National Institutes Of Health

Foundational research from the Hiebert lab reveals genetic targets that can be leveraged to identify therapies that affect lymphoma cell growth. Read More

Vanderbilt’s cell and developmental biology department is the third-most NIH-funded in the nation. Biochemistry, pharmacology, and molecular physiology and biophysics are in the top 15. Read More

Antentor Hinton Jr. spearheaded a collaboration with labs from across Vanderbilt University, the U.S., and Brazil to create 3D maps of mitochondria inside brown adipose tissue, which may help researchers identify potential therapies to treat metabolic ailments. Read More

Led by Neil Osheroff, Vanderbilt researchers are the first to undertake a systematic analysis of the mechanism of action of geoptidacin. Gepotidacin is poised to become the first new class of antibacterials to be approved for use in humans in decades. Read More

Brandt Eichman and Walter Chazin, professors of biochemistry, worked together to provide a better understanding of how exactly DNA replication is initiated. Their work will influence novel small molecule modifier designs that may serve as tools for detailed studies of DNA replication in cells and eventual therapies. Read More

If you had visited Vanderbilt nearly a century ago searching for cellular research, you would have found yourself in the Department of Anatomy. Established in 1925, the Department of Anatomy gave way to the Department of Cell Biology before taking on its current moniker—Cell and Developmental Biology—in 2001. Read More

The World Health Organization ranks antimicrobial resistance as one of the top ten global health risks. Vanderbilt researchers led by Houra Merrikh identified the first anti-evolution compound that targets AMR during treatment of infections with antibiotics. Read More

New research from the Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training connects the dots between career goals during graduate school and career outcomes, articulates how careers of Ph.D. alumni evolve during the 10 years after graduation. Read More

Renã Robinson, Dorothy Wingfield Phillips Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow and professor of chemistry, received $2.04 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health to start a program that will help underrepresented minority faculty further their success in STEM. Collaborators on the grant include researchers from the University of Kentucky and… Read More