Lyon’s use of Myo’s bracelets, among others).
Virginia Tech Science Festival returns Oct. 27
The Virginia Tech Science Festival returns to campus Saturday, Oct. 27, with 93 free hands-on, minds-on learning interactive booths and activities that showcase dozens of science education and research programs throughout the university, including physics, space, engineering, communication, geology, health and medicine, history, transportation, computers, chemistry, and more.
We are a collection of artists, designers, engineers, and scientists coming together in a living laboratory that fosters creativity and promotes critical reflection.
The Cube is highly-adaptable and has been used to create immersive environments, intimate performances, audio and visual installations, research, and experimental investigations of all kinds.
Proposals must be transdisciplinary in nature and explore some aspect of technology and at least two of the following areas represented by the Institute and its studios...
