‘Stanley Cohen’
Das, Jennings, and Mehta part of first class of Destination Biochemistry Scholars
Feb. 16, 2023—By Leah Mann In 2022, the Department of Biochemistry introduced two new annual, early-stage postdoctoral scholar awards named in honor of former faculty members Stanley Cohen and Benjamin Danzo. These awards provide two postdoctoral fellows joining the department with a competitive stipend, supplement, and signing bonus. David Cortez, who holds the Richard N. Armstrong Ph.D....
Emily Hodges and Terunaga Nakagawa named 2022 Stanley Cohen Innovation Fund recipients
Sep. 15, 2022—By Emily Overway The Stanley Cohen Innovation Fund provides a yearly award to support innovative and groundbreaking research at Vanderbilt University. This year, after a competitive application process, Emily Hodges, assistant professor of biochemistry, and Terunaga Nakagawa, associate professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, were named as the 2022 recipients. Hodges’ proposed project investigates DNA...
Philanthropy drives Cohen Innovation Fund
Oct. 29, 2021—Back to Vestigo Issue 3 By Sarah Wolf At first glance, it may be difficult to find links among peanut allergies, memory research, and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a rare inherited condition. But peering into the discovery research within the Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences reveals one—each of these topics has received support from the Stanley Cohen...
Cohen Innovation Fund Awards Announced Supporting Two High-Risk, High-Reward Projects
Sep. 28, 2021—By Aaron Conley Houra Merrikh, professor of biochemistry, and Teru Nakagawa, associate professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, have both been selected to receive one-year research awards from the Stanley Cohen Innovation Fund. The awards will support groundbreaking and paradigm-shifting research, including Merrikh’s study of the molecular drivers of evolution that enables cancer to develop...