Marissa Shapiro
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Life is Beautiful Image Contest launched by Cell Imaging Shared Resource
The Cell Imaging Shared Resource launches an image contest to highlight the stunning scientific images captured with CISR instruments. Cash prizes will be awarded to winning submissions. Read MoreMay. 13, 2024
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School of Medicine Basic Sciences among nation’s top NIH-funded departments with more than $65 million in FY2023; cell and developmental biology No. 3 nationally
Vanderbilt’s cell and developmental biology department is the third-most NIH-funded in the nation. Biochemistry, pharmacology, and molecular physiology and biophysics are in the top 15. Read MoreMay. 7, 2024
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Hinton lab grows, American Physiological Society award adds Clintoria Williams as Visiting Scholar
While at Vanderbilt, Williams will work with Hinton to identify novel treatment targets for chronic kidney disease, a disease most caused by hypertension and diabetes. Williams will continue to actively engage in outreach activities, professional service, and research endeavors to uplift underrepresented minority students in the scientific community. Read MoreMay. 6, 2024
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David Cortez wins Protein Society award for contributions to basic protein science
World-renowned leader in biochemistry David Cortez wins the 2024 Hans Neurath Award for the development and application of creative technological approaches to identify and characterize proteins involved in DNA and genome maintenance. Read MoreApr. 26, 2024
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Seven Vanderbilt faculty members named fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Volker Haase, professor of molecular biology and physiology, was named 2023 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Read MoreApr. 26, 2024
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Biomedical science students explore STEM policy in Washington, D.C.
Vanderbilt graduate students traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering Workshop to learn from experts about the role of science in policymaking and the federal policy-making process. The Vanderbilt Office of Federal Relations has been sponsoring graduate students to participate in the AAAS CASE workshop for a decade. Read MoreApr. 24, 2024
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Vanderbilt establishes the Linda Sealy Emerging Scholar Travel Award to honor mentor and DEI leader
The new award celebrates the scientific relationship between a mentor and trainee pair by providing them with $4,000 to attend a national conference in the trainee's research field. Read MoreApr. 22, 2024
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Vanderbilt Brain Institute collaborates with Cajal Institute in Spain to train a bank of AI models to identify memory formation signals in the brain
The researchers, including Vanderbilt’s team led by Kari Hoffman, focused their efforts on the detection of hippocampal ripples, which are considered biomarkers of memory and are affected by epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease. Read MoreApr. 19, 2024
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Carrie Jones wins Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award at Spring Assembly
This year’s Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award was awarded to Carrie Jones, associate professor of pharmacology, for her work understanding schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease and addiction and her willingness to support students in her lab. Read MoreApr. 15, 2024
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Vanderbilt researchers showcase cutting-edge structural biology at annual CSB Symposium
The 2024 Center for Structural Biology Symposium, which took place on March 28, celebrated its decades of success, research undertakings, and goal of strengthening the structural biology community at Vanderbilt. Read MoreApr. 15, 2024