Richard O’Brien
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Five Basic Sciences faculty named to Vanderbilt University 2024 endowed chair cohort
Bruce Carter, Lisa Monteggia, Richard O’Brien, Andrea Page-McCaw, and Kevin Schey have been named endowed chairs, the highest academic award that Vanderbilt can give to a faculty member. Read MoreMar. 1, 2024
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First-time isolation of Glucose-6-phosphatase leads to novel discoveries
Researchers from the labs of Hassane Mchaourab and Richard O’Brien, both professors of molecular physiology and biophysics, have successfully isolated active glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) and characterized its biophysical and biochemical properties. G6Pase dysfunction is a primary contributor to metabolic diseases, including diabetes, and labs have been trying for years to isolate… Read MoreJan. 25, 2022