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Calipari, Spraggins, and Kirabo are among 13 outstanding faculty members who have been selected for the 2024 cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. Read More

Using computer-aided drug design, the labs of Heidi Hamm, Jens Meiler, and Craig Lindsley generated a novel series of biologically active compounds that can serve as a basis for anti–blood clot preventative drugs. Read More

AJ Hinton, Amber Crabtree, and colleagues collaborated to provide a commentary on the challenges facing autistic adults in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine. As autistic adults face a high unemployment rate, the authors argue that solutions are necessary to evoke change within STEMM institutions to acquire and retain autistic employees. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers have identified cancer cell-specific genetic alterations that reprogram the immune “landscape,” thereby driving tumor growth, and discovered a potential new drug target for stopping it. Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have successfully negotiated a series of open access agreements with major scientific publishers that expand the number of journals available to Vanderbilt University researchers and enhance the potential reach and impact of their published work. The initiative covers some or all of the article processing charges that Vanderbilt corresponding authors were previously responsible for paying. Read More

Tina Iverson, Louise B. McGavock Chair and Professor of pharmacology and biochemistry, will take the role of associate dean for faculty on July 1, 2024. Read More

Cryo-ET suffers from the “missing wedge” problem: as samples become more tilted, their thickness at the extremes is increased and sample penetration decreases. William Wan and collaborators describe the creation of a new subtomogram averaging package called STOPGAP. Read More

The Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences’ pharmacology department and the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research hosted a special event on April 22 focused on the importance of funding for diverse trainees and faculty in academic settings. The speakers discussed the various grants to fund underrepresented trainees and faculty at various stages in their career. Read More

Sonja Fulmer, a graduate of Chemical and Physical Biology Program who is now the deputy director of the FDA’s Digital Health Center of Excellence, sat down with us to discuss her experience studying basic science at Vanderbilt and how it played a role in her successful career. Read More

The Lillian B. Nanney Award for Outstanding Service to the VUSM/VUMC Community of Educators is a lifetime achievement award established to recognize an Academy for Excellence in Education faculty member who has demonstrated sustained outstanding service to the Vanderbilt community of educators. This year’s winner is Neil Osheroff, John G. Coniglio Professor of Biochemistry and professor of Medicine. Read More