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Marija Zanic Promoted to full Professor
May. 30, 2024—Marija Zanic, Ph.D. was promoted to full Professor in the Department of Cell & Developmental Biology. The promotion also extended to Dr. Zanic’s secondary appointments in Biochemistry, and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. Congratulations Marija!
Lau Lab Publishes Authoritative Reference Article
May. 7, 2024—The Lau lab published an authoritative reference article on the hallmarks of precancer. Now, Ken Lau, professor of cell and developmental biology, and Neelendu Dey, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Washington, and colleagues have laid out the principles governing the biology of early, precancerous lesions, which are different from the principles that govern cancers....
Vega and Islam win 2024 Provost Pathbreaking Discovery Award
Apr. 16, 2024—Paige Vega and Mirazul Islam (Lau lab) won the 2024 Provost Pathbreaking Discovery Award. This award recognizes doctoral students who exhibit exceptional academic excellence in areas such as publications, awards, patents, and other forms of national/international distinction.
Vanderbilt invests in research space to bolster faculty productivity
Feb. 8, 2024—For the spring 2024 semester, Vanderbilt University opened 114,000 square feet of new and renovated lab space to support faculty and students as they pursue groundbreaking research. The spaces, which are in the Engineering and Science Building and 17th and Horton (formerly the Sony Building), house faculty from four colleges and schools and more than...
Innovation Ignition Fund
Jan. 8, 2024—The School of Medicine Basic Sciences and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Innovation are piloting the Innovation Ignition Fund, which will de-risk small molecule therapeutic projects at the very early target-validation and lead-optimization stages. Selected projects will receive up to $500,000 over two years and industry mentorship from drug development experts...
Stone wins pitch competition for mock biotech company
Dec. 12, 2023—CryoSalt safeguards biological products with nature’s antifreeze. Based on research from scientists at UT, Knoxville, CryoSalt introduces a non-toxic, safe-to-consume cryopreservation reagent derived from bile salts that can protect cells and proteins from damaging ice crystals and temperature fluctuation. With CryoSalt, precious biologic drugs are better preserved and cheaper to store and transport, ultimately saving...
Qiangjun Zhou Receives R01 Grant
Nov. 24, 2023—Qiangjun Zhou, Ph.D., received his first R01 Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for his project title “Synaptic nanostructure and dysfunction in neurodevelopmental disorders” An R01 is for mature research projects that are hypothesis-driven with strong preliminary data. R01s provide up to five years of support, with a budget that reflects the costs...
Ken Lau named 2023 Stanley Cohen Innovation Fund Awardee
Nov. 8, 2023—Ken Lau, professor of cell and developmental biology, has been selected to receive a one-year research award from the Stanley Cohen Innovation Fund. The award will support groundbreaking and paradigm-shifting research in single cell genomics. This work will propel Vanderbilt forward as a leader in the field by leveraging novel technology to develop customized sequencing-based assays...
Riedmann named Godschalk Research Fund Inaugural Recipient
Oct. 27, 2023—Zenobia Godschalk and Mark Godschalk, BA’92, of Atlanta, Georgia, have established the Zenobia and Mark Godschalk Research Fund within the School of Medicine Basic Sciences to support novel research in biology or immunology. The inaugural award of the research fund has been presented to Kyle Riedmann, a cell and developmental biology graduate student in the lab of Julie Bastarache....
Tyska Lab Images Part of Quantum Potential World Premiere Immersive Performance
Oct. 25, 2023—Vanderbilt Blair School of Music professor Ji Hye Jung’s performance of “Velocities” by Joseph Schwantner was matched to live cell images. The images were captured in the lab of Matthew Tyska, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology in the School of Medicine Basic Sciences.