News/Discoveries
New faculty Rick Sando: A better understanding of brain circuitry
MyVU is spotlighting a select group of new faculty for 2020-21. Read more profiles in the series. By Lorena Infante Lara Our bra...
Cohen Fund bolsters Siciliano’s memory research
by Bill Snyder Cody Siciliano, PhD, assistant professor of Pharmacology in the Vanderbilt University School of Medi...
New clue to Alzheimer’s disease
by Bill Snyder Reduced expression of Dlgap2, a gene important in signaling across the synapse between nerve cells, is associa...
Assembling cell power plant machinery
by Leigh MacMillan Mitochondrial complex II is a four-subunit protein machine located in the mitochondrial membrane that link...
‘Scavenger’ molecule may point to new atherosclerosis treatment
From left, Huan Tao, MD, PhD, Sean Davies, PhD, Jiansheng Huang, PhD, and MacRae Linton, MD, led the study that identified a pot...
A potential new targeted therapy for metastatic melanoma
By Wendy Bindeman Melanoma is the most common of all cancers. The American Cancer Society estimates that over 100,000 new melan...
Siciliano wins Fay/Frank Seed Grant and Alkermes Pathways Research Award
By Jenna Somers Cody Siciliano (Vanderbilt University) Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Cody Siciliano has been awarded the F...
New tools to study bioactive lipids
by Leigh MacMillan NAEs are bioactive lipid molecules that appear to play roles in energy balance, inflammation, stress respo...
Single mutation causes seizure disorder
by Leigh MacMillan Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a severe early-onset seizure disorder that includes cognitive and behavioral ab...
Robotic technology speeds arrhythmia gene classification
by Leigh MacMillan Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have used high-throughput robotic technology ...
Blocking stress-induced relapse
by Bill Snyder Stress is a precipitating factor for craving and relapse in cocaine use disorder. A part of the brain known as...
A new contributor to atherosclerosis
by Leigh MacMillan Free radicals produced during oxidative stress react with membrane fatty acids to yield highly reactive li...