Research, News & Discoveries

Oct. 3, 2019, 10:09 AM by Bill Snyder Mutations in a subunit of a receptor that binds the major inhibitory neurotransmitter GABAA in the brain have been linked, through a common mechanism, to epilepsy, autism and intellectual disability, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and colleagues report. The team’s discovery,… Read More

Oct. 3, 2019, 10:09 AM by Leigh MacMillan Maintenance of genome integrity — and prevention of diseases such as cancer — requires complete and faithful replication of the genome every cell division cycle. To fully understand how genome integrity is maintained, David Cortez, PhD, and colleagues have… Read More

Pettepher to receive AAMC Distinguished Teacher Award Sep. 24, 2019, 4:03 PM Cathy Pettepher, PhD by Kathy Whitney Cathy Pettepher, PhD, professor of Biochemistry and assistant dean for Assessment, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, is the recipient of the 2019 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award from… Read More

by Spencer Turney Sep. 19, 2019, 9:00 AM More than one million Americans per year experience myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack, as well as the healing and rebuilding phase that begins shortly thereafter – a complicated process which involves remodeling and… Read More

by Spencer Turney Sep. 13, 2019, 6:00 AM New research from a group of Vanderbilt biomedical engineers reveals that while cancer cells move quickly in metastasis, they’re rather lazy in which paths they choose. According to the researchers, migrating cancer cells decide which path… Read More

Sep. 5, 2019, 10:00 AM by Leigh MacMillan Salt-sensitive hypertension affects about half of people with high blood pressure, but the precise mechanism of how dietary salt contributes to blood pressure elevation, kidney injury and cardiovascular disease remains unclear. Annet Kirabo, DVM, MSc, PhD, and colleagues recently… Read More

by Ann Marie Deer Owens Sep. 20, 2019, 8:29 AM (L to r) Rogers Hall, Sandra Simmons, Sean Seymore, Nancy Carrasco, Sarah Igo, Mattias Polborn, Peter Rousseau, David Merryman and Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente (Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt’s eight… Read More

Guengerich, Sanders-Bush named ASPET fellows Sep. 20, 2019, 11:02 AM by Bill Snyder Vanderbilt University’s F. Peter (Fred) Guengerich, PhD, and Elaine Sanders-Bush, PhD, are among 22 prominent scientists named this week to the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). In… Read More

Sep. 12, 2019, 10:06 AM by Bill Snyder A course that provides biomedical scientists-in-training at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine with the essentials of data science has won second place in the 2019 Innovations in Research and Research Education Award program sponsored by the American Association of Medical Colleges… Read More

Aspirnaut education program reaches decade mark Aug. 29, 2019, 9:06 AM by Bill Snyder Ten years on, a unique summer research program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center designed primarily for rural high school students with limited resources is achieving its goal of increasing the diversity of the nation’s scientists and… Read More