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  • Interview with a Vampire: Sesame Street’s Count von Count

    Interview with a Vampire: Sesame Street’s Count von Count

    Vice Dean Chuck Sanders conducted his annual Halloween interview, this time with Sesame Street’s Count von Count, a much loved and highly respected expert on teaching numerical skills to children. Here is a transcript of their conversation. CS: Mr. von Count, let me say what an incredible honor it… Read More

    Oct. 1, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    Top five things to consider when preparing to purchase freezers for research labs

    Top five things to consider when preparing to purchase freezers for research labs By Selene Colon Research laboratories require reliable and efficient freezers to store various samples, including biological specimens, enzymes, antibodies, and other temperature-sensitive reagents. Second only to fume hoods, your lab’s cold storage (refrigerators, freezers, cold rooms) is… Read More

    Sep. 26, 2023

  • Top five things to consider when preparing to purchase freezers for research labs

    Top five things to consider when preparing to purchase freezers for research labs

    Top five things to consider when preparing to purchase freezers for research labs By Selene Colon Research laboratories require reliable and efficient freezers to store various samples, including biological specimens, enzymes, antibodies, and other temperature-sensitive reagents. Second only to fume hoods, your lab’s cold storage (refrigerators, freezers, cold rooms) is… Read More

    Sep. 26, 2023

  • NIH’s clarifying guidance for oversight of foreign sub-awards

    NIH’s clarifying guidance for oversight of foreign sub-awards

    The NIH has released its final guide notice clarifying its longstanding policy on foreign sub-award and consortium agreements. This applies to all U.S. NIH grants with a sub-contract to a foreign institution. This guide is in response to audits conducted by the Office of the Inspector General… Read More

    Sep. 21, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    NIH’s clarifying guidance for oversight of foreign sub-awards

    The NIH has released its final guide notice clarifying its longstanding policy on foreign sub-award and consortium agreements. This applies to all U.S. NIH grants with a sub-contract to a foreign institution. This guide is in response to audits conducted by the Office of the Inspector General… Read More

    Sep. 21, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    Gama named associate dean for equity and inclusive mentoring

    Vivian Gama, PhD Vivian Gama, associate professor of cell and developmental biology, has been named the new associate dean for equity and inclusive mentoring as of Sept. 1. “In order to build upon our past and current efforts, we are excited to name Vivian Gama as associate dean of equity… Read More

    Aug. 30, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    Gama named associate dean for equity and inclusive mentoring

    Vivian Gama, PhD Vivian Gama, associate professor of cell and developmental biology, has been named the new associate dean for equity and inclusive mentoring as of Sept. 1. “In order to build upon our past and current efforts, we are excited to name Vivian Gama as associate dean of equity… Read More

    Aug. 30, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    High-impact science

    By Selene Colon The School of Medicine Basic Sciences would like to recognize our faculty for pursuing high-impact research that leads to national recognition of Vanderbilt’s research excellence. High-impact science is often identified by the number of citations related papers receive, but highly cited papers are not always in premier… Read More

    Aug. 8, 2023

  • High-impact science

    High-impact science

    By Selene Colon The School of Medicine Basic Sciences would like to recognize our faculty for pursuing high-impact research that leads to national recognition of Vanderbilt’s research excellence. High-impact science is often identified by the number of citations related papers receive, but highly cited papers are not always in premier… Read More

    Aug. 8, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    Richmond lab identifies a key regulator of melanoma development

    By Kensey Bergdorf Ann Richmond In a continuation of previous work studying the role of chemokine receptor CXCR2 in immune cells published in Cancer Immunology Research, the lab of Ann Richmond, Ingram Professor of Cancer Biology and professor of pharmacology, has identified that same receptor as a regulator of melanoma… Read More

    Jun. 15, 2023