Chuck Sanders
Chuck Sanders garners $1.2M Keck Foundation grant for groundbreaking genetic research
Jun. 27, 2023—Chuck Sanders, vice dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences, Aileen M. Lange and Annie Mary Lyle Professor and professor of biochemistry, and Roy Zent, Thomas F. Frist Sr. Professor, professor of medicine and vice chair of research for the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, have received a $1.2...
Sanders promoted to Vice Dean of Basic Sciences
Mar. 8, 2023—By Leah Mann Chuck Sanders, Aileen M. Lange and Annie Mary Lyle Chair of Cardiovascular Research and professor of biochemistry and medicine, has recently been promoted from associate dean for research to vice dean of the Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences. Sanders received his Ph.D. in chemistry/biochemistry at Ohio State University under the mentorship...
Protein Society President’s Column Honors Oswald Avery
Oct. 27, 2021—Chuck Sanders, president of The Protein Society, penned this tribute to Oswald Avery, which appears in the October 2021 issue of the Society’s newsletter: It came to my attention that Oswald Avery is buried here in Nashville at the atmospheric Mt. Olivet Cemetery—I had been told that my Dean, Larry Marnett, used to take his...
Sanders lab compiles list of genes and proteins that cause the 70 most common genetic diseases
Oct. 15, 2021—Research led by Chuck Sanders, associate dean for research in the School of Medicine Basic Sciences and professor of biochemistry & medicine, and first-author Tucker Apgar, an undergraduate student in the Sanders Lab, compiled the first comprehensive list of genes and proteins that cause the 70 most common genetic diseases. Their article was published in...