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Pioneering new method reveals glucose channeling, charting the fine structure of energy metabolism inside active cells
With a new method, researchers have captured a high-resolution metabolic “map” of how cells orchestrate glucose processing, revealing a hidden world where organelles and molecular complexes collaborate when responding to a rush of nutrients. The results of the pioneering work provide insights into an organizational and molecular framework that can be used to study how metabolic processes are disrupted in diseases and aging. Read MoreJul. 10, 2025
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Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center receives federal funding to support world-class research as a Center of Excellence
The Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center has been awarded a Center of Excellence grant from the National Institutes of Health. The announcement comes nearly five years after the creation of an exploratory National Institute on Aging-funded Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, led by Angela Jefferson. Read MoreJul. 9, 2025
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Using the Eskind Biomedical Library to access thousands of academic journals
As a researcher affiliated with Vanderbilt University, you should never pay for a scholarly journal article. Vanderbilt’s system of libraries offers several tools that can be helpful when accessing library resources on the open web. Read MoreJul. 7, 2025
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Breakthrough study shows how brain-to-computer ‘electroceuticals’ can help restore cognition
Research led by Thilo Womelsdorf, professor of psychology and biomedical engineering at the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, could revolutionize how brain-computer interfaces are used to treat disorders of memory and cognition. Read MoreJul. 2, 2025
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Quynh Anh Nguyen awarded prestigious Klingenstein Fellowship to study mechanisms of epilepsy
Quynh Anh Nguyen has been awarded the highly competitive Klingenstein Fellowship in Neuroscience, a national honor that recognizes promising early-career investigators pursuing high-risk, high-reward research in the neurosciences. The fellowship will support Nguyen’s pioneering investigations into the brain’s inhibitory circuitry and its role in the development and control of epilepsy. Read MoreJul. 1, 2025
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Madhvi Venkatesh named director of Vanderbilt Interdisciplinary Graduate Program; Stephanie Richards expands into support role
Madhvi Venkatesh has been named director of Vanderbilt’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences and Stephanie Richards will expand her role to support the program and its first-year curriculum. The appointments reflect a continued focus on innovation, student support, and collaborative leadership within the BRET office. Read MoreJul. 1, 2025
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Maria Hadjifrangiskou appointed senior assistant dean of biomedical graduate education and training
Maria Hadjifrangiskou has been appointed senior assistant dean in Vanderbilt’s Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training. In this role, she will oversee all aspects of biomedical graduate education, from admissions through Ph.D. completion, and help shape the future of graduate training across programs like the IGP and QCB. Read MoreJul. 1, 2025
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Newly launched BioCoDE program introduces high school students to biomedical research
The Center for AI in Protein Dynamics launched the Biomedical and Computational Discovery Experience, a new, one-week program designed to introduce high school students with little or no prior experience to the world of biomedical research. Read MoreJun. 27, 2025
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School of Medicine Basic Sciences Staff Spotlight: Sheila Elder
Meet Sheila Elder, an administrative officer in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences who provides financial and administrative leadership for the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery. Read MoreJun. 27, 2025
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Vanderbilt researchers present at International Extracellular Vesicle Conference in Austria
Vanderbilt Center for Extracellular Vesicle Research members presented their research at the International Society of Extracellular Vesicles conference in Vienna, Austria in late April. Read MoreJun. 24, 2025