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Dec. 17, 2020, 10:05 AM Ann Richmond, MD, Chi Yan, PhD, Jinming Yang, PhD, and colleagues are studying ways to boost antitumor immunity and reduce tumor growth in breast cancer and melanoma. (photo by Donn Jones) by Leigh MacMillan A team of Vanderbilt investigators has discovered that blocking a certain… Read More

REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS Rare Genetic Diseases Opening January 2021 Rolling Submission-Review Ancora Innovations is a collaboration between Vanderbilt University and Deerfield Management, focused on the union of Vanderbilt’s innovative life science discovery efforts and Deerfield’s commitment to accelerating state-of-the-art drug development. Deerfield will fund Ancora Innovation with up to $65… Read More

By Alexandra Fuller By the time March rolls around, New Year’s resolutions to ditch the expensive lattes and spend less time (and money) shopping online are often far behind us. Activity within the nucleus accumbens, a region of the brain implicated in motivation and addiction, may be at play. Read More

Dec. 10, 2020, 10:15 AM by Bill Snyder While COVID-19 grabs the headlines, researchers are steadily making progress in the fight against other dangerous viruses. Among them: Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus (EEEV), one of the most virulent viruses in North America, and the Hendra and Nipah viruses, which are endemic… Read More

by Leigh MacMillan Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have identified a key molecular player in the early events of the inflammatory response to infection. The findings suggest new therapeutic possibilities for enhancing the inflammatory response to protect against pathogens and for blocking inflammation gone awry in diseases like arthritis and… Read More

by Marissa Shapiro Dec. 8, 2020, 9:00 AM David Cortez, Richard N. Armstrong Chair for Innovation in Biochemistry and professor of biochemistry, has been named interim chair in the Department of Biochemistry beginning Jan. 1.   John York (Vanderbilt University) David Cortez (Vanderbilt University) This follows the departure of John York, who was recently named chief science… Read More

To understand how SARS-CoV-2 replicates, Vanderbilt scientists look at host cell-virus interactions by Marissa Shapiro Dec. 7, 2020, 9:00 AM Graduate students Jonathan Davies and Katie Almasy work in Lars Plate Chemistry and Biological Sciences Lab in Stevenson Science Center. (John Russell/Vanderbilt University) A… Read More

Vanderbilt University professor plans to expand and diversify the journal’s editorial board by Linda Wang DECEMBER 4, 2020 Craig W. Lindsley, the William K. Warren, Jr. chair in medicine at Vanderbilt University, has been named editor in chief of the Journal… Read More

Vanderbilt microscopist receives Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant to expand access to imaging technologies by Marissa Shapiro Dec. 2, 2020, 11:00 AM Bryan Millis (Vanderbilt University) Bryan Millis, research assistant professor of cell and developmental biology and biomedical engineering, has been awarded a grant… Read More

by Marissa Shapiro Dec. 1, 2020, 9:00 AM The Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences has won continued funding from the National Institutes of Health for its Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity program supporting the success of biomedical graduate students from underrepresented backgrounds. Roger Chalkley… Read More