Chemistry
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Vanderbilt chemist Ben Brown awarded $2.375M to develop nonaddictive painkillers with AI
Avenir Award funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse recognizes research that represents “the future of addiction science.” Brown’s research is creating an AI-experiment feedback loop that will help optimize painkilling drugs to be less addictive. Read MoreJan 18, 2024
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New collaborative research project seeks improved treatment for cystic fibrosis
Lars Plate, assistant professor of chemistry and biological sciences, has received a $2.76 million collaborative grant to investigate medical therapy for people with cystic fibrosis. The interdisciplinary project brings together teams with varied expertise in computational structural biology, proteomics, biophysics, and physiology in hopes of improving the quality of life for those afflicted with the genetic disease. Read MoreNov 16, 2023
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Vanderbilt University’s Quantum Potential unveiled: Meet the minds shaping our future
Quantum Potential is a collection of wild but precise portraits of the scholars, scientists and students at Vanderbilt who are finding new ways to understand the world—and change it. A premiere event will take place Oct. 11 at 6 p.m., including a screening of two short films, behind-the-scenes discussions and an immersive performance. The event is open the general public; registration is required. Read MoreOct 6, 2023
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$51M NIH grant, among the largest to the university and medical center since 2017, brings ELVIS to VUMC
The grant will help biomedical scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in launching a research platform devoted to molecular underpinnings of early-childhood determinants of health. The project, called ELVIS, or, less connotatively, the ECHO Laboratory core at Vanderbilt for Integrated Sample biobanking and processing, is part of an expansion of the NIH’s multi-center Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes program Read MoreSep 20, 2023
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Multi-institutional Center for the Mechanical Control of Chemistry awarded $20M CCI grant
The Center for the Mechanical Control of Chemistry received a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support its expansion to 11 partner institutions, including Vanderbilt University. Read MoreSep 13, 2023
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Watch: Lab-to-Table Conversation: ‘How I Got Over: Navigating Academia as a Black Scientist’
A Lab-to-Table Conversation on Monday, Feb. 27, will discuss some of the challenges that Black trainees and faculty face in their STEM fields of study and the strategies they've used to be successful in the face of these challenges. Read MoreFeb 13, 2023
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Five Vanderbilt faculty elected as 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows
Five Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty members were elected 2022 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Read MoreJan 31, 2023
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Renã Robinson receives National Institutes of Health grant for faculty success program to promote equity in science
Renã Robinson, Dorothy Wingfield Phillips Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow and professor of chemistry, received $2.04 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health to start a program that will help underrepresented minority faculty further their success in STEM. Read MoreJan 18, 2023
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New screening method could pave the way for future cancer drug discoveries
The laboratories of Brian Bachmann and Jonathan Irish have developed a method to discover new small molecules that may kill cancer cells by working through the body’s immune system. Read MoreJan 17, 2023
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Lars Plate wins Scialog Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement and USDA
For his work on zoonotic threat mitigation, Lars Plate was awarded $50,000 from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Read MoreJan 17, 2023
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Three Vanderbilt chemists to research therapeutics, fuel conversion, and enzyme design with NIH MIRA grants
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. The faculty members are conducting big-picture research with practical applications in a variety of health contexts—including drug synthesis, biomolecular conversion, and disease treatment. Read MoreJan 5, 2023
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Spraggins, Caprioli win $13.6M from NIH to create “atlases” of the brain, kidney and eye
Researchers in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine have received three grants totaling $13.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop molecular “atlases” of the brain, kidney, eye and other tissues. Read MoreNov 18, 2022
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Retired Vanderbilt chemistry professor whose expertise benefited community has died
Larry C. Hall, a retired chemistry professor who taught thousands of Vanderbilt students and directed training programs for high school and college teachers and others with responsibility for hazardous materials, died Aug. 15. Read MoreAug 22, 2022
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Research Snapshot: Researchers create algorithm to help predict cancer risk associated with tumor variants
Vanderbilt researchers have developed an active machine learning approach to predict the effects of tumor variants of unknown significance, or VUS, on sensitivity to chemotherapy. Characterizing VUS can maximize clinical care and precision medicine for each patient. Read MoreAug 9, 2022
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Wikswo and VIIBRE team on track to build third-generation ‘self-driving lab’ with $1M from National Science Foundation
Vanderbilt and Chalmers University of Technology are teaming up to build a self-driving biological laboratory that uses microfluidics, artificial intelligence and machine learning to create a third-generation robot scientist that designs and conducts the massive number of experiments needed to fully characterize cellular signals and pathways and optimize biotechnologies. Read MoreMar 4, 2022
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Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Melvin Duane Joesten has died at 89
Melvin Duane Joesten, an emeritus chemistry professor and co-founder of Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science, died Jan. 17 in Nashville after a brief illness. He was 89. Read MoreFeb 4, 2022
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Seven Vanderbilt faculty elected as AAAS fellows in 2021
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver joins six others at Vanderbilt as 2021 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society. Read MoreJan 26, 2022
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Vanderbilt scientist’s team project wins $55,000 to research fundamental cell behavior
Lars Plate wins $55,000 from Scialog to further collaborative research on cell behavior. Read MoreJan 6, 2022
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Research Snapshot: Producing green fuel, and more rapid determination of the biological consequences of gene editing
Vanderbilt researchers examine how to rapidly characterize the biological impact of genetic editing on bacteria for energy production, drug discovery and more. Est. reading time: 2.5 mins. Read MoreDec 13, 2021
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McLean elected as 2021 National Academy of Inventors Fellow
John McLean, Stevenson Professor of Chemistry and director of the Center for Innovative Technologies, has been elected a 2021 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Read MoreDec 8, 2021