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Jul. 18, 2019, 10:02 AM by Bill Snyder Megan Rasmussen, a PhD student in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has been selected as the 2019 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar. Megan Rasmussen She will receive a $1,000 cash prize and will be mentored… Read More

Jul. 18, 2019, 10:06 AM by Leigh MacMillan Meena Madhur, MD, PhD Meena Madhur, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine, has received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The award, established in 1996, is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on… Read More

Jul. 18, 2019, 8:32 AM by Tom Wilemon The Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology (VCI) has relaunched its mission with a greater focus on human immunology, an endeavor supported by additional researchers, more funding support and designation as a Center of Excellence. “We are focusing on human immune diseases and trying… Read More

Jul. 15, 2019, 8:30 AM by Sanjay Mishra Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) make up the optic nerve. When RGCs degenerate due to elevated intraocular pressure caused by glaucoma, vision is lost. Cells surrounding RGCs called Müller glia maintain a healthy ionic environment through a process called potassium siphoning, where Müller glia… Read More

Jul. 11, 2019, 9:32 AM This illustration shows the H. pylori bacterium and a close-up of its “injector” at the stomach lining. Researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have obtained the first high-resolution image of a molecular “machine” used by the insidious stomach bug… Read More

Vanderbilt vaccine pioneer James Crowe honored with major science prize Jul. 9, 2019, 8:57 AM by Bill Snyder James Crowe Jr., MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, will be honored today by the science and technology company Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany for his contributions to developing new… Read More

Jul. 8, 2019, 11:31 AM by Kathy Whitney Richard Vari, PhD, Senior Dean for Academic Affairs, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, and president of IAMSE, (left) presents the award to Neil Osheroff, PhD. Neil Osheroff, PhD, John G. Coniglio professor of Biochemistry, professor of Medicine and director of the… Read More

Jul. 8, 2019, 3:42 PM Ingrid Mayer, MD, center, principal investigator of a clinical study testing a drug that may prevent cancer metastasis, with Vanderbilt drug repurposing program team members Robert Lavieri, PhD, and Meghan Joly, PhD. (photo by Joe Howell) by Leigh MacMillan A clinical study of a drug… Read More

Jul. 1, 2019, 9:29 AM by Jessica Pasley Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) recently awarded three grants to investigators in the Department of Ophthalmology to support research into the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases. The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology received an RPB Unrestricted Grant,… Read More

By Deborah Roby The influenza virus prevents its own destruction and causes virulence by a newly discovered method. The non-structural protein 1 (NS1) of the influenza A virus allows disease proliferation by binding a protein that activates the host’s immune reaction. The lab of Yi Ren, in collaboration with researchers… Read More