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Illuminating a critical step in initiating DNA replication in eukaryotes
Mar. 26, 2024—The research teams of Brandt Eichman, Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences and Professor of Biochemistry, and Walter Chazin, Professor of Biochemistry, worked together to understand how DNA replication is initiated in eukaryotes. Using Vanderbilt’s state-of-the-art instrumentation in the Center for Structural Biology’s Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility, Eichman, Chazin, and their colleagues provided detailed visualizations of DNA...
MARC, START and Beckman Scholars share summer research at symposium
Aug. 28, 2023—Vanderbilt undergraduate students presented their summer research projects at the MARC/START/Beckman Summer Symposium earlier this month, sharing research on wide-ranging topics, including how exposure therapy might help people overcome fear of snakes, the relationship between social anxiety and memory, and how cocaine can affect male and female brains differently. To read more, click here!
Lauren Jackson named 2023 Chancellor Faculty Fellows
Jun. 7, 2023—Thirteen outstanding faculty members from across the university have been selected for the 2023 cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. This group is composed of highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty from a wide variety of disciplines and areas of expertise. Congratulations to Dr. Jackson! To read more click here
Lauren Jackson has been featured for two years in a row by NIH !
Jan. 11, 2023—Dr. Jackson participated in a Q&A with science writer Abbey Bigler which was featured in the Biomedical Beat Blog for the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for the second year in a row! You can read Dr. Jackson’s interview regarding her career and research here!
Three A&S chemists to research therapeutics, fuel conversion, and enzyme design with NIH MIRA grants
Jan. 6, 2023—College of Arts and Science faculty members Nathan Schley, Allison Walker, and John Yang have each been awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health to continue their groundbreaking chemistry research. Known as the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA), these grants provide both new and established researchers of general medical sciences with more than $1.9...
BSCI Faculty Involved in $1.1M Grant to Support Inclusive Learning
Dec. 8, 2022—Vanderbilt University has been awarded $1.1M as part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) Initiative. $530,000 will support Vanderbilt University initiatives directly, while the additional $577,000 will be administered by Vanderbilt University to support activities of the broad collaborative effort. Biological Sciences’ faculty Kathy Friedman and Cynthia Brame serve as co-Program...
Vanderbilt biologists discover genetic pathways linking the immune and circulatory systems of mosquitoes during infection
Sep. 7, 2022—Sep 7, 2022, 9:37 AM By Andy Flick, Evolutionary Studies scientific coordinator Vanderbilt biologists have discovered the genetic pathways that link the immune and circulatory systems of mosquitoes during the fight against infection. A mosquito fighting infection of malaria or bacteria attracts immune cells to its heart that filter microbes that are flowing in its...
Amanda Lea has been named 2022 Searle Scholar
May. 13, 2022—Amanda Lea, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, has been named one of fifteen 2022 Searle Scholars for her work on “Environmental determinants of health: molecular mechanisms and inter-individual variation”. You can read more about the award here.
Graduate student publishes high impact study on mitochondria
Apr. 27, 2022—James Held, a graduate student in the Patel lab, discovered a novel way in which cells sense and respond to stressed mitochondria. The study, entitled, “A tRNA processing enzyme is a key regulator of the mitochondrial unfolded protein response” is published in a high impact journal called eLife. Link to the publication can be found...