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Biology Professor Daniel Capelluto, Protein Signaling Domains Laboratory, Fralin Life Sciences Institute. His current work involves the sensitivity of innate immunity, the molecular alarm system that alerts cells to trigger an immune response.

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We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our research work over the years by the following sources:

Recent News

  • Lily Adkins received the FURF support for Fall 2025. Congrats, Lily!
  • Neveah Burley will join our team as a M.S. student and AccelerateSTEM fellow. Welcome to our group, Neveah!
  • Wykendrick Jones will join our group this summer through SRI-MAOP. Great to have you with us, Wykendrick!
  • Kanha Adhikari (Nanomedicine) recently joined our group and has already received the Hamlett award. A great start, Kanha!
  • We organized the Third Molecular Biophysics Symposium at Virginia Tech, a regional networking event of the Biophysical Society. The symposium featured two keynote speakers, Prof. Rick Baker (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Prof. Montserrat Samso (Virginia Commonwealth University). More than 65 colleagues attended the event, representing not only Virginia Tech but also the University of Virginia, Seton Hill University, and Rutgers University.

  • We have received funding from the National Science Foundation!
  • We have also received funding from the Virginia Academy of Sciences!
  • Tiffany Roach successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation. Congrats, Dr. Roach!
  • Also, Eugenia Datsomor and Mahmudul Hasan received a M.S. degree from their work. Congrats!
  • Marija Corluka will join our group as a Ph.D. student candidate. Welcome to the team, Marija!

  • Andrew Jelinsky has received the Robert Jones Undergraduate Research Excellence Award from the Biological Sciences Department. Congrats, Andrew!
  • Austin Elliott has received the Stacey Smith Undergraduate Research Excellence Award from the Biological Sciences Department. Congrats, Austin!
  • Tiffany Roach has been awarded the Graduate Student George E. & Hester B. Aker Fellowship. Congratulations, Tiffany! This is fantastic news!
  • More about Tiffany. She received the best poster presentation award at the symposium organized by the Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics at Virginia Tech.
  • Ayo Okedigba published his studies about trypsin inhibitors at the ACS Food, Technology & amp; Science. Excellent news, Ayo!
  • Elea received both the ICTAS and the FURF fellowships! Good job, Elea!
  • We have received the United Soybean Board grant in collaboration with Bo Zhang, Haibo Huang, and Bingyu Zhao!
  • We have also received the Virginia Academy of Science grant!
  • Al Mercedes Casado (Williams College) performed research at our lab during this summer through support from the REU Center of Soft Matter and Biological Physics. You rocked, Al!
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Daniel Capelluto 2013

Daniel G. S. Capelluto, PhD

Associate Professor, Biological Sciences Dept.
Fralin Life Sciences Institute
Office: 1015 Life Science Circle, 263C
Lab rooms: 250/252/254
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0477
capellut@vt.edu
(540) 231-0974

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