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Dr. James Crowe Jr. receives SEC Faculty Achievement Award
Apr. 9, 2021—by Ann Marie Deer Owens Apr. 8, 2021, 1:30 PM Dr. James Crowe Jr., professor of medicine, in his lab at Medical Research Building IV. (John Russell/Vanderbilt University) Dr. James E. Crowe Jr., a physician-scientist on the front lines of global research to eliminate human susceptibility to COVID-19 and other illnesses, is Vanderbilt University’s winner...
Mark Denison Receives Joe B. Wyatt Distinguished University Professor Award
Apr. 2, 2021—The Joe B. Wyatt Distinguished University Professor Award, established in honor of Chancellor Joe B. Wyatt upon his retirement in 2000, recognizes faculty accomplishments that span multiple academic disciplines. Denison, Edward Claiborne Stahlman Professor of Pediatric Physiology and Cell Metabolism and one of the world’s foremost experts on coronaviruses, earned his medical degree from the...
Novel way to neutralize Rift Valley Fever Virus
Apr. 1, 2021—Apr. 1, 2021, 11:00 AM by Bill Snyder Rift Valley Fever Virus (RVFV) is an emerging infection in sub-Saharan and North Africa that causes severe, hemorrhagic illness in livestock and humans and which has pandemic potential. James Crowe Jr., MD, and colleagues isolated a panel of human monoclonal antibodies from the blood of people in Kenya who had survived RVFV infection and from those who...
Vanderbilt experts discuss colorectal cancer research progress in virtual event
Mar. 25, 2021—by Marissa Shapiro Mar. 22, 2021, 9:00 AM In recognition of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the School of Medicine Basic Sciences will host a panel discussion, “On the Cutting Edge: Research Toward a Cure for Colorectal Cancer,” on Tuesday, March 30, from 11 a.m. to noon CT. The online event is free and open to...
Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology’s 500th seminar to feature acclaimed biochemist and inventor Michael Marletta
Mar. 22, 2021—by Marissa Shapiro Mar. 17, 2021, 9:00 AM By Miquéla Thornton Award-winning biochemist, inventor and educator Michael Marletta will speak about his nearly 50 years of studying nitric oxide—the body’s first line of defense against infection—during a seminar presented by the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology on Wednesday, March 24. The seminar—the 500th presented by...
New CRISPR screening technique developed at Vanderbilt leads to discovery of pathway that may be linked to cancer initiation
Mar. 10, 2021—by Marissa Shapiro Mar. 10, 2021, 9:00 AM A new genome-wide CRISPR screening technique conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University is offering new insights about how tumors in 80 to 90 percent of all cancers grow. Maria Fomicheva Ian Macara (Vanderbilt University) This novel approach developed by Maria Fomicheva, a graduate student in the lab...
Monoclonal antibody “cocktail” blocks COVID-19 variants: study
Mar. 5, 2021—Mar. 4, 2021, 11:19 AM by Bill Snyder A monoclonal antibody “cocktail” developed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to neutralize the COVID-19 virus is effective against all known strains, or variants, of the virus, according to a report published today in the journal Nature Medicine. That was one of the findings reported by a multi-institutional...
Chikungunya antibody identified by the Crowe lab moves forward
Mar. 4, 2021—Mar. 4, 2021, 8:54 AM by Bill Snyder Evotec, a drug company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, has begun a phase 1 clinical trial of a monoclonal antibody against the chikungunya virus that was identified at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. This is the second monoclonal antibody against the debilitating tropical viral infection isolated in the...
Steven Townsend wins Sloan Research Fellowship
Mar. 4, 2021—by Ann Marie Deer Owens Feb. 16, 2021, 9:22 AM Assistant Professor of Chemistry Steven Townsend (Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt) Assistant Professor of Chemistry Steven D. Townsend, PhD’10, has been awarded a 2021 Sloan Research Fellowship, one of the highest honors for young scientists who have the potential to revolutionize their fields of study. Townsend, who previously...
Bordenstein elected to American Academy of Microbiology
Mar. 3, 2021—by Ann Marie Deer Owens Mar. 2, 2021, 5:30 PM Seth Bordenstein (Vanderbilt University) Seth Bordenstein, Centennial Professor of Biological Sciences, has been elected to fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology, the honorific leadership group within one of the largest life science societies in the world. “I am honored to join the leadership group...