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Sando earns Sloan Fellowship
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Wright honored by Society for Developmental Biology
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AAI awards Intersect Fellowship to trio
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Beasly becomes FLARE fellow
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Kavalali to lead Pharmacology
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Ascano granted tenure
Congratulations to Manny Ascano, who has been promoted to associate professor of biochemistry with tenure!
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Pietenpol promoted to VUMC CSSO
Jennifer Pietenpol (Biochemistry) is stepping down as director of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and will assume a combined leadership role for VUMC as chief scientific and strategy officer.
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Hu to direct Office for Medical Student Research
Patrick Hu (Medicine) has been appointed assistant dean for Physician-Researcher Training and director of the Office for Medical Student Research. He will succeed Joey Barnett (Pharmacology) as OMSR director.
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Monteggia appointed co-principal editor of NPP
Lisa Monteggia (Pharmacology) was appointed co-editor for the journal Neuropsychopharmacology. Monteggia is the first woman to be named to a leading role at the journal.
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Fitz earns NIDDK fellowship
Graduate student Gillian Fitz (CDB, Matt Tyska lab) has received a fellowship from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
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Vanderbilt awarded 2022 Beckman Scholars Program
Vanderbilt University is one of 14 institutions awarded the 2022 Beckman Scholars Program from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. Fifteen faculty from across Basic Sciences and the College of Arts and Science were chosen as faculty mentors for 2022.
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Fresh-from-the-oven grad!Congratulations to Meredith Giblin, a graduate student from Cell and Developmental Biology in the lab of John Penn, for successfully defending her dissertation!
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Core Development Grants recipients announced
- Cell Imagining Shared Resource: Jenny Schafer (CDB), Matt Tyska (CDB)
- Center for Structural Biology Biomolecular NMR Facility: Markus Voehler (Chemistry), Michael Stone (Chemistry)
- Mass Spectrometry Resouce Center Proteomics Core Laboratory: Kevin Schey (Biochemistry), Kristie Rose (Biochemistry), Hayes McDonald (Biochemistry)
- Center for Structural Biology Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility: Scott Collier (CEMF), Melissa Chambers (CEMF), Terunaga Nakagawa (MPB)
- Mouse Neurobehavioral Core: Fiona Harrison (Medicine), John Allison (Pharmacology)
- Small Molecule NMR Facility Core: Donald Stec (Chemistry), Gary Sulikowski (Chemistry)
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Patel lab receives Pilot Research Grant
The lab of Maulik Patel (Biological Sciences) has received a Pilot Research Grant from the Vanderbilt Evolutionary Studies Initiative to study reproduction and aging.
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WCNDD partners with Neumora to continue development of investigational treatments
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The Science of Flavor
If you missed last month's Lab-to-Table Conversation featuring John York (Impossible Foods), Vivek Surti (Taylor Nashville), Xiaodong “Sheldon” Li (Ixora Taste Sciences) and moderator Larry Marnett (Biochemistry, Chemistry), you can view it anytime on YouTube. Share with friends and family!
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Biochemistry launches monthly DEI blog
The Department of Biochemistry has launched a new, monthly blog series focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion within the Vanderbilt and department communities. The first installment featured an interview with Carlos F. Lopez (Biochemistry), who was recently appointed to lead the department’s DEI Committee. The second installment features graduate student Kathryn Brewer (Biochemistry, Chuck Sanders lab).
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Conversations on Diversity and Inclusion
The Cell and Developmental Biology CoDI subcommittee is hosting a series of conversations that are open to the entire Vanderbilt and medical center communities. Attend one or all—whatever works for you. The spring sessions will take place at 4:00 p.m. on March 1, March 29, and April 26. Make sure you register in advance. Questions? Email the CoDI leadership.
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"Discovery of New
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ACS to hold minisymposium honoring Marnett
The American Chemical Society, Division of Chemical Toxicology will host a special, online, and free symposium on March 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. CST to celebrate 35 years of the Chemical Research in Toxicology and in honor of Larry Marnett (Biochemistry, Chemistry), founding editor of the journal. The speakers are all former Marnett lab trainees.
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Alzheimer’s Disease Research Day
The third annual Vanderbilt Alzheimer’s Disease Research Day will be March 31, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the School of Nursing. To present a poster, you must submit an abstract by March 1 at 5:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the Vanderbilt and Meharry Medical Collage communities, but attendees are asked to register by March 15. Complimentary breakfast and lunch will be provided to registrants only.
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Brain Blast
The annual Vanderbilt Brain Institute's annual family-oriented outreach event is set for March 26 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.! Bring your families to meet scientists and volunteers in person at the downtown branch of the Nashville Public Library.
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The annual Vanderbilt Integrated Training Alliance Symposium will be held April 28 and 29. The event provides opportunities for Ph.D. students to present their research, learn about the Vanderbilt community and resources, obtain training in scientific communication, and establish a durable, personal mentoring relationship with a Vanderbilt junior faculty member. This unique opportunity in biomedical sciences training provides high value for students as they progress to the next stages in their scientific career.
Although this conference is focused on underrepresented students, all graduate students, regardless of institution, are welcome to apply—but make sure to do so by March 25.
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The Vanderbilt Center for Stem Cell Biology will hold its VCSCB Symposium on May 19. The symposium will focus on "Stem Cell States and Transitions" and will feature two keynote speakers plus faculty/student talks and poster sessions. Save the date!
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Upcoming COVID-19 protocol changes
In case you missed it, the university has announced that, after consultation with public health experts, they are shifting on-campus COVID-19 policies. The new policy will be implemented beginning on March 14. Please familiarize yourself with the changes here.
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MIRA renewals: Award rates and budget changes
Read the NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog for information on the award rates and award sizes of Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award renewals and R01 renewals to provide insights into the early outcomes of MIRA renewals. The blog also examines award rates and budget changes for investigators applying to convert their NIGMS R01s to MIRAs.
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Anuj Rastogi
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Fun fact: Rastogi just became a father, so he will probably stop working on fixing his motorcycle!
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Two new Basic Sciences funding programs
The Office of the Dean of Basic Sciences has announced two new funding programs for primary Basic Sciecnes faculty:
Both programs are effective immediately.
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NIGMS National and Regional Resources (R24 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement encourages applications for support of resources that will provide access to state-of-the-art equipment, technologies, research tools, materials, organisms, software, and/or services to a substantial regional (multi-state) or national user base. Applications open May 14, 2022. More information on the NIH website.
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About This Issue’s Banner
This month’s banner features work by Alaina Willet, a postdoc in the lab of Kathy Gould (CDB). The shot depicts live-cell imaging of fission yeast cells with labeled endocytic actin patches in cyan and the cytokinetic contractile ring and spindle pole bodies in magenta. These cells were blocked in the G2 stage of the cell cycle via a temperature-sensitive mutation, and were then released to proceed through mitosis. This is part of a project studying the function of myosin-1 at actin patches and the contractile ring in fission yeast.
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Faculty Profile: Manuel Ascasno
Manuel Ascano, newly promoted associate professor of biochemistry, discusses his research involving DNA/RNA detection and regulation in innate immunity and viral pathogenesis. View on YouTube.
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