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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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

New research from the Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training connects the dots between career goals during graduate school and career outcomes, articulates how careers of Ph.D. alumni evolve during the 10 years after graduation. Read More

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 More

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 More

The Office of the Dean of Basic Sciences is proud to announce the 2023 recipients of the Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement in Graduate Studies. This year, 10 graduate students were recognized for their high academic and scientific achievement and for the originality, significance, and rigor of their dissertation research. Read More

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 More