Research, News & Discoveries

To recognize scientists who are at the forefront of sea-change advances in biomedical discovery, the Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences is launching the Apex Lecture Series. These school-wide seminars, which occasionally will be in conjunction with departmental and/or center seminar series, will connect Vanderbilt’s campus scientific community with scientists… Read More

An international collaboration steered by David Cortez, Richard N. Armstrong, Ph.D. Chair for Innovation in Biochemistry, explored how cells tolerate DNA damage and genome instability—and they arrived at conclusions that will redirect research into DNA replication as a target for cancer and disease therapeutics. Cells continuously divide… Read More

Vanderbilt University and Bruker Daltonics, a manufacturer of scientific instruments for molecular and materials research, are collaborating to establish a Mass Spectrometry Center of Excellence housed in the Mass Spectrometry Research Center at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences. The MSRC is a university-wide facility… Read More

Larry Marnett, PhD, points at an iconic photograph of the American thoroughbred racehorse Secretariat winning the Belmont Stakes and clinching the Triple Crown in 1973. Secretariat, far ahead of the small blurry group of horses behind him, still holds the speed record and largest margin of victory for the track. Read More

Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, MMHC, chair of the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is one of four Vanderbilt University faculty members elected this year to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences honors excellence from… Read More

Adobe Stock (by Michael) by Chuck Sanders The discovery and development of antibiotics is credited with extending the average lifespan of humans by years. The golden age of antibiotic discovery spanned the late 1930s to the early 1960s, a period during which a majority of the roughly 25… Read More

Eric Delpire, PhD, professor of Anesthesiology and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, has been awarded the 2023 Davson Distinguished Lectureship, the highest award bestowed by the Cell and Molecular Physiology Section of the American Physiological Society. The award was established in 1994 to recognize prominent scientists who’ve made major contributions… Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences has launched the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence in Protein Dynamics, which is focused on the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning and macromolecular mechanism. It will be led by Hassane Mchaourab, who holds the Louise B. McGavock Chair… Read More

Nancy Carrasco, Joe C. Davis Professor of Biomedical Science, professor of molecular physiology and biophysics and chair of the department in the School of Medicine Basic Sciences, has been named the 2023 SEC Faculty Achievement Award winner from Vanderbilt University. Carrasco has made significant contributions to… Read More

Cells in the body communicate by sending and receiving protein and genetic information packaged in extracellular vesicles and nanoparticles, including exomeres and supermeres. This complex transport system is important not only in health, but in disorders as diverse as cancer, cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease. For example,… Read More