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Archana Krishnamoorthy paper makes cover of Molecular Cell
Jul. 16, 2021—A paper by Archana Krishnamoorthy and other Cortez lab members was published today as a “Featured Article” in @MolecularCell. Archana did the artwork on the cover as well!
Guengerich publication selected as JBC Editor’s Pick
Jul. 14, 2021—Fred Guengerich’s manuscript, “Stepwise binding of inhibitors to human cytochrome P450 17A1 and rapid kinetics of inhibition of androgen biosynthesis,” was selected as one of Journal of Biological Chemistry’s “Editors’ Picks,” a work providing an exceptional contribution to the field. Congratulations! JBC will also run a highlight on co-author Kevin McCarty who is joining QCB this fall as...
Congratulations Ivette and Melissa – Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement Winners
Jul. 13, 2021—Thanks to their high academic and scientific achievement, 11 graduate students have been presented with the Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement in Graduate Studies. Recipients are recognized for the originality, significance and rigor of their dissertation research. The awardees were selected by a committee made up of the directors of graduate studies for each of...
Yi Ren Profiled in New Faculty Video
Jun. 25, 2021—Yi Ren provides an overview of her research in this recent faculty profile video.
Craig Lindsley named to Medicinal Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society Hall of Fame
Jun. 16, 2021—by Marissa Shapiro Jun. 15, 2021, 12:00 PM Craig Lindsley, the William K. Warren, Jr. Chair in Medicine and University Professor of Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Chemistry Craig Lindsley, the William K. Warren, Jr. Chair in Medicine and director of Vanderbilt University’s Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, will be inducted as a member of the...
Guengerich, Hamm named to inaugural class of ASBMB Fellows
Apr. 27, 2021—Lorena Infante Lara Fred Guengerich, who holds the Tadashi Inagami, Ph.D. Chair in Biochemistry and is a professor of biochemistry, and Heidi Hamm, who holds the Aileen M. Lange and Annie Mary Lyle Chair in Cardiovascular Research and is a professor of pharmacology, have been named part of the inaugural class of fellows of the...
Melvin Fitzgerald, longtime Biochemistry employee, dies at 84
Apr. 27, 2021—Mr. Fitzgerald, who retired in 2013 after more than 55 years, was a Commodore Award and Martin Luther King Jr. Award winner. by Wayne WoodApril 23, 2021 ShareTwitterFacebookLinkedInPinterest Melvin Fitzgerald shortly before his retirement in 2013. Photo by John Russell Melvin Fitzgerald, one of the longest-serving employees in Vanderbilt’s history, died April 14. He was...
Congratulations to Dr. Marija Zanic for tenured promotion to Associate Professor!
Apr. 16, 2021—Congratulations Dr. Marija Zanic for tenured promotion to Associate Professor!
Ray Blind named GSA Presidential Member
Apr. 16, 2021—The Genetics Society of America launched a new initiative in 2020 to invite talented and creative individuals from diverse backgrounds into their community, and named Ray Blind(Medicine) as a member of its first cohort.
Carter named to CRF scientific advisory board
Apr. 16, 2021—Bruce Carter (Biochemistry) has been appointed to the scientific advisory board of CMT Research Foundation. In this role, Carter will help guide CRF’s research strategy and funding to deliver treatments and cures for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Zanic recognized at Biophysical Society annual meeting
Apr. 16, 2021—CDB faculty member Marija Zanic received the 2020 Early Career Award from the Motility & Cytoskeleton subgroup. She accepted the award and presented a talk at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, which took place in February.
Faculty Spotlight: Brian O. Bachmann, Ph.D.
Apr. 16, 2021—Brian Bachmann received his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in 2000 and is a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He is the Principal Investigator of the Laboratory for Biosynthetic Studies, a multidisciplinary group working on the construction and deconstruction of biosynthetic pathways and the discovery of their products. The broad goals of this group are...
Congratulations Trainees!
Apr. 16, 2021—Congratulations to our trainees: Hillary Layden (BCHM, Hiebert Lab) was awarded an NIH grant; Andrea Wojciechowski (CDB, Tansey Lab) was awarded an NIH grant and NCI grant; Tamar Kavlashvili (BCHM, Dewar Lab) won 2nd place in the Graduate Student Council’s 3-minute Thesis Competition.
Recent High Impact Publication
Apr. 12, 2021—New work from Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, Jeffrey Rathmell, PhD, Bradley Reinfeld, and Matthew Madden and colleagues was published in Nature this week.The group investigated the prevailing wisdom that tumors have high glucose uptake, which serves as the basis for FDG-PET cancer imaging. By carefully characterizing the glucose and glutamine utilization patterns of different cell types in the tumor microenvironment, they...
Dean’s Faculty Fellows program recognizes Neuert, Ren
Feb. 17, 2021—By Lorena Infante Lara, February 15, 2021 Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Yi Ren and Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Gregor Neuert have been recognized as School of Medicine Basic Sciences Dean’s Faculty Fellows. Established in 2020, the Dean’s Faculty Fellows program in Basic Sciences is designed to recognize the efforts of faculty in...