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Call for nominations: 2025 student awards
The Provost's Pathbreaking Discovery Award, the Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement, and the Brighter Ventures Award are accepting nominations from faculty through Monday, Feb. 3.
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Poster Printing Core is now open
Following a hiatus, the SOMBS Poster Printing Core is again operational. Learn more about how to use our Poster Printing Core.
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2025 ASPIRE to Innovate Postdoctoral Fellowship Program accepting applications
The 2025 ASPIRE to Innovate Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is now accepting applications. Learn more about this program on our website.
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Launching the School of Medicine Basic Sciences Social Media User Group
The user group is open to anyone running a social media account in areas connected to SOMBS. Members will meet to share ideas and collaborate on current social media trends and opportunities. To join, please fill out this form.
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New Discovery Vanderbilt center applies advanced technology to biological research
The Center for Computational and Systems Biology, led by Ken Lau (Cell and Developmental Biology), will leverage technology for new ways to tackle human diseases and conditions. The center also completed its first faculty hire, Tae Hyun Hwang, a national leader in cancer diagnosis and treatment, jointly with the Section of Surgical Sciences at VUMC.
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New compound to treat schizophrenia
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Biochemistry recognizes its trainees
- Frank Chytil Travel Award: Ali Angelos (Yi Ren lab)
- Dr. Laura Busenlehner Award for Outstanding Leadership & Research: Lindsey Guerin (Emily Hodges lab)
- Armstrong Training Enhancement Award: Jessica Day (Hodges lab)
- Michael Waterman Outstanding Achievement in Postdoctoral Studies Award: Katherine Stefanski (Chuck Sanders lab)
- Leon W. Cunningham Graduate Student Award: Kevin McCarty (Fred Guengerich lab)
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Shan Meltzer receives 2025 C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy
Shan Meltzer (Pharmacology) was awarded the 2025 C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy from the American Association for Anatomy. The award recognizes investigators in the early stages of their careers who have made important contributions to biomedical science through their research in comparative neuroanatomy.
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Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Vanderbilt collaborate on opioid crisis, cannabis education
TBI Director David Rausch and senior officials recently visited the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery to learn more about how cutting-edge research is combatting the opioid crisis. The meeting focused on how the center’s innovative work in drug discovery and addiction neuroscience could support the TBI’s efforts to reduce opioid misuse and improve public safety across the state.
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Aspirnaut program featured in People magazine
People magazine published a feature article about the Aspirnaut program featuring program Director Billy Hudson (Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology) and Dr. Julie Hudson. The Hudsons co-founded the Aspirnaut program in 2006.
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Friday, Jan. 24–Sunday, Jan. 26: BrainHack Vanderbilt
A meeting designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration to advance open, reproducible neuroscience research. Learn more.
Alumni Hall (hybrid; in-person attendance will be limited). Register online.
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Thursday, Feb. 6: ChatGPT for Job-Seekers–The Right Way to Use AI to Accelerate Your Search
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Virtual. Register online.
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Wednesday, Feb. 12: 2025 Vanderbilt Translational Research Forum
The annual event from Edge for Scholars highlights translational research across the university, VUMC, and Meharry Medical College. It features a keynote and plenary speaker, a trainee poster session, and networking opportunities.
8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., Student Life Center. Register online.
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To be added to our weekly email dedicated to upcoming biomedical seminars, email Stephen Doster.
To include an event in the calendar and the weekly email, submit event details and graphics to the University Events Calendar. Be sure to use basic-sciences-vanderbilt in the tag section. This tag can be used for any event connected to the School of Medicine Basic Sciences community.
Submissions to the events calendar are manually approved; please submit your event at least two weeks in advance to ensure it is included. If your submission requires updates or edits, email university-calender@vanderbilt.edu.
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Implementation Science Award
For early and mid-career investigators proposing innovative implementation science studies that align with AHA’s mission.
Proposals due Feb. 5.
Transformational Project Award
Supports highly innovative, high-impact projects that build on work in progress that could lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular research.
Proposals due Feb. 13.
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Vanderbilt basic science alum Q&A: Ashley Brady
Meet Ashley Brady, PhD’03, who graduated from the pharmacology department and is now the assistant dean of biomedical career engagement and strategic partnerships in the Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training and an associate professor of medical education and administration. We sat down with Brady to discuss her experiences studying basic science and how it played a role in her successful career.
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