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Four Pre-doctoral AHA Fellowships Awarded
Jul. 17, 2015—Four of our MPB students have been awarded Pre-Doctoral Fellowships from the American Heart Association! They are: Leslie Roteta (Vickers lab), Christian Marks (Colbran lab), Kim Montaniel (Harrison Lab), and Reid Bolus (Hasty lab). Congratulations!
MMPC Ribbon Cutting
Jun. 24, 2015—The new Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center's grand opening is on Wednesday June 24th at 4:00 in the Light Hall 835.
Dissertation Defense
Jun. 19, 2015—Tuesday, June 23rd at 9:15 AM in 512 Light Hall David Scoville from the Stein lab will present his thesis “Identification and Characterization of MAFA Coregulators: MLL3/4 and its Role in Mouse and Human Islet β cells”
Student-selected Faculty Seminar
May. 26, 2015—Wednesday, May 27th at noon in 206 PRB James Sutcliffe, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, and the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, presents "Towards elucidating the genetic and genomic architecture of autism spectrum disorder"
The American Heart Association awards 4 MPB students with pre-doctoral fellowships.
May. 26, 2015—Four of our MPB students received word this week that the American Heart Association intends to fund their pre-doctoral fellowships. The Greater Southeast chapter of the AHA is only funding 24 fellowships this cycle, and 4 of them will go to our students! Congratulations to Christian Marks (Colbran Lab), Kim Montaniel (Harrison Lab), Allison Norlander (Harrison/Madhur Lab), and...
Light Hall Renovations
May. 13, 2015—The renovations of the 8th floor of Light Hall are nearing completion on the west side. The MMPC renovation is nearly complete and may be complete within a month.
Student and Postdoc Seminar Series
May. 12, 2015—Monday, May 18 at noon in 206 PRB Elizabeth Ferrick from the Emeson Lab presents “Physiological Roles of Kv1.1 RNA Editing: Implications for Episodic Ataxia Type-1”
MPB Student Guest Lecture
May. 12, 2015—Tuesday, May 19th at noon in 206 PRB Deborah Muoio, PhD, Associate Professor in Medicine, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology at Duke University, "Nutrient-induced mitochondrial stress in obesity and diabetes"
Dissertation Defense
May. 7, 2015—Wednesday, June 24 at 10:00 am in 206 PRB Kristie Aamodt, Alvin Powers’ Laboratory presents Macrophages and Endothelial Cells in the Pancreatic Islet Microenvironment Promote Beta Cell Regeneration
MPB Guest Lecture Series
May. 5, 2015—Wednesday, May 6th at noon in 206 PRB Jens C. Brüning, Ph.D. Max Plank Institute for Metabolism Research Köln, Germany presents Hypothalamic control of glucose homeostasis