Research
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Limited submission opportunity: Ornamental Horticulture Grants
The Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust welcomes inquiries from organizations seeking funding for projects that meet its funding interests in ornamental horticulture. Vanderbilt may submit one application to the grant program. Read MoreApr 16, 2019
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Limited submission opportunity: Grants for Youth Education and Scientific Education
Vanderbilt University may submit one proposal to the American Honda Foundation's Grants for Youth Education and Scientific Education. The American Honda Foundation engages in grant making that reflects the basic tenets, beliefs and philosophies of Honda companies, which are characterized by the following qualities: imaginative, creative, youthful, forward-thinking, scientific, humanistic and innovative. We support youth education with a specific focus on the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects in addition to the environment. Read MoreApr 16, 2019
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Enhancing feelings of connectedness helps people treat wrongdoers equally: Study
Cultural norms can affect how we respond to mistreatment at work, but it is possible to shift that perspective to make it easier to call out wrongdoers who are closely related. Read MoreApr 15, 2019
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Army Futures Command, Vanderbilt ink partnership to encourage innovation, education for both
Army Futures Command and Vanderbilt University signed an agreement April 9 that links creative, innovative soldiers with top-tier Vanderbilt University experts so that ideas quickly can become useful products. Leaders from the two groups say this five-year education partnership agreement is a potential model for military-academic collaboration across the nation, not only on research and... Read MoreApr 15, 2019
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Indicators of despair rising among Gen X-ers entering middle age
In 2016, a surprising decline in life expectancy was ascribed to "deaths of despair" among working-class middle-aged white men displaced by a changing economy. However, new research shows indicators of despair are rising among Americans approaching middle age regardless of race, education and gender. Read MoreApr 15, 2019
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Limited submission opportunity: 2020 Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research Program
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center may nominate one candidate for the Pew Charitable Trusts' 2020 Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research Program. This program supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of a cure for cancer. Read MoreApr 12, 2019
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Limited submission opportunity: 2020 Pew Biomedical Scholars Program
Vanderbilt University may nominate one candidate for the Pew Charitable Trusts' 2020 Pew Biomedical Scholars Award. The award supports assistant professors of outstanding promise in science relevant to human health. Read MoreApr 12, 2019
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Vanderbilt history professor awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Lauren Benton, the Nelson O. Tyrone, Jr. Professor of History and professor of law at Vanderbilt University, was named a 2019 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow. Read MoreApr 12, 2019
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Lippmann awarded NSF CAREER grant to study mechanics of blood-brain barrier
Ethan Lippmann, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development grant. Read MoreApr 12, 2019
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Hatzell awarded NSF CAREER grant to expand research on lithium-ion batteries
Kelsey Hatzell, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development grant. Read MoreApr 12, 2019
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How bugs overcome host defenses
Eric Skaar and colleagues have figured out how a common bug responsible for ventilator-associated pneumonia responds when starved of zinc, a metal it needs to survive, which may lead to new therapeutic targets for the dangerous infection. Read MoreApr 12, 2019
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Discovery aids search for cancer biomarkers
A report by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has shattered conventional wisdom about how cells, including cancer cells, shed DNA into the bloodstream. Read MoreApr 12, 2019
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Keeping bone in its place
Jonathan Schoenecker, Stephanie Moore-Lotridge and colleagues have found a new target for treating a condition that causes bone to form in soft tissue, reducing mobility. Read MoreApr 12, 2019
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The arrestin-GPCR connection
Vsevolod Gurevich and colleagues have discovered new insights into arrestin proteins, which turn off a cell's environmental message "inbox." Read MoreApr 12, 2019
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Pathways of radiosensitization
Austin Kirschner and colleagues are learning more about how the cancer drug enzalutamide combines with radiation therapy to treat difficult prostate tumors. Read MoreApr 12, 2019
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Drug interaction causes hypotension
A commonly used muscle relaxant can cause severely low blood pressure in patients already taking a CYP1A2 inhibitor, such as ciprofloxacin, find Cecilia Chung and colleagues. Read MoreApr 4, 2019
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Cardiac dysfunction in Duchenne’s
Jonathan Soslow and colleagues have found more clues to why people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy are at risk for a certain kind of heart problem. Read MoreApr 4, 2019
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Cancer’s SOS
Stephen Fesik and colleagues have uncovered more details about how a crucial component of RAS proteins, which trigger about a third of all tumors, work. This finding will help advance the discovery of new cancer therapies. Read MoreApr 4, 2019
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Duddu awarded NSF CAREER grant to better understand Antarctic ice sheet fracture
Ravindra Duddu has been awarded a $555,000 NSF CAREER grant to analyze Antarctic ice sheet fracture, improve models for ice mass loss and reduce uncertainty in long-term projections of average sea level rise. Read MoreApr 4, 2019
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Vanderbilt scholars are working to align higher ed policy with 21st century needs
Some of the leading efforts to understand the changing nature of public higher education, and implement policies to address those shifts, are being directed by Peabody faculty and alumni. Read MoreApr 3, 2019