Virginia Tech will give a boost tomorrow, October 20, to the business of turning biology into practical commercial applications with the dedication of the Horace G. Fralin Biotechnology Center.
Biotechnology is the application of biological science.
We will show students how to put science to actual use. A founder of Fralin and Waldron Inc., one of America's largest construction firms, Fralin was a 1948 Virginia Tech graduate. He served on the university's Board of Visitors, as president of the Virginia Tech Foundation, and he was a founding member of the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center. The Corporate Research Center already has close ties to the Fralin Center. Designed to serve as an incubator for new companies specializing in technologies under study at Virginia Tech, the Corporate Research Center is home to several biotechnology firms.