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Long-term MIRA/R35 strategy
If there is any chance that you will eventually want to apply for a MIRA/R35 award from a particular institute, think twice about submitting a multi-PI grant to that institute, as this may limit your options several years down the road. Learn more.
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Call for nominations: 2025 student awards
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Ongoing website access issues
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Research Experience for High School Students Program seeks mentors
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Doug Mitchell named professor of biochemistry and chemistry and director of the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology
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First successful clinical trial of VU319 brings Alzheimer’s treatment one step closer
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A preprocessing package tailored to individual needs
Subtomogram averaging is used to reconstruct a 3D volume of a sample from preprocessed tilt-series data for accurate downstream analysis. While individual preprocessing packages exist, the construction of a complete data pipeline is difficult. TOMOgram MANager, or TOMOMAN, is an extensive MATLAB-based package developed by the Wan lab to address this issue.
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Speaking Through Me takes home honors
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Vanderbilt CTTC honors Jones, Niswender, and Waterson as Master Innovators
The Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization announced this year’s Master Innovators, faculty whose groundbreaking research has been translated into transformative innovations and who are advancing their fields and making significant impacts on society. Carrie Jones (Pharmacology, WCNDD), Colleen Niswender (Pharmacology, WCNDD), and Alex Waterson (Pharmacology) from the School of Medicine Basic Sciences were recognized.
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New appointments and promotions!
Congratulations to our School of Medicine Basic Sciences faculty members who were promoted or received new appointments from October through December 2024. These individuals significantly enrich our pursuit of pathbreaking research and contribute to the growth and success of our school.
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From bench researcher to biotech executive: Alum Lori Rudolph-Owen’s career path
Lori Rudolph-Owen, an accomplished figure in the biotechnology industry and a School of Medicine Basic Sciences alum, shared her insights on career progression and drug development last fall as part of BRET’s Ph.D. Career Stories, a series focused on various alums and their professions.
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Gazing into the past to see the future
Vice Dean Chuck Sanders recently interviewed Betül Kaçar (University of Wisconsin–Madison), who combines molecular and evolutionary biology with planetary sciences to explore the origins, evolution, and the future of life on Earth and beyond.
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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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Wednesday, Feb. 12: 2025 Vanderbilt Translational Research Forum
The annual event from Edge for Scholars highlights translational research across the university, the medical center, and Meharry Medical College. It will feature 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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Basic Sciences on Bluesky
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