Department News
Megan Capozzi to attend the 2015 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Mar. 2, 2015—A student in our department, Megan Capozzi, was selected to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting which will be held from June 28-July 3 in Lindau, Germany. The meeting will be focused on Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Chemistry.
Student and Postdoc Seminar Series
Feb. 24, 2015—Monday, March 2 at noon in 206 PRB Allison Norlander from the Harrison lab will present “The Effect of Salt on T cells in Hypertension” and Carrie Wiese from the Vickers lab will present “Functional Impact of Inflammatory Cell-Originating HDL-microRNA Communication in vivo”
Christian Marks’ STEM outreach efforts recognized by ASBMB
Feb. 23, 2015—The February issue of ASBMB Today noted Christian Marks' educational outreach efforts in its description of the work of CuriosityMachine.
Dissertation Defense
Feb. 10, 2015—Thursday, February 26th at 9:00 AM in 214 Light Hall Ashley Williams from David Wasserman's Laboratory will present her thesis titled: "Integrin signaling as a novel regulator of hepatic insulin action."
Student and Postdoc Seminar Series
Feb. 10, 2015—Monday, February 16th at noon in 206 PRB canceled due to weather Kristie Aamodt, Powers Lab, will present “Determining the role of macrophages in pancreatic beta cell regeneration”
Student and Postdoc Seminar Series
Feb. 3, 2015—Monday, February 9th at noon in 206 PRB Brian Palmisano in the Stafford Lab will present "CETP Alters Liver Estrogen Target Genes: Implications for Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease"
MPB Guest Lecture Series
Jan. 29, 2015—Wednesday, February 4th in 206 PRB Antonello Bonci, MD, Scientific Director National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, Chief, Synaptic Plasticity Section, NIDA Intramural Research Program will present "Optogenetic approaches to studying reward and substance abuse disorders" hosted by Aurelio Galli, PhD and Danny Winder, PhD.
Student and Post-doc Seminar Series
Jan. 27, 2015—Monday, February 2nd at noon in 206 PRB Amanda Meyer from the Weil lab will present "Transcription Activator Analysis: Confirming Old Ideas By Adding New Twists"
MPB Guest Lecture
Jan. 21, 2015—Wednesday, January 28th at noon in 206 PRB is CANCELLED Eduardo A. Nillni, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University presents "Cellular changes regulating hypothalamic POMC-derived peptides under different nutritional conditions" hosted by Roger Cone, PhD
6th Annual Tennessee Physiological Society Meeting
Jan. 20, 2015—The 6th Annual Tennessee Physiological Society Meeting will be held on January 23, 2015. There are still a number of openings for posters. If you are interested in presenting a poster, please email Carrie Grueter (carrie.grueter@vanderbilt.edu) your title. No abstract is necessary. The most up-to-date program is attached. Directions including a map and parking information will be...
Student and Postdoc Seminar Series
Jan. 20, 2015—Monday, January 26, 2015 at noon in 206 PRB Adrian Cadar from the Lim lab will present "Regulation of titin turnover in the human cardiac sarcomere"
MPB Newsletter
Jan. 14, 2015—The Winter issue of the MPB GSA Newsletter has just been published. Winter 2015 MPB Newsletter .pdf
VIOM Seminar
Jan. 4, 2015—Friday, January 9th at noon in 206 PRB Dongshen Cai, MD, PhD, Professor Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine presents "Hypothalamic inflammation in metabolic syndrome and aging"
Faculty Seminar
Dec. 9, 2014—Thursday, January 7th at noon in 206 PRB Note date change Masoud Ghamari-Langroudi, Ph.D. from the Cone lab will present "Diametrical regulation of energy homeostasis through Kir7.1 channels"
Student and Postdoc Seminar Series
Dec. 8, 2014—Monday, December 15th at noon in 206 PRB Alessandro Ustione, PhD from the Piston lab, will present "Dopaminergic feedback fine-tunes insulin secretion from the pancreatic islet."