Marissa Shapiro

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

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 More

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 More

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 More