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Ken Lau named 2023 Stanley Cohen Innovation Fund Awardee
Ken Lau, professor of cell and developmental biology, will receive a one-year research award from the Stanley Cohen Innovation Fund. This work will propel Vanderbilt forward as a leader in the field by leveraging novel technology to develop customized sequencing-based assays of cell-associated components at the single-cell resolution. Read MoreNov. 7, 2023
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Study discovers role for gut bacteria in host-pathogen competition for nutrients
A new study in the journal Cell Host & Microbe brings the beneficial bacterial residents of the gut into the mix. The findings show that commensal gut microbes impact the host-pathogen competition for iron and have implications for therapeutic strategies aimed at preventing pathogens from acquiring essential nutrients. Postdoctoral fellow Yasiru… Read MoreNov. 2, 2023
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Kimryn Rathmell wins Doris Duke Foundation Paragon Award
Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, chair of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has received the Paragon Award for Research Excellence from the Doris Duke Foundation (DDF). The award was presented to Rathmell and 24 others who are alumni of the Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Awards program during a ceremony… Read MoreNov. 2, 2023
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Godschalk Research Fund strengthens biomedical innovation
By Aaron Conley Kyle Riedmann Zenobia Godschalk and Mark Godschalk, BA’92, of Atlanta, Georgia, have established the Zenobia and Mark Godschalk Research Fund within the School of Medicine Basic Sciences to support novel research in biology or immunology. The inaugural award of the research fund has been presented to Kyle… Read MoreOct. 27, 2023
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Biomedical Ph.D. alumni career goals and outcomes revealed in new research
A team from the Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training published a longitudinal study of the career goals and outcomes of up to 1,452 biomedical sciences Ph.D. graduates. The study provides clarity on how students’ career goals change during graduate school and how career goals… Read MoreOct. 24, 2023
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Elevating user experience for our Basic Sciences community: School of Medicine Basic Sciences implements FutureVU design system
We’re live! For user experience designers like myself, one of the most exciting and challenging aspects of our work is the opportunity to bring fresh design concepts and user-centric approaches to websites. Read MoreOct. 19, 2023
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SOM Enabling Innovation Initiative FAQs
I have a concept or prototype for an invention, biological material, software, or document/content (“matter”) that I think should be legally protected as my intellectual property. What should I know and what should I do? Document the conceptualization and development of your “matter” in writing (as in a lab… Read MoreSep. 22, 2023
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Apex Lecture presented by renowned AlphaFold founder
The Aug. 30 School of Medicine Basic Sciences Apex Lecture featured visionary biophysicist John Jumper (BS’07). His talk described AlphaFold, the revolutionary protein structure-predicting program, that he co-developed. Read MoreSep. 13, 2023
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Vanderbilt researchers envision the potential to grow new lungs
Using a four-dimensional microscope that allows them to watch a tissue putting itself together, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have achieved a rare feat in science — they have shattered a long-standing dogma about how the lung develops. Their tour de force raises the possibility that one day scientists… Read MoreJul. 5, 2023
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Vanderbilt, VUMC investigators garner $1.2M Keck Foundation grant for groundbreaking genetic research
Chuck Sanders, vice dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences, Aileen M. Lange and Annie Mary Lyle Professor and professor of biochemistry, and Roy Zent, Thomas F. Frist Sr. Professor, professor of medicine and vice chair of research for… Read MoreJun. 26, 2023