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“Yang has become the go‑to expert for making sense of complex single‑cell data. She helped create a breakthrough ‘molecular clock’ that tracks how individual cells change over time during development and with cancer—and knowing the timing of cellular events is a key to understanding. Beyond discoveries, Yilin introduces new methods,… Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier, Provost C. Cybele Raver and Faculty Senate Chair Alissa Hare, who is assistant dean of the College of Arts and Science, presented awards at this year’s Fall Faculty Assembly to 10 faculty members who have made significant contributions through their scholarship, research or creative expression. Alissa Weaver,… Read More

If it has seemed like more people you know are developing diabetes, you are right. The diabetes epidemic is not called that for nothing: According to the American Diabetes Association, over 10 percent of the U.S. population—approximately 38.4 million people—had diabetes in 2021,… Read More

Julián Hillyer, Centennial Professor of Biological Sciences, and Andrea Page-McCaw, Stevenson Chair and professor of cell and developmental biology, have been named associate deans for academic affairs. Both served in their respective departments as director of graduate studies. As associate deans, Hillyer and Page-McCaw will oversee activities related to the… Read More

During Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Spring Faculty Meeting and Awards Program, held May 30, Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, President and CEO of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Dean of the School of Medicine, shared important updates. Recipients of the John A. Oates Award For Two or More Faculty Working… Read More

Kathleen DelGiorno was awarded an American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award. ($250k/year, 4 years). She was also able to get two of her students and her postdoc on training grants. Read More

The Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to support research at Vanderbilt aimed at dramatically expanding the efficacy of immunotherapy for colorectal cancer. Currently, only people with microsatellite-high colorectal cancer, which accounts for about 10% of patients, respond to immune checkpoint… Read More

Jeffrey Spraggins, associate professor of cell and developmental biology, biochemistry, and chemistry, has been named director of the Mass Spectrometry Research Center. He succeeds Richard Caprioli, Stanford Moore Chair in Biochemistry, who established the MSRC in 1998 and who is retiring this summer. Spraggins is a leading scientist in… Read More

Researchers from the School of Medicine Basic Sciences recently developed an analytical tool that could lead to the use of “liquid biopsies” as a substitute for traditional biopsies for certain patients or diseases. The tool, called EV Fingerprinting, was the culmination of the dissertation work of Ariana von Lersner, a former… Read More

Thirteen outstanding faculty members from across the university have been selected for the 2024 cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. This group is composed of highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty from a wide variety of disciplines and areas of expertise.    “Through their transformative teaching and pathbreaking scholarship and… Read More