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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

We’re glad to share that our manuscript, “VILLA: Versatile Information Retrieval From Scientific Literature Using Large LAnguage Models,” has been accepted to #KDD2026 (AI for Sciences track). The 2026 conference will take place August 9–13, 2026 in Jeju, Korea. 🌟 arxiv.org/abs/2603.23849

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We are pleased to congratulate Kylene Kehn-Hall on receiving the Dean’s Professional Award from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech! 👏 @vtcezap.bsky.social #VeterinaryMedicine #InfectiousDisease #BiomedicalScience Photo Courtesy of VMCVM

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

We’re proud to see one of our students, Lauren Tucker, featured in @virginiatech.bsky.social news, for her work in translating public health research into accessible, community-focused communication. 🔗 Read the article: news.vt.edu/articles/202...

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Congratulations to Center members Brian Wasik and Colin Parrish from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine on their newly published paper, “Distinct evolutionary patterns of endemic and emerging parvoviruses and the origin of a new pandemic virus”! 🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

We received a fantastic response to the 2026 COMPASS Undergraduate Summer Program application. Thank you to all of the students who applied. We're excited to welcome these students and support their research experiences this summer. Congratulations to the 2026 cohort! 🙌

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Last week, the NSF COMPASS Center held its annual Community Advisory Board meeting. 🗓️ Thank you to everyone who contributed. We’re excited for what the next year of work will bring!

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

“There’s so much information waiting to be unlocked, verified, and made available to help develop better models.” 🎧 Fun fact: Naren measures his commute in podcast episodes, not miles! #NSFCOMPASS #MeetTheTeam #AIResearch #STEM #PandemicPreparedness

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

📣 Meet Dr. Padma Rajagopalan – Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor of Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech and co-Lead of the Replicate Thrust with the NSF COMPASS Center.

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Proud moment for COMPASS! 🎉 Congrats to Hannah Brown (1st – Curious Questioner) and Blessy Antony (2nd – Methods Master) at Flip the Fair for turning complex viral research into stories kids could wonder at. It’s an honor to turn complex viral research into stories that sparks wonder in kids!🧪✨

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

📣 Meet Dr. Colin Bishop, Professor at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine and COMPASS co-investigator. His research spans fertility genetics, stem cell biology, and organoids (human Organ Tissue Equivalents) used for toxicity testing and disease modeling.

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

🧬 Meet Dr. Laura Goodman, NSF COMPASS Co-Investigator and Assistant Professor at Cornell University. Her lab studies pathogen genomics, tackling antimicrobial resistance, tick-borne diseases, and virus discovery at the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health.

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

📣 Meet Dr. Julie Gerdes, Assistant Professor of Technical & Scientific Communication at Virginia Tech and COMPASS Co-Investigator.

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Meet Dr. Yian Yin, Assistant Professor at Cornell and computational social scientist helping COMPASS understand how science works (and how to make it work better).

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

🦠 Meet Dr. Adam Lauring, COMPASS Jump co-lead, Professor of Internal Medicine, and Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of Michigan.

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

🤖 Meet Dr. Anuj Karpatne, AI researcher, COMPASS co-investigator, and Jump thrust co-lead! He’s an Associate Professor in Computer Science at Virginia Tech, and his work focuses on knowledge-guided machine learning–AI tools designed with science in mind.

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

🧫 Meet Dr. Colin Parrish, COMPASS Co-Investigator and Professor of Virology at Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

“Natural history collections are a treasure trove of biodiversity information through time!” Fun fact: She’s from New Mexico and swears by green and red chile. If you ever visit, order your enchiladas Christmas-style to try both. 🌶️🎄

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

🔬 Meet Dr. Anil Shanker–COMPASS co-investigator, Senior VP for Research and Innovation at @meharrymed.bsky.social, and a tenured professor in multiple biomedical sciences.

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

🎤 Meet Patty Raun, COMPASS Co-Investigator, Empower thrust member, and Alumni Distinguished Professor of Theatre Arts at @virginiatech.bsky.social

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Meet Dr. Linsey Marr, COMPASS Co-Principal Investigator, Persist thrust co-lead, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at @virginiatech.bsky.social @vtengineering.bsky.social

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

🧬Meet Dr. X.J. Meng—virologist, professor, and COMPASS co-investigator. He’s a University Distinguished Professor of Molecular Virology at Virginia Tech and studies how viruses leap across species and how we can stop them with vaccines.

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

🧠 Meet Dr. Lisa M. Lee–epidemiologist, bioethicist, and co-lead of the Empower thrust at COMPASS!

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Big welcome to our first-ever NSF COMPASS Summer Undergrad Research cohort!

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

🧪Say hi to Dr. Kylene Kehn-Hall–COMPASS Co-Investigator, Director of CeZAP, and Professor at Virginia Tech!

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

🧠Meet Dr. James Henderson, Assistant Research Scientist at the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan!

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

📊Say hey to Dr. Tiffany Drape, our go-to for all things program evaluation here at NSF COMPASS! Based at Virginia Tech, Tiffany’s helping us track progress and show the real-world value of our work—designing smart tools and collaborating with the team to meet big goals.

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

🧭 Say hello to Leslie, our amazing Project Manager at the NSF COMPASS Center!

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

👋 Say hi to Dr. T.M. Murali, the director of the NSF COMPASS Center! Dr. Murali is a computer science professor at Virginia Tech whose research digs into how proteins and molecules work together inside cells. #COMPASSCenter #VirginiaTech #VirusResearch #ResearchLeadership #BehindTheScience

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NSF COMPASS Center @nsfcompass.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

🚨 We’re live on Bluesky! 🚨 Meet the NSF COMPASS Center—a national research effort dedicated to predicting and preventing the next pandemic by connecting the tiniest molecules to the biggest societal systems. #COMPASSCenter #NSF #PandemicPrevention #PIPP #PublicHealth

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