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Cynthia Reinhart-King elected to fellow of IAMBE
Jul. 10, 2023—University Distinguished Professor and Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering Cynthia Reinhart-King has been elected to the 2023 Class of Fellows of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE). IAMBE is made up of fellows who are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the profession of medical and biological engineering at an international level....
Vivian Gama Named 2023 Chancellor Faculty Fellow
Jun. 7, 2023—Thirteen outstanding faculty members from across the university have been selected for the 2023 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. “As we reflect on the 150th anniversary of our founding, we’re asking our university community to...
Mentors Help High School Students earn science honors
May. 5, 2023—Three high school seniors with Vanderbilt mentors were selected for national honors by the Society for Science Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS). . The STS, which describes itself as one of “the nation’s oldest and most prestigious research competitions,” has alumni dating back to 1942. Many of those honored in previous years have gone on...
Cephes Publishes Review in GUT
Mar. 30, 2023—Amelia Cephes (DelGiorno lab) published a review in Gut. It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness: single-cell transcriptomics sheds new light on pancreas biology and disease. Recent advances in single-cell RNA sequencing and bioinformatics have drastically increased our ability to interrogate the cellular composition of traditionally difficult to study organs,...
Kathy Gould and Colleagues Decoding Cell Division Machinery
Mar. 23, 2023—In the final step of cell division, cytokinesis, one cell becomes two. Without complete separation, abnormal cells can accumulate and set the stage for tumor formation. One of the main controllers of cytokinesis is the protein Cdc15, which localizes to the dividing cell membrane — linking it to the cytokinetic ring, the constricting machinery that...
Fitz Awarded Smriti Bardhan Scholarship
Mar. 8, 2023—Gillian Fitz (Tyska lab) received a Smriti Bardhan, Ph.D. Scholarship. This scholarship recognizes excellence in research by a Ph.D. student in an area related to life sciences or biological sciences.
Krystofiak Awarded Grant from the Microscopy Society of America
Mar. 1, 2023—Evan Krystofiak, Ph.D. (CISR) was awarded a grant from the Microscopy Society of America to develop open-source cryo-tools for electron microscopy. The grant title is: “A Modular, Open Source, Inexpensive, Cryo-Preparation System for Plunge and Slam-Freezing.” and the grant is called a “MSA Strategic Initiative” The below image is a compelling image: It is...
New screening method could pave the way for future cancer drug discoveries
Jan. 17, 2023—The laboratories of Brian Bachmann, professor of chemistry, biochemistry and pharmacology, and Jonathan Irish, associate professor of cell and developmental biology and pathology, microbiology and immunology, have developed a method to discover new small molecules that may kill cancer cells by working through the body’s immune system. The method is the first of its kind, to...
Grants spur efforts to create molecular ‘atlases’ of organs
Nov. 17, 2022—Researchers in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine have received three grants totaling $13.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop molecular “atlases” of the brain, kidney, eye and other tissues. Their goal is to find new and better ways to diagnose, treat and prevent a host of human ailments, from kidney failure...
Waghmare named one of five campus-wide Vanderbilt SEC Scholars
Nov. 1, 2022—Four Vanderbilt graduate students and one postdoc recently participated in the SEC Networking and Career Fair hosted by the University of Missouri, part of the SEC Emerging Scholars Program for doctoral and postdoctoral scholars announced earlier this year. The program is intended to serve as a pathway and source of mentorship for historically underrepresented graduate students and...
Weaver and Tyska Named ASCB Fellows
Oct. 7, 2022—The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is pleased to present its cohort of 18 new Fellows for 2022. “The 2022 ASCB Fellows are individuals who have contributed broadly and significantly to the cell biology community and to the Society. We honor their scientific achievement and their role in furthering ASCB’s mission of advancing scientific...
Burnette, Feehan-Nelson among Nikon competition winners
Oct. 1, 2022—Dylan Burnette won fourth place in Nikon’s Small World in Motion competition, which features movies or time-lapse photography taken through the microscope. Burnette received honorable mentions for two other submissions as well. Olivia Feehan-Nelson (Cell and Developmental Biology, Matthew Tyska lab) also received an honorable mention for her submission.
Lee named 2022 Innovation Fund Investigator by The Pew Charitable Trust
Sep. 27, 2022—Dr. Ethan Lee, professor of Cell & Developmental Biology and Pharmacology, has been named a 2022 Innovation Fund investigator by The Pew Charitable Trusts. As a vote of confidence in the power of collaborative, interdisciplinary research, Pew created the Innovation Fund in 2017 to encourage partnerships among alumni of Pew’s biomedical programs. Combining their unique areas of expertise,...
Chin Chiang Completes 25 years of Service
Sep. 25, 2022—Chen Chiang was recognized for completing 25 years of service at Vanderbilt.
Lau and Coffey Awarded $5 Million Grant
Sep. 22, 2022—Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study precancerous lesions and early cancers in the colon, with the goal of developing new ways to prevent colorectal cancer, the nation’s second leading cancer killer. Robert Coffey, MD, Martha Shrubsole, PhD, and Ken Lau, PhD, are VUMC’s project leaders...