Marissa Shapiro
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Experiencing the Neural Symphony Underlying Memory through a Blend of Science and Art
Neuroscientist Saman Abbaspoor in the Hoffman lab won the NIH BRAIN Initiatve's annual Show Us Your BRAINs! Photo and Video contest. The clip shows how “sharp-wave ripples", different layers of neural activity in the hippocampus, are wirelessly recorded to help study memory. Read MoreDec. 11, 2023
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Colorectal cancer ‘cartography’ reveals an avenue to improved immunotherapy
Second only to lung cancer, colorectal cancer is the nation’s leading cancer killer — accounting for more than 52,000 deaths in the United States each year. Colorectal cancers are divided into two main groups, based on microsatellites, or repeat sections, in their DNA. Read MoreDec. 11, 2023
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Tiffany Lawrence Givens promoted to assistant dean for administration
Tiffany Lawrence Givens, director of human resources, will become assistant dean for administration on Dec. 1. In this role, she will support Dean John Kuriyan in advancing strategic priorities and provide operational leadership. Read MoreNov. 21, 2023
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McLean Receives 2023 Eastern Analytical Symposium award for Outstanding Achievements in Mass Spectrometry
John McLean, Stevenson Professor of Chemistry and Chair of the Department of Chemistry, Associate Provost for Graduate Education, Director of the Center for Innovative Technologies and VICB member, has been named the winner of the 2023 EAS Award for Outstanding Achievements in Mass Spectrometry. Read MoreNov. 21, 2023
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Vanderbilt’s Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell to be appointed director of the National Cancer Institute
As director of the NCI, Rathmell will lead the National Cancer Program and the NIH’s efforts to dramatically reduce the prevalence of cancer and improve the lives of cancer patients and their families through research into prevention and cancer biology, the development of new interventions, and the training and mentoring of new researchers. The NCI is the largest funder of cancer research in the world, with a fiscal year budget of $7.3 billion and comprised of approximately 3,500 employees. Read MoreNov. 17, 2023
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Twelve at Vanderbilt are among world’s highly cited researchers
Two have secondary Basic Science faculty and two are VICB members are among international researchers whose publications rank in the top 1% by citations according to the global analytics firm Clarivate. Read MoreNov. 16, 2023
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A Snapshot of ASPIRE on the Road in St. Louis
“Looking back, the trip did exactly what I hoped it would: It exposed me to the vast array of career paths available to graduate students like me, from R&D and business management to investing and consulting. The connections I made with my peers, various speakers, and Vanderbilt alums are invaluable as I think about what’s my next step,” said Amy Tran. Read MoreNov. 16, 2023
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Novel C. diff structures are required for infection, offer new therapeutic targets
A team of Vanderbilt researchers discovered that C. diff produces the spheres, called ferrosomes, and that these structures are important for infection in an animal model. The findings are a rare demonstration of a membrane-bound structure inside a pathogenic bacterium. Read MoreNov. 15, 2023
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Powers receives prestigious Veterans Affairs Middleton Award
Alvin C. Powers, MD, Joe C. Davis Professor of Biomedical Science and professor of Medicine, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, has received the 2023 William S. Middleton Award, the highest honor awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development Service. Read MoreNov. 10, 2023
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Osheroff receives Distinguished Teacher Award from Association of American Medical Colleges
As a professor of biochemistry and medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine for more than 40 years, Osheroff is the longest serving course director currently teaching medical students. He also codirects the preclerkship phase of the medical school curriculum and leads the Master Science Teachers cohort, a role established in 2007 to recognize VUSM’s outstanding basic science educators. Through his teaching, he has helped medical students at VUSM and across the globe acquire the basic science skills and knowledge they need to thrive in clinical practice, according to the AAMC. Read MoreOct. 31, 2023