Vanderbilt School Of Medicine Basic Sciences

The hard work of the faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students who conduct basic biomedical research at Vanderbilt continues to be recognized on the local and national level. Here we list a few of the researchers who have been recently celebrated. Tina Iverson (Pharmacology) received an Innovation Catalyst Fund award… Read More

Are you sitting on a game-changing idea that could revolutionize your industry? Don't let it gather dust—Vanderbilt University’s expert tech transfer team is here to help you bring it to life. With a proven track record of transforming cutting-edge research into successful business ventures, they possess the knowledge, resources, and connections to transform your innovation from concept to reality. Read More

Are you sitting on a game-changing idea that could revolutionize your industry? Don't let it gather dust—Vanderbilt University’s expert tech transfer team is here to help you bring it to life. With a proven track record of transforming Vanderbilt researchers’ work into successful business ventures, they possess the knowledge, resources, and connections to transform your innovation from concept to reality. Read More

AJ Hinton, Amber Crabtree, and colleagues collaborated to provide a commentary on the challenges facing autistic adults in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine. As autistic adults face a high unemployment rate, the authors argue that solutions are necessary to evoke change within STEMM institutions to acquire and retain autistic employees. Read More

Chuck Sanders, Vice Dean, Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences British author J.R.R. Tolkien had a lot to say about the creative process and I’d like to explore how his thoughts relate to the pursuit of cutting-edge scientific research. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion provides both the mythological underpinning… Read More

THE IDEA   Jeffrey Conn (John Russell/Vanderbilt University) James Maksymetz A new study led by Jeff Conn, Lee E. Limbird Chair in Pharmacology, James Maksymetz, a former graduate student in the Conn laboratory, and other collaborators at the Warren Center for… Read More