Stephen Doster
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Potential schizophrenia treatment, discovered at Vanderbilt and being developed by Neumora Therapeutics, entering Phase 1 clinical trial
A potential schizophrenia treatment discovered through the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in phase 1 clinical trials—the third WCNDD therapeutic to reach that benchmark. “Vanderbilt is proud that a discovery by our researchers at the Warren Center… Read MoreDec. 4, 2023
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Vanderbilt Basic Sciences Board of Visitors meeting Dec. 7-8, 2023
Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023 Cocktails and dinner will be at the Butcher and Bee Rose Room at 5:30 p.m. CT. 902 Main St, Nashville, TN 37206 (map) Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 The Board of Visitors meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. CT. Read MoreDec. 4, 2023
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Researchers discover key step to kidney fibrosis
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the first time have shown that activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is essential for the development of kidney fibrosis, tissue scarring following injury that can lead to kidney failure. Their discovery, reported Nov. 14 in the journal Nature Communications,… Read MoreNov. 22, 2023
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The Recipe Box of Life
By Chuck Sanders President-past of the Protein Society The American holiday of Thanksgiving is my favorite. I am guessing that some of my friends from the Great White North share the same opinion about the Canadian version of this feast day, which occurs there in early October. Taking… Read MoreNov. 21, 2023
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Opera meets neuroscience: Vanderbilt’s Lisa Monteggia discusses the science of Nashville Opera’s ‘The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat’
On Nov. 2, Lisa Monteggia, Barlow Family Director of the Vanderbilt Brain Institute and professor of pharmacology, psychiatry and psychology, joined John Hoomes, CEO and artistic director of the Nashville Opera, for a discussion on the artistic approach and scientific research behind the Nashville Opera’s upcoming performance of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. Read MoreNov. 9, 2023
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Study discovers role for gut bacteria in host-pathogen competition for nutrients
A new study in the journal Cell Host & Microbe brings the beneficial bacterial residents of the gut into the mix. The findings show that commensal gut microbes impact the host-pathogen competition for iron and have implications for therapeutic strategies aimed at preventing pathogens from acquiring essential nutrients. Postdoctoral fellow Yasiru… Read MoreNov. 2, 2023
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Kimryn Rathmell wins Doris Duke Foundation Paragon Award
Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, chair of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has received the Paragon Award for Research Excellence from the Doris Duke Foundation (DDF). The award was presented to Rathmell and 24 others who are alumni of the Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Awards program during a ceremony… Read MoreNov. 2, 2023
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Godschalk Research Fund strengthens biomedical innovation
By Aaron Conley Kyle Riedmann Zenobia Godschalk and Mark Godschalk, BA’92, of Atlanta, Georgia, have established the Zenobia and Mark Godschalk Research Fund within the School of Medicine Basic Sciences to support novel research in biology or immunology. The inaugural award of the research fund has been presented to Kyle… Read MoreOct. 27, 2023
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Vanderbilt-led team receives 2023 Endeavor Award from The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research
A multidisciplinary team of investigators who will probe the connection between obesity and cancer has received a 2023 Endeavor Award from The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research. The three-year, $3 million award will support four closely linked projects exploring the fundamental mechanisms that drive the obesity-cancer connection,… Read MoreOct. 26, 2023