School Of Medicine Basic Sciences
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Vanderbilt joins Meharry Medical College, Fisk University in hosting Tri-Institutional Seminar series
Seminar series by biomedical scientists from across the nation brings research collaboration opportunities to trainees and students from Nashville universities. Read MoreMay. 13, 2024
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Life is Beautiful Image Contest launched by Cell Imaging Shared Resource
The Cell Imaging Shared Resource launches an image contest to highlight the stunning scientific images captured with CISR instruments. Cash prizes will be awarded to winning submissions. Read MoreMay. 13, 2024
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Research Snapshot: Exploring the range of AlphaFold2’s utility within the realm of protein dynamics
Benjamin P. Brown, assistant professor of pharmacology, and colleagues in the departments of molecular physiology and biophysics, pharmacology, and chemistry, have determined that AlphaFold2 can be used to generate approximations of relative conformational preferences of proteins, which will help researchers better understand a protein’s structure and function across a range of conditions and mutational states. Read MoreMay. 9, 2024
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School of Medicine Basic Sciences among nation’s top NIH-funded departments with more than $65 million in FY2023; cell and developmental biology No. 3 nationally
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 MoreMay. 7, 2024
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Hinton lab grows, American Physiological Society award adds Clintoria Williams as Visiting Scholar
While at Vanderbilt, Williams will work with Hinton to identify novel treatment targets for chronic kidney disease, a disease most caused by hypertension and diabetes. Williams will continue to actively engage in outreach activities, professional service, and research endeavors to uplift underrepresented minority students in the scientific community. Read MoreMay. 6, 2024
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David Cortez wins Protein Society award for contributions to basic protein science
World-renowned leader in biochemistry David Cortez wins the 2024 Hans Neurath Award for the development and application of creative technological approaches to identify and characterize proteins involved in DNA and genome maintenance. Read MoreApr. 26, 2024
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School of Medicine Basic Sciences Alum Q&A: Jennifer Zachry
Jennifer Zachry, graduate of the Department of Pharmacology who is now the director of business development at Orion Therapeutic, sat down with us to discuss her experience at the School of Medicine Basic Sciences and how it played a role in her successful career. Read MoreApr. 23, 2024
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Vanderbilt establishes the Linda Sealy Emerging Scholar Travel Award to honor mentor and DEI leader
The new award celebrates the scientific relationship between a mentor and trainee pair by providing them with $4,000 to attend a national conference in the trainee's research field. Read MoreApr. 22, 2024
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Hodges lab sheds new light on mechanisms of gene regulatory divergence between species
The labs of Emily Hodges, assistant professor of biochemistry, and Tony Capra, associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco, have devised a method to separate the relative contributions of cis vs. trans regulatory mechanisms to gene regulatory divergence between species. Read MoreApr. 18, 2024
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School of Medicine Basic Sciences Staff Spotlight: Karen Davis
Karen Davis, the program coordinator for the Center for Structural Biology, enjoys feeling like she is "a part of something bigger” than herself, both in and out of the office. She is a huge soccer fan and coaches two co-ed recreational soccer teams at the Nashville Youth Soccer Association. Read MoreApr. 17, 2024