Marissa Shapiro

Kavalali’s team identified spontaneous neurotransmission–dependent signaling mechanisms that help explain how certain antidepressants can act rapidly in the brain. Read More

As Vanderbilt prepares for Giving Day, the Roger Chalkley, Ph.D. Critical Need Fund highlights the powerful impact that philanthropic support can have on trainees navigating the unpredictable realities of life during graduate school. Read More

MBP091, an investigational, anti-Marburg virus antibody identified by Vanderbilt Health researchers and under development by San Diego-based Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc., was provided to Ethiopian health officials during that country’s first outbreak of the deadly viral infection late last year. Read More

Katrin Karbstein, the co-leader of the Cancer Cell Biology Research Program in the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, will now expand her focus to support her department’s mission across research, service, and education, with a special focus on faculty affairs. Read More

New study from Borden Lacy and Audrey Thomas represents a major step forward for vaccine development for C. diff, the leading cause of health care- and antibiotic-associated infection. Read More

Shan Meltzer was named a Sloan Research Fellow, one of the most competitive honors available to young investigators, for her research into how the neural circuits responsible for touch and pain processing are built and organized. Read More

Ann Richmond outlines a promising therapeutic strategy that may re-sensitize treatment-resistant tumors to immunotherapy. The research introduces a three-drug combination that enhances immune activity and suppresses tumor-promoting immune cells. Read More

In a new study, Vanderbilt researchers found that by promoting the formation of actin cytoskeleton inside the epithelial cells lining the proximal tubules, Rac1 facilitates removal and replacement of mitochondria damaged by ischemia. Read More

“After this trip, I now see the job search, networking, and application process as an exciting journey—a journey to meet great people, to better understand myself, to identify work cultures where I can belong and thrive, and to develop professional skills beyond my Ph.D. training,” Zhengyi Chen, a Ph.D. candidate in chemical and physical biology said. Read More

With novel insights in understanding and treating substance use disorder that have redirected neuropsychopharmacological dogma, Erin Calipari receives award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Read More