|
View online
|
Guengerich proposes paradigm shift in enzyme biochemistry
Findings from the Fred Guengerich lab (Biochemistry) provide an important advance in the understanding of P450 51 function in human and various pathogens, which could lead to new targeted drugs.
| |
Evolution-resistant compound to combat antibiotic resistance discovered
Houra Merrikh (Biochemistry) discovered the first evolution-resistant chemical compound that prevents drug resistance development in bacteria. The compound is also a platform that targets antimicrobial resistance.
| |
Exploring the basics of neurological disorders
A new study led by Terunaga Nakagawa (Molecular Physiology and Biophysics) sheds light on our understanding of the molecular origins of some forms of autism and intellectual disability.
| |
Research aims to improve drug development
ASPIRE to Innovate Postdoctoral Fellow Catherine Leasure (Molecular Physiology and Biophysics) addresses the pressing obstacle faced by modern drug development: worryingly poor success rates of pharmaceuticals progressing to clinical phases.
| |
Yongjian awarded Seeding Success Grant
Huang Yongjian (Biochemistry, Kuriyan lab) received a Seeding Success Grant from the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Innovation. His proposal, “Development of Conformational Selective Nanobodies to Facilitate Structural Studies of Intact HER Receptors”, was funded for two years at $60,000 per year, starting Jan. 2024.
| |
Graduate School exhibition winners
| |
Chu, Rhodes win awards at Cancer Biology retreat
Yunli “Emily” Chu (Cancer Biology, Brent Ferrell lab) won an award for best talk and Jared Rhodes (Cancer Biology, James Goldenring lab) won an award for best student graduate poster at the 23rd Annual Retreat in Cancer Biology.
| |
Fresh-from-the-oven grads
The following graduates successfully defended their dissertations:
- Biochemistry: Hillary Layden, Ph.D.
- Cancer Biology: Melissa Wolf, Ph.D
- Cell and Developmental Biology: Mary Chalkley, Ph.D., Ela Contreras Panta, Ph.D.; James White, Ph.D
- Microbe-Host Interactions: Jennifer Shuman, Ph.D
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics: Katie Volk Robertson, Ph.D
- Neuroscience: Kimerbly Thibeault, Ph.D.
| |
Hancock Cancer Discovery Fund names Rathmell, Wilson as first scholars
The funded project, led by Jeffrey Rathmell (secondary in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics) and John T. Wilson (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering), seeks to develop a new cancer immunotherapy utilizing nanobody delivery and targeted heating of tumors.
| |
Three from Vanderbilt community to participate in Endocrine Society’s leadership program
Ebony Hargrove-Wiley (Pharmacology, Barbara Fingleton lab) and Sydney Jamison and Claude Fitzgerald Albritton II (Meharry Medical College, Annet Kirabo and Antentor Hinton Jr. labs) have been selected to participate in the Endocrine Society’s Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology program.
| |
Get ready for the April 8 total eclipse of 2024!
The April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. The image above, courtesy of Matt Tyska (Cell and Developmental Biology), is from the 2017 total solar eclipse that passed over Nashville.
| |
March 20: Understanding Vanderbilt’s new open access agreements
An in-depth discussion hosted by the Vanderbilt Libraries on the university’s new open access agreements.
U-1220 MRB III, 2:00 p.m.
March 21: VBS Book Club founding meeting
The initial meeting will determine the format of the book club.
If you are interested in participating, email Jennifer Ellison.
March 21: Peak Performance Series
Finding work/life balance.
Register online.
March 23: Brain Blast 2024
In honor of Brain Awareness Month, Vanderbilt Brain Institute neuroscientists gather at the Nashville Public Library to join a worldwide celebration of the brain.
Sign up to volunteer.
March 26: Lab-to-Table Conversation: Biotech Entrepreneurship: Stories and Strategies
In honor of Women’s History Month, the next installment of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences’ Lab-to-Table Conversations will explore the landscape of biotech entrepreneurship.
Zoom, 11:00 a.m. Registration coming soon.
March 27: Vanderbilt Global Health Symposium
The annual event, organized by the VIGH Student Advisory Council, brings together students, faculty, and staff to share their work.
Poster submissions due March 18.
March 28: Center for Structural Biology Symposium
The lineup of speakers include Nozomi Ando, Cornell University; James Fraser, UCSF; Jeanne Hardy, UMass Amherst; and Andrej Sali, UCSF.
For more information, visit the symposium website.
April 10: Alzheimer’s Disease Research Day
Showcasing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia research from multiple clinical and basic science departments across campus and Meharry Medical College.
Register by March 27 here and submit an abstract by March 13.
April 18: Vanderbilt International Researchers Alliance International Symposium
Highlighting and celebrating the accomplishments of Vanderbilt’s international research community.
Register and submit an abstract online. Abstracts due March 15. Registration closes April 1.
April 19: VI4 Annual Research Symposium
Featuring internationally recognized researchers with expertise in diverse aspects of infection, immunology, and inflammation.
Register online. Submit an abstract by March 18.
April 22: Diverse funding opportunities to support trainees at every career stage
Hosted by the Pharmacology DEI Committee and the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, Marguerite Matthews, program director of the NIH Office of Programs to Enhance Neuroscience Workforce Diversity, will be the featured speaker.
Register online.
May 16: Vanderbilt Center for Stem Cell Biology Symposium
Emerging Technologies for Stem Cell Biology
Learn more (registration coming soon).
| |
JOBS Send us a link to job openings you'd like to promote!
| |
Shut the Sash!
When a fume hood’s sash is up it pulls room air into the hood while pumping in reconditioned outside air. Closing the fume hood sash is a simple solution that has a huge impact. In 2005, Harvard University started a Shut the Sash campaign that has generated an annual saving of $240,000 and reduced their greenhouse gas emissions by 300 metric tons, all from just a 30 percent reduction in fume hood usage. Learn more at My Green Lab or FutureVU Sustainability.
| |
Help your community keep up with Basic Sciences!
Do you know someone who would benefit from getting this newsletter, Reading List, Vital, and Lab-to-Table Conversations announcements? Send them to our subscription center!
| |
Keep up with biomedical science seminars
To receive weekly email notices about upcoming seminars focused on the biomedical sciences, please email Katherine Carter. To submit your event for the weekly email, send it to the "bioseminar" email address.
| |
Peabody campus at dusk (Vanderbilt University).
Banner background image courtesy of Dylan Burnette.
| |
|
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences
MRB III U-1200
465 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37240
Phone: (615) 322-0907 | basicsciences@vanderbilt.edu
| |
|
|
|
|
Vanderbilt University is committed to principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action.
Vanderbilt®, Vanderbilt University®, V Oak Leaf Design®, Star V Design® and Anchor Down® are trademarks of The Vanderbilt University. ©2021 Vanderbilt University. All rights reserved.
|
|
|
|
