Health And Medicine
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Robotic device restores wavelike muscular function involved in processes like digestion, aiding patients with compromised organs
A team of Vanderbilt researchers has developed a wirelessly activated device that mimics the wavelike muscular function in the esophagus and small intestine responsible for transporting food and viscous fluids for digestion. Read MoreJun 7, 2024
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Q&A: Reviewing systemic problems for autistic adults in STEMM
AJ Hinton, Amber Crabtree, and colleagues collaborated to provide a commentary on the challenges facing autistic adults in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine. As autistic adults face a high unemployment rate, the authors argue that solutions are necessary to evoke change within STEMM institutions to acquire and retain autistic employees. Read MoreJun 5, 2024
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Vanderbilt-discovered cancer killing compound is now available through Boehringer Ingelheim open science portal opnMe
Researchers in the lab of Stephen Fesik, Orrin H. Ingram II Chair in Cancer Research, have added BI-0474 as the second molecule co-discovered by Vanderbilt to the open science portal opnMe.com, an initiative being driven by biopharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim. Read MoreMay 30, 2024
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Research Snapshot: Understanding protein mutations that affect gene expression
Graduate student Hillary Layden studies transcriptional control of cancer in the lab of Scott Hiebert, Hortense B. Ingram Chair in Cancer Research and professor of biochemistry. She shares the results from her research in which she used a deep genomic analysis to determine how protein mutations influence gene expression to promote cancer progression. Read MoreMay 30, 2024
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Three VUSN faculty honored by ACNM
Three Vanderbilt University School of Nursing faculty members won awards at the American College of Nurse Midwives annual awards celebration in May 2024. Read MoreMay 23, 2024
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How patent law can protect public health
Sean Seymore, Centennial Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School, argues that federal courts have “abandoned their gatekeeping function” for protecting public health in patent cases. Read MoreMay 21, 2024
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Vanderbilt scientists develop an algae time machine, advancing biomedicine
A Vanderbilt scientific team has succeeded in adjusting the daily biological clock of cyanobacteria, making the blue-green algae a more prolific producer of renewable fuels, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, like insulin. Read MoreMay 14, 2024
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Vanderbilt joins Meharry Medical College, Fisk University in hosting Tri-Institutional Seminar series
A Tri-Institutional Seminar series has been initiated by the School of Medicine Basic Sciences, Meharry Medical College and Fisk University, focused on trainee development and promoting collaboration and existing ties between scientists affiliated with all three institutions. The series is open to the public. Read MoreMay 13, 2024
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BMJ collaborates with Vanderbilt University’s Heard Libraries to support open access publishing
Leading global health care knowledge provider BMJ has signed a new read-and-publish agreement with the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries at Vanderbilt University. The agreement allows Vanderbilt-affiliated corresponding authors to publish their primary research open access without incurring article processing charges. Read MoreMay 13, 2024
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Vanderbilt researchers’ novel catheter-based technology to make endovascular procedures more efficient and safe
With hundreds of thousands of people in the United States having a stroke annually, Vanderbilt researchers are developing technology that could revolutionize the way blood clots are removed by allowing surgeons to complete the process more efficiently and safely. Read MoreMay 9, 2024
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Lau lab publishes authoritative reference article on the hallmarks of precancer
Ken Lau, professor of cell and developmental biology, and colleagues have laid out the principles governing the biology of early, precancerous lesions, which are different from the principles that govern cancers. Their authoritative perspective was published in Cancer Discovery in April 2024. Read MoreMay 9, 2024
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Hinton lab grows, American Physiological Society award adds Clintoria Williams as Visiting Scholar
Clintoria Williams, associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology at Wright State University, has received the John F. Perkins, Jr. Research Career Enhancement Award from the American Physiological Society. This will enable her to join Vanderbilt as a visiting scholar in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics for four months to collaborate more closely with Antentor Hinton Jr., assistant professor in the department. Read MoreMay 7, 2024
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David Cortez wins Protein Society award for contributions to basic protein science
David Cortez, a world-renowned leader in DNA damage response and repair mechanisms and the pathophysiology of cancer, developed and applied highly creative technological approaches to identify and characterize proteins involved in DNA and genome maintenance. The Protein Society is the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research. Read MoreApr 30, 2024
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VUSN matching program to inspire philanthropy, drive research and work to ease health inequities
In support of its commitment to fighting health inequities, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has launched an ambitious campaign to raise and match $1 million to support health disparity research. Dean Pamela Jeffries recently announced the school’s Nursing Health Equity Fellowship program, setting aside $1 million for health equity research at the school and asking VUSN supporters to make a 1:1 philanthropic match to fund this critical research. Read MoreApr 29, 2024
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VUSN faculty honored with advocacy award, fellowships
Three Vanderbilt School of Nursing faculty members were recently recognized for excellence across various nursing disciplines with fellow designations and major awards. Read MoreApr 26, 2024
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School of Medicine in top 10 in NIH funding: survey
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, which received $527.7 million in direct and indirect NIH grant support in FY23, has been among the top 10 U.S. medical schools in NIH funding for six of the last 10 years. Read MoreApr 24, 2024
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Basic science research featured at 2024 Vanderbilt Alzheimer’s Disease Research Day
The Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center hosted its fifth Annual Vanderbilt Alzheimer’s Disease Research Day on April 10 with the theme of “big data.” Aside from presentations from faculty from across campus and the School of Medicine Basic Sciences, the day featured data blitzes, a keynote presentation, and a poster reception with more than 45 posters. Read MoreApr 24, 2024
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Nguyen marries basic and translational approaches to ID new brain region responsible for epileptic seizures
Incoming assistant professor of pharmacology Quynh Anh Nguyen spearheaded research that points to a previously unidentified region of the hippocampus as responsible for epileptic seizures. The work could lead to new avenues of treatment to help epilepsy patients control their seizures. Read MoreApr 23, 2024
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New structures offer insight into how a bacterial motor powers bacterial chemotaxis, a key infectious process
The lab of Tina Iverson, Louise B. McGavock Professor and professor of pharmacology, in collaboration with researchers at the University of California, San Francisco; Stanford University; and The Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have published new work in Nature Microbiology, providing new insights on chemotaxis. Read MoreApr 22, 2024
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Hodges lab sheds new light on mechanisms of gene regulatory divergence between species
Molecular biologist Emily Hodges, assistant professor of biochemistry, studies the regulatory elements of our genome and is interested in parsing how changes in DNA sequence affect gene regulation. Read MoreApr 22, 2024