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Congrats, Dr. Stricker!
Mar. 27, 2025—Congrats, Dr. Stricker! Who: Aubrie Stricker, PhD Department: Cell and Developmental Biology PI Mentor: Andrea Page-McCaw Research: My research focuses on understanding how damage to the basement membrane, a specialized form of extracellular matrix, is both detected and repaired. Vanderbilt Impact: “The ASPIRE office was essential in my career development, and I’m grateful for the...
Congrats, Dr. Lake!
Mar. 26, 2025—Congrats, Dr. Lake! Who: Lake, Allison, PhD Department: Human Genetics PI Mentor: Lea Davis Research: My research focuses on leveraging electronic health records-linked biobanks to evaluate gene-by-environment interactions contributing to psychiatric conditions. Vanderbilt Impact: “The BioVU and Synthetic Derivative resources through VICTR were invaluable resources for my research. The collegial and collaborative atmosphere of the...
Congrats, Dr. Tran!
Mar. 5, 2025—Congrats, Dr. Tran! Who: Minh Tran, PhD Department: Chemical and Physical Biology PI Mentor: Jens Meiler and Kevin Schey Research: I studied antibody-antigen interactions to guide structured-based vaccinology. Vanderbilt Impact: “The ASPIRE Program in the Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training (BRET) was highly supportive of my studies and ready to assist at any...
Congrats, Dr. Holt!
Mar. 4, 2025—Congrats, Dr. Holt! Who: Clinton Holt, PhD Department: Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology PI Mentor: Ivelin Georgiev Research: Computation-driven development of viral vaccines and therapies Vanderbilt Impact: “”ACCRE’s computing cluster enabled complex ML analyses for our antibody/vaccine work, while the Animal Care facility and Flow Core provided essential resources for in vivo studies and immune cell...
Congrats, Dr. Esteban!
Mar. 4, 2025—Congrats, Dr. Esteban! Who: Alejandro Llorente Esteban, PhD Department: Molecular Physiology and Biophysics PI Mentor: Nancy Carrasco Research: Investigated how the environmental pollutant perchlorate affects the iodide transporter NIS and engineered modified variants that more effectively deliver radioactive therapy directly to cancer cells while sparing healthy tissues Vanderbilt Impact: “At the CSB Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility,...
Congrats, Dr. Spencer!
Mar. 4, 2025—Who: Paige Spencer, PhD Department: Cell and Developmental Biology PI Mentor: Ken Lau Research: Investigating how bacteria trigger region-specific gut inflammation in genetically susceptible hosts Vanderbilt Impact: “My projects were made possible through the collaborative efforts of researchers across multiple centers, groups, and core facilities on campus, especially the Epithelial Biology Center (EBC), Digestive Disease...
Congrats, Dr. Nabukhotna!
Mar. 3, 2025—Congrats, Dr. Nabukhotna! Who: Kateryna Nabukhotna, PhD Department: Biochemistry PI Mentor: Borden Lacy Research: Studying how Clostridioides difficile toxins increase the severity of infection Vanderbilt Impact: “The Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation (VI4) and Center for Structural Biology (CSB) communities created a supportive and collaborative research environment. Translational Pathology Shared Resource (TPSR) provided...
Congrats, Dr. Stark!
Feb. 17, 2025—Congrats, Dr. Stark! Who: Amy Stark, PhD Department: Pharmacology PI Mentor: John Penn Research: Studying prostanoids, the downstream molecules inhibited by NSAIDs like ibuprofen, and their receptors as highly specific targets to manage inflammation that occurs in the early stages of diabetic retinopathy Vanderbilt Impact: “The ASPIRE Program, especially Dr. Ashley Brady, helped support me...
New biomedical sciences graduate students encouraged to “change the world”
Sep. 6, 2024—The 14th annual “Simple Beginnings” ceremony for 138 new graduate students, their families and friends on Aug. 30, 2024 in Langford Auditorium. The event was hosted by the Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training (BRET).
BRET welcomes new biomedical graduate students to Vanderbilt
Sep. 5, 2024—The Vanderbilt University Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training kicked off its week-long orientation for incoming Interdisciplinary Graduate Program and Quantitative and Chemical Biology Program graduate students on Aug. 12 with a comprehensive agenda that emphasized curriculum details and prepared students for their unique academic journeys. Sessions related to student well-being and support, international connections, diversity, equity, and...