Biochemistry

  • Vanderbilt University

    Profiling chromatin accessibility and DNA methylation—simultaneously

    Research led by Emily Hodges, assistant professor of biochemistry, first-author Lindsey Guerin, a graduate student in the Hodges lab, and Kelly Barnett, a recent graduate of the Hodges lab, developed and tested a new method called ATAC-Me, which profiles multiple epigenetic features, including DNA methylation, simultaneously from a single DNA… Read More

    Feb. 1, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    Scott Hiebert, PhD awarded grant from V Foundation to support study of pediatric soft tissue sarcoma

    The V Foundation for Cancer Research has awarded a $600,000 grant to Scott Hiebert, PhD, professor of Biochemistry and Medicine, to pursue a possible precision therapy for a type of sarcoma that predominantly affects children. Scott Hiebert, PhD Hiebert, the Hortense B. Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, will develop a… Read More

    Oct. 29, 2021

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    Biochemistry seeks new assistant professor

      The Department of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences invites applications for a tenure-track faculty appointment at the rank of assistant professor as part of the Destination Vanderbilt faculty-hiring initiative. We seek candidates who are using innovative approaches to address important and… Read More

    Sep. 15, 2021