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Congratulations to the MSTP students who recently completed their thesis defenses!
Mar. 30, 2021—Note: All individuals pictured without masks in the same photo are members of the same household.
Honors and Awards – March 2021
Mar. 30, 2021— Congratulations Zach Williams (G2) and Brad Reinfeld (G4) on receiving their F30 awards! Ansley Kunnath’s (M2) presentation won first place at the 2021 Annual Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care Conference, congratulations!
MSTPublications: March 2021
Mar. 30, 2021—Structure-function analysis of oncogenic EGFR Kinase Domain Duplication reveals insights into activation and a potential approach for therapeutic targeting. Du Z*, Brown BP*, Kim S, Ferguson D, Pavlick DC, Jayakumaran G, Benayed R, Gallant JN, Zhang YK, Yan Y, Red-Brewer M, Ali SM, Schrock AB, Zehir A, Ladanyi M, Smith AW, Meiler J, Lovly CM....
Physician-Scientist Speaker Series: Dr. Mukesh Jain
Mar. 30, 2021—by Nick Petersen (G2) On March 11th, 2021, the Vanderbilt MSTP and American Physician Scientist Association (APSA) Chapter hosted Dr. Mukesh Jain for the Flexner Discovery lecture and MSTP Physician Scientist Speaker Series (PSSS). Dr. Jain is a pioneer is the study of Krüppel-like factor (KLF) proteins as regulators of metabolism, immunity, and the cardiovascular...
NextGen Physician Scientists Lecture Series: Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble M.D., Ph.D.
Feb. 25, 2021—by Nowrin Chowdhury (G2) On February 18, 2021, the National Association of M.D.-Ph.D. programs hosted Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble M.D., Ph.D. for their most recent installment of the NextGen Physician Scientists Lecture series, which features discussions of science and career presented by outstanding physician-scientists of color from across the country. Dr. Gamble is a University...
MSTPets
Feb. 24, 2021—Millie welcomed a new sibling this month, Kimmy (yes after the one and only Kimberly Schmidt). According to human John Shelley (G1) they have been adjusting nicely (see below for their snowy adventure). Kimmy and Millie, Ruben and Cece all enjoyed some time out in the snow and their humans John Shelley (G1), Allie Lake (M2)...
Life in the MSTP – February 2021
Feb. 24, 2021—Congratulations to Nick Petersen (G2) and his partner Josh Carrelo-Méndez on their recent engagement! Congratulations to Cam Bermudez (M4) and Elizabeth Bermudez (VUMC Emergency Medicine Resident) who welcomed their son Samuel Bermudez early in the month, just in time for the snow! The G2 class gathered for a virtual game night and played Among Us. Seven...
Honors and Awards – February 2021
Feb. 24, 2021—Congratulations Dr. Lindsay Kozek (M4) for matching in Ophthalmology at Harvard/Massachusetts Eye & Ear! Jack Walker (G5) received the Vanderbilt Scholar in Diabetes Graduate Student Award and Jordan Wright, MD, PhD (Avery-Cohen PSTP Associate College Advisor) received the Daryl K. Granner Scholar in Diabetes Award at Vanderbilt Diabetes Day sponsored by the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (VDRTC) and the...
G1 Students Share Lab Selections
Feb. 24, 2021—The Vanderbilt MSTP would like to congratulate the G1 class on completing their first two years of medical school and on joining the following laboratories and graduate programs: Here’s what they had to say about choosing their lab: Riley Bergman: I knew I wanted to join a cancer biology lab because the more I learn...
MSTPublications: February 2021
Feb. 24, 2021—General Purpose Structure-Based Drug Discovery Neural Network Score Functions with Human-Interpretable Pharmacophore Maps. Brown BP, Mendenhall J, Geanes AR, Meiler J. J Chem Inf Model. 2021 Jan 26. doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.0c01001. Online ahead of print. The BioChemical Library (BCL) is an academic open-source cheminformatics toolkit comprising ligand-based virtual high-throughput screening (vHTS) tools such as quantitative structure-activity/property...