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In memory of Zach Jones
Sep. 24, 2021—By Mariana Byndloss If I could define Zach in one word, it would be LIGHT. Zach brought LIGHT to the world around him with his kindness, open mind and his way of accepting others and always seeing the good in people. And the funniest thing about it is that I don’t think he realized how...
Basic Sciences welcomes new IMSD leadership
Aug. 25, 2021—By Wendy Bindeman Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences is excited to welcome the incoming leadership team for the Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity. IMSD recruits and supports biomedical trainees from backgrounds underrepresented in science during their graduate careers. The program was founded in 1998 by Roger Chalkley, formerly senior associate dean for biomedical research...
‘GQ’ magazine’s global editorial director to discuss addiction and art at Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research event April 21
Apr. 15, 2021—by Marissa Shapiro Apr. 13, 2021, 1:28 PM In recognition of Alcohol Awareness Month, the School of Medicine Basic Sciences will host a conversation between Will Welch, global editorial director of GQ magazine, and the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research on Wednesday, April 21, from 11 a.m. to noon CT. Registration is required. The virtual...
Evotec begins Phase I clinical trial of chikungunya antibody discovered by James Crowe, MD and VUMC colleagues
Feb. 5, 2021—A Vanderbilt University Medical Center licensee, Evotec SE, announced on January 28, 2020 that EVT894, a monoclonal antibody to treat and potentially prevent chikungunya virus infections, has entered clinical development. The Phase I, randomised, double-blind, single centre, single dose escalation study to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics, and immunogenicity of EVT894 vs placebo in healthy volunteers (five...
ANCORA INNOVATIONS – Vanderbilt University | Deerfield
Dec. 17, 2020—REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS Rare Genetic Diseases Opening January 2021 Rolling Submission-Review Ancora Innovations is a collaboration between Vanderbilt University and Deerfield Management, focused on the union of Vanderbilt’s innovative life science discovery efforts and Deerfield’s commitment to accelerating state-of-the-art drug development. Deerfield will fund Ancora Innovation with up to $65 million to pursue novel therapeutics...
Medium spiny neurons and “sticking” to bad habits
Dec. 15, 2020—By Alexandra Fuller By the time March rolls around, New Year’s resolutions to ditch the expensive lattes and spend less time (and money) shopping online are often far behind us. Activity within the nucleus accumbens, a region of the brain implicated in motivation and addiction, may be at play. Recent work from the labs of...
Parental Leave of Absence – Basic Sciences Faculty-2020
Oct. 27, 2020—Parental-LOA-Procedures-FINAL-VERSION-VBS-NTT-Fauclty-5.6.2020 Parental-LOA-Procedures-FINAL-VERSION-VBS-Investigator-Track-Faculty-Edited-10.26.2020
A visiting scholar’s experience with the lockdown in Nashville
Oct. 7, 2020—By Naotoshi Nakamura Dr. Nakamura, a Specially Appointed Associate Professor at the Center for Mathematical Modeling and Data Science, Osaka University, was a visiting scholar in the Vito Quaranta lab and has since become a long-distance participant in discussions and lab meetings. Nakamura has also been appointed as an adjoint professor of biochemistry at Vanderbilt....
Understanding sex-based behaviors may improve psychiatric treatments
Aug. 5, 2020—By Sara Eaton New research from the labs of Erin Calipari and Cody Siciliano, both assistant professors in the Department of Pharmacology, reveals differences in how male and female mice respond to anticipated rewards and punishments and implicates D1 medium spiny neurons as components of stimulus processing. The work was recently published in Neuropsychopharmacology. In...
Cellular stress regulates β-cell dysfunction in type 2 diabetes
Jun. 26, 2020—By Heather Caslin Within the pancreas, β-cells produce insulin that delivers energy to tissues through glucose. People with type 2 diabetes have smaller, less functional β-cells; however, the mechanisms that drive these cellular differences are not completely understood. A recent Diabetes paper from the lab of Mark Magnuson, professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, shows...