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Simple Beginnings
The annual lab coat ceremony for incoming first-year biomedical Ph.D. students will occur this week at 4:00 p.m. on September 3. Learn about the ceremony and support the new students by attending or by contributing to the Simple Beginnings Fund by September 1.
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IMSD has new co-directors
The Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity has three new co-directors: Digna Velez Edwards (Obstetrics & Gynecology), Julie Rhoades (Medicine), and Henrique Serezani (Medicine).
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Vega selected as Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar
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Shealy earns Gilliam Fellowship
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Kutlu earns Clinical and Translational Science Award
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Students selected for mentoring through SMDP Biotech
A group of Vanderbilt students has been selected for a one-year career mentoring program that pairs ethnically diverse students and early career researchers with industry mentors who work at companies in the medical technology, biotechnology and consumer healthcare industries. The students are: Logan Northcutt (Cancer Biology, Majan Rafat lab), Verra Ngwa (Cancer Biology, Jin Chen lab), and Ashley Christensen (MPB, Maureen Gannon lab).
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Roe selected as ISAC SRL Emerging Leader
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Students recognized for podcasting
Vanderbilt’s first-ever Excellence in Podcasting competition was held in the spring of 2021, and led to Nicole Kendrick (Biochemistry, Adrian Olivares lab) and Natalie Wallace (Biological Sciences, Lauren Jackson lab) earning the top spot in the graduate student category for an episode titled “How Real is Silicon-based Life?” from their podcast How Real is That Science? Ph.D. student Pranoti Pradhan (Epidemiology, Wei Zheng lab) and master’s student Saimrunali Dadigala (Tufts University) were the runners-up with an episode called “Basics of Epidemiology” from their podcast Going Viral.
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Fresh-from-the-oven grads
The following Ph.D. students successfully defended their dissertation or completed a master’s degree between May and July:
- Biological Sciences: Bryan Gitschlag, Ph.D.; Boyang Xie, Ph.D
- Biomedical Informatics: Matthew Lenert, Ph.D
- Cancer Biology: Vera Mayhew Todd, Ph.D.
- Cell & Developmental Biology: Abigail Neininger, Ph.D
- Chemical & Physical Biology: Diego del Alamo, Ph.D.; James Hutchison, Ph.D.; Emily Ross, Ph.D
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Michael Irvin, Ph.D.
- Microbe-Host Interactions: William Dunker, Ph.D.; Amyn Murji, Ph.D.
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics: Slavi Goleva, Ph.D
- Neuroscience: Benjamin Conrad, Ph.D
- Pharmacology: Chris Hofmann, Ph.D.
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Want to keep up with upcoming defenses? Bookmark this calendar. And let us know if we missed anyone from this list!
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Sanders: New Protein Society president
Chuck Sanders (Biochemistry) was elected president of the Protein Society. Learn more about the group, proteins, and Sanders himself in this interview our team conducted with him.
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Global Vanderbilt features Ren
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VCAR discussion on women and addiction with Kerman, Simmons, Frierson
The Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research’s Danny Winder (MPB) and Erin Calipari (Pharmacology) recently had a discussion with Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black; Tarra Simmons, member of the Washington State House of Representatives; and Katrina Frierson, founder of Mending Hearts, a Nashville nonprofit organization, in honor of National Women Touched by Addiction Day on July 23. Learn more or view the video here.
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Lab-to-Table: Of bicycles and melanoma
The last two Basic Sciences Lab-to-Table Conversations focused on the latest research on melanoma and on how science has improved cycling training. The conversation on melanoma, held on July 27, occurred between faculty members Ann Richmond (Pharmacology), Justin Balko (Medicine), Anthony Daniels (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences), and Doug Johnson (Medicine). The conversation on cycling, held on August 17, occurred between faculty member Matt Tyska (CDB), former pro cyclists George Hincapie and Bobby Julich, and sports medicine doctor Kevin Sprouse. You can view the entire Lab-to-Table Conversations playlist on YouTube, and can sign up to receive alerts for upcoming talks on our website.
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VSSA hosts successful symposium
The Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy was one of the few large, undergraduate, summer research programs not canceled over the summer. Although students performed their research in person, the annual symposium was held virtually on Gather. The organizers would like to thank the laboratories who hosted students; the faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and staff who worked to support them; the postdocs and graduate students who judged submitted abstracts; and Chris Lord, staff member in the lab of Jared Nordman, for helping facilitate the symposium.
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| EXTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Ancora rare genetic diseases funding
Each therapeutic discovery project supported by this funding opportunity must focus on a clear therapeutic hypothesis enabled by genetic and biological understanding of disease pathophysiology with cellular and in vivo models available. To create a profile with Ancora Innovations and learn more about the Letter of Intent application, please click here. Interested faculty should email Margaret Read to learn more about next steps and formal submission.
NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program
This grant supports individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose highly innovative research projects that reflect substantially different scientific directions from those already being pursued in the investigator’s research program or elsewhere. Application due September 10, 2021.
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Meet the staff who keep Basic Sciences running. Want to give someone a shout out? Email us.
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Marc Wozniak solves problems. Although you might think he’s an IT specialist, Wozniak’s roles at Basic Sciences cannot be contained by such a label. On a day-to-day basis, Wozniak helps researchers with spec’ing high-performance storage boxes; cloud sync; listservs; microscope system purchases; upgrades to work computers; and more. Whether you have computer-specific or tech/workflow needs, whether you need help with one computer or enterprise-wide problems, or you simply need help with how-to-get-something-done-using-tech problems, Wozniak is your guy.
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Wellness Rooms available now!
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Where did the publications go?
If you're used to seeing the latest publications in each Basically Speaking, fear not! We've introduced a new newsletter, the Reading List, that will arrive in your inbox each Monday with the latest publications from Basic Sciences.
If you're not currently receiving it but would like to, let us know.
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We want YOU on our Instagram!
Basic Sciences is more than just our research—we’re a community of individuals driven to excel in biomedical research. Let us feature you on our Instagram! We want to see you in lab, outside of lab, with friends (physically distant and masked, though!), in the wilderness—wherever you are, we want to see you. Tag or DM us on social media (@vubasicsciences).
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First in-person retreat for the Center for EV Research
The Vanderbilt Center for Extracellular Vesicle Research will host its first-ever in-person retreat, and is scheduled for October 1, 2021 from 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The keynote speaker will be Richard Cerione of Cornell University. Abstracts are due by September 10.
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Levi Watkins Jr. lecture
The annual Levi Watkins Jr., M.D., lecture will be held on October 5 at 12:00 p.m., featuring keynote speaker George C. Hill, professor of medical education and administration and professor of PMI, emeritus. The Levi Watkins Jr. faculty and student awards will be presented at that time. Nominations for these awards are due by September 7.
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Annual VICC scientific retreat
The 22nd annual Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center scientific retreat will occur on October 6, 2021, and will focus on genitourinary cancers. Register here.
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NCBI Workshop Day
Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center will be hosting an NCBI Workshop Day covering "NCBI Resources for Human Genomics Research" and “NCBI Resources for Human Pathogen Research” on November 5 and 6, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Register here. You can contact Meredith O’Brien with questions.
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Cancer Biology retreat
The Cancer Biology Student Association will hold its annual retreat on December 2, 2021. Save the date!
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About this Issue's Banner
Immunolabeling-enabled three-dimensional imaging of solvent-cleared organs (iDISCO+) is a technique used to clear and immunostain organs, tissues, and even whole embryos. To obtain this image, Laura Geben (Pharmacology, Rebecca Ihrie lab) and Serena Sweet (MPB, Richard Simerly lab) used iDISCO+ to clear an embryonic mouse on day 13.5. The embryo was stained with an antibody against tropomyosin receptor kinase A (TrkA), a marker of the developing nervous system. After clearing, the embryo was then imaged on a light sheet microscope at the newly established Neurovisualization Lab.
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Corrections
Our July issue had two errors. First, our apologies to Lindsey Seldin, as we misspelled her name. Second, we described the annual advocacy day at Capitol Hill as targeting state legislators, when in reality the efforts were directed toward federal legislators.
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About the Newsletter
This newsletter recognizes the achievements and latest discoveries of students, postdocs, faculty, and staff associated with Basic Sciences departments, centers, and cores or who carry out basic biomedical research.
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Catch Up on Basic Sciences!
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Faculty and Facility Profiles
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