Neuroscience
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Potential schizophrenia treatment, discovered at Vanderbilt and being developed by Neumora Therapeutics, entering Phase 1 clinical trial
In just over two years, a Vanderbilt-Neumora collaboration has led to the Phase 1 clinical trial of a treatment for schizophrenia spectrum disorders, which affect 3.7 million adults in the United States. This is the third chemical compound discovered at the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery to reach Phase 1 clinical trials. Read MoreDec 4, 2023
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Vanderbilt sophomore attends release of National Climate Assessment at the White House
Gabrielle Beck, a sophomore studying neuroscience and environmental policy, received an all-expense-paid invitation from National Climate Assessment program Director Allison Crimmins through her work as a Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education Fellow, where she has been able to take part in projects that deal directly with sustainability and climate change. Read MoreNov 27, 2023
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Opera meets neuroscience: Vanderbilt’s Lisa Monteggia discusses the science of Nashville Opera’s ‘The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat’
Lisa Monteggia, Barlow Family Director of the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, joined John Hoomes of the Nashville Opera for a discussion on the art and science behind the Nashville Opera’s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. The discussion was part of TPAC’s InsideOut series, which celebrated 20 years of partnership with Vanderbilt this year. Read MoreNov 9, 2023
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Erin Calipari receives $2M to study how alcohol use disorder develops in the brain
Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research Associate Director Erin Calipari, with funding from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, will investigate what happens in the brain that makes individuals return to drinking after periods of abstinence. Read MoreSep 12, 2023
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Vanderbilt neuroscientist leading international research to explore multisensory perception development in children
Neuroscientist Mark Wallace is spearheading a research consortium focused on childhood multisensory perception development. The international team includes researchers from Yale University, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and Italian Institute of Technology. Read MoreJul 24, 2023
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WATCH: A double crown: Mabel Cummins’ reign as a bowling star and academic superstar
Mabel Cummins is the definition of what it means to be more than a student-athlete. Read MoreJun 30, 2023
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Vanderbilt alum Ashwin Kumar named 2023 Knight-Hennessy Scholar
Vanderbilt alumnus Ashwin Kumar has been selected from a pool of more than 7,000 applicants for the 2023 cohort of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program, where scholars receive up to three years of financial support to pursue graduate studies at Stanford University. Read MoreMay 12, 2023
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Class of 2023: Bowler Mabel Cummins turns childhood dreams into championship excellence and opportunities
Class of 2023: Read how NCAA bowling champion and National Player of the Year Mabel Cummins is using her intellect and competitive spirit in neuroscience and medicine. Read MoreMay 3, 2023
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Automated tool can link brain scans to cognitive deficits in people with neurofibromatosis 1
Researchers in the labs of Laurie Cutting and Bennett Landman recently published a study in Magnetic Resonance Imaging exploring a new tool for imaging the brains of neurofibromatosis type 1 patients and its significance in assessing their symptoms. Read MoreMar 14, 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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Vanderbilt engineer receives NSF award to develop neural analysis methodology
Mikail Rubinov has been awarded $600,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop new computational methods for analysis of large-scale brain activity data. Read MoreJan 23, 2023
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Vanderbilt brain scientist Kari Hoffman wins $3.8M grant to test assumptions about learning and memory
Hoffman will use new immersion and brain recording technology to test memory circuits in the brain that are known to play a role in healthy aging, neurodegenerative disease, brain trauma and the most common type of seizures. Read MoreSep 21, 2022
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How childhood trauma affects brain development and risk for incarceration: Virtual event Aug. 25
A Thursday, Aug. 25, discussion will connect how childhood trauma impacts brain development and behavior, its intersection with the justice system, and how we can integrate this understanding in prevention, diversion and restorative efforts. Read MoreAug 17, 2022
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Angela Boutté, PhD’05 Balanced Biochemist
Angela Boutté, PhD'05, has been no stranger to breakthroughs in brain research and medical care. In January 2022, she became director of clinical chemistry for renegade.bio, a San Francisco-based public benefit corporation working to make diagnostic testing accessible to all. In 2019, she founded Aries Biotech to assist other brain disease and injury researchers with fine-tuning their work. Read MoreJul 5, 2022
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Vanderbilt psychologists win access to neuroscience observatory to conduct ‘quantum leap’ experiments on predictive coding in the brain
A team comprising Assistant Professor of Psychology André Bastos, Associate Professor of Psychology and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Alexander Maier and Ph.D. candidate Jacob A. Westerberg is among three international research teams that have won the opportunity to pursue their exploration of brain function at the Allen Brain Observatory. Read MoreJun 2, 2022
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Two Vanderbilt students named to Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship Program for New Americans
Tao Hong, a second-year Ph.D. student in interdisciplinary materials science, and Hari Srinivasan, an incoming Ph.D. student in neuroscience, have been named to the 2022 cohort of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship Program for New Americans. This merit-based graduate award for immigrants and children of immigrants provides 30 fellows annually with up to $90,000 in funding to support their graduate studies. Read MoreMay 4, 2022
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NIMH awards $3.4M to Womelsdorf to study how next generation of schizophrenia drugs affects brain networks, cognition
The National Institute of Mental Health has awarded a $3.4 million grant to professor Thilo Womelsdorf to study the underlying mechanisms of action for potential drugs to regulate cognitive function and brain network activity affected in schizophrenia without debilitating side effects. Read MoreApr 28, 2022
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Research Snapshot: International collaboration reveals how the human brain evolved to harness abstract thought
Collaboration across seven laboratories, in five institutions, across three countries and led by Vanderbilt researchers addresses fundamental questions about the organization and evolution of the human brain. Est. reading time: 1.75 mins. Read MoreApr 12, 2022
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Research Snapshot: Hunger signals, including those from cannabinoids, mapped in the brain
Body-made cannabinoids that fine tune hunger signals in the brain have been mapped, with implications for helping those with deadly feeding-related illnesses Read MoreMar 23, 2022
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Biomedical engineer awarded $1.1M to study molecular underpinnings of human brain networks on a large scale
Mikail Rubinov, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, computer science, psychiatry and psychology, has been awarded a four-year, $1.1 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to better understand the development and organization of brain networks, as well as their change in development and aging. Read MoreMar 17, 2022