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Lau lab publishes authoritative reference article on precancer
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Exploring the range of AlphaFold2’s utility within the realm of protein dynamics
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Pietenpol to receive ASCO’s highest honor
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Hinton lab grows, American Physiological Society award adds Clintoria Williams as Visiting Scholar
Clintoria Williams (Wright State University) received the John F. Perkins, Jr. Research Career Enhancement Award from the American Physiological Society. This will enable her to join Vanderbilt as a visiting scholar in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics for four months to collaborate more closely with Antentor Hinton Jr., assistant professor in the department.
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Burman wins StemCellfie contest
Andreanna Burman (Cell and Developmental Biology, Jim Goldenring and Izumi Kaji labs) was the grand-prize winner in this year's StemCellfie contest, hosted by STEMCELL Technologies, for her submission “Cross sections of mouse small intestinal villi.” You can view the full submission gallery online.
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CISR Life is Beautiful Image Contest
The Cell Imaging Shared Resource is hosting the Life is Beautiful Image Contest, open to anyone who has captured an image using a CISR microscope. Submissions will be accepted until July 1, 2024, and winners will be announced on Aug. 1, 2024. Cash prizes will be awarded to winning images.
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Meyers promoted to assistant dean for operations and administration
Lindsay Meyers was recently promoted to Assistant Dean for Operations and Administration at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in the Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training. Congratulations, Lindsay!
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VCAR Science Day brings leading addiction researchers together
Within the industrial-style doors of Ruby Nashville, the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research hosted its annual Science Day on April 18. This event featured the latest research in addiction, including investigations into alcohol, opioids, and stimulants.
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May 16: Vanderbilt Center for Stem Cell Biology Symposium
This year's theme is “Emerging Technologies for Stem Cell Biology.”
Learn more.
May 16: Book club
This month's discussion will be on book recommendations. Meet for an hour and chat about some books you've enjoyed reading and fill up your To Be Read lists. Email Jennifer Ellison for an invitation.
Microsoft Teams, 12:00 p.m.
How To sessions
Microsoft Teams, 10:00 a.m–11:00 a.m.
- May 17 - Knowing READY app and work orders (Facilities; Leo Sguera)
- June 14 - Functional Expense Training (Finance)
- June 28 - Bystander Intervention (DEI, Felysha Jenkins)
May 22: Tri-Institutional Seminar: AZA Stephen Allsop
AZA Stephen Allsop, assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, will give his talk, “Music Therapeutics for Social Connection, Synchrony, and Mental Health” as part of the Tri-Institutional Seminar Series hosted by Basic Sciences, Fisk University, and Meharry Medical College
The Cal Turner Auditorium at Meharry Medical College or Zoom, 12:00 p.m.
May 30: Tri-Institutional Seminar: Osama Harraz Lecture
Osama Harraz, Bloomfield Professor in Cardiovascular Research at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, will give his talk “May the force be with you: Piez01 and the mechano-feedback control of brain blood flow” as part of the Tri-Institutional Seminar Series hosted by Basic Sciences, Fisk University, and Meharry Medical College.
The Cal Turner Auditorium at Meharry Medical College, 4:00 p.m.
June 12–14: Southeast Association of Shared Resources annual meeting Registration is free for all academic attendees. Borden Lacy (Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology) is delivering a keynote address.
Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University, register online.
June 13: Book Club
We will be discussing The Witches of Eileanan by Kate Forsyth and deciding on our next book.
Microsoft Teams, 12:00 p.m.
June 18: Juneteenth
“A Freedom Celebration,” featuring U.S. historian Dr. Learotha Williams.
Light Hall 208, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
August 2: 2024 VICB Student Research Symposium
Keynote speaker: Dr. Dan Nomura, University of California, Berkeley. More information here.
Student Life Center, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
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- The National Institutes of Health are in the process of overhauling their grant review criteria. Although the actual grant application process will remain mostly the same, they are switching to new forms. Read more about the Simplified Review Framework.
- The Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization has introduced a new
tool that makes it easy for faculty to bring forward innovative ideas that have the
potential for patenting and commercialization. The recently introduced online
Concept Submission Form eases the initial steps for submitting innovative ideas to CTTC.
- BioRender Premium access was renewed for Basic Sciences through Sept. 2025. Basic Sciences researchers can log in through our portal. If you can't log in, submit your VUNetID for access here. Questions? Email Lorena Infante Lara.
- The Center for Structural Biology Green Team promotes collaboration for a green-forward Vanderbilt and for environmentally conscious systems in biomedical research labs. Fill out their interest form to join.
- Be part of history! Submit a digital note about your aspirations for Vanderbilt’s future for the university’s time capsule.
- Introducing VBS Sheets, an Excel support group. We will meet monthly to share tips and tricks and offer ideas for to improve our skills with Excel. Everyone is welcome to join whenever they are available. Bring your questions and ideas. To request an invitation, contact Jennifer Ellison.
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NIH Office of Strategic Coordination, Common Fund opportunities:
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Staff Spotlight: Stephen Doster
This longtime Basic Sciences team member is the ultimate Vanderbilt ambassador.
“Most times I take [inquiring visitors] where they need to go. It’s quicker than trying to explain how to get there, and I get to meet interesting people. I took a father and son visiting from Iowa across campus once. They were scouting medical schools. We ran into Jeff Balser, dean of the medical school, who dropped everything to spend a few minutes with them. Teamwork."
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Scudese makes waves
Estevão Scudese was interviewed about his achievements as a visiting postdoc from Brazil to the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics.
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Iverson research covered in Chemistry World
Using cryo-electron microscopy, Tina Iverson (Pharmacology) and colleagues recently revealed a series of highly detailed images of the structures found in the whirling flagellum that powers a bacterium’s movement, revealing new insights about how microbes get to where they want to be. The research was covered in Chemistry World.
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