Marissa Shapiro

Combining deep mutagenesis and cryo-EM reveals new conformational state of a protein responsible for high-speed DNA replication. The research builds on growing theories of molecular evolution. Read More

The “Molecular Muse” exhibit is a sampling of pieces from the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation Artist-in-Residence (VI4-AiR) program. The program was recently awarded a fourth year of funding from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Read More

Avenir Award funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse recognizes research that represents “the future of addiction science.” Brown’s research is creating an AI-experiment feedback loop that will help optimize painkilling drugs to be less addictive. Read More

Join the next Lab-to-Table conversation, “Beyond Addiction: Therapeutic Developments and Societal Impact” on Jan. 24 at 11:30 a.m. CT. Read More

The School of Medicine Basic Sciences and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Innovation launch the Innovation Ignition Fund. This pilot program offers up to $500,000 in funding and drug development mentorship from Vanderbilt scientists with expertise in translational research. Read More

Anti-aging researcher and National Academy of Sciences member Monica Driscoll (Rutgers University) to deliver the Vanderbilt Basic Sciences Apex Lecture. Read More

Erin Calipari works to understand how drugs like opioids and cocaine alter learning circuits and neurochemistry in one of the country's epicenters of substance use disorder and addiction. Read More

Kit Neikirk, postbaccalaureate research intern in the lab of Antentor O Hinton Jr., has been named a 2024 Marshall Scholar by the British government. As a Marshall Scholar, Neikirk will pursue a master’s in public health and an advanced degree in biomedical imaging at University of Edinburgh and University College London, respectively. Read More

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 More