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The Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology's mission is to harness the power of chemistry to improve human health.
VICB member Neil Osheroff was featured on Biochemistry’s “Most Read” list for two publications:
• Mechanism of Quinolone Action and Resistance (1 month)
• Amsacrine as a Topoisomerase II Poison (12 months)
#monday #research #vanderbilt #university #academic #discovery #published #featured
• Mechanism of Quinolone Action and Resistance (1 month)
• Amsacrine as a Topoisomerase II Poison (12 months)
#monday #research #vanderbilt #university #academic #discovery #published #featured
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
VICB member Neil Osheroff was featured on Biochemistry’s “Most Read” list for two publications:
• Mechanism of Quinolone Action and Resistance (1 month)
• Amsacrine as a Topoisomerase II Poison (12 months)
#monday #research #vanderbilt #university #academic #discovery #published #featured
• Mechanism of Quinolone Action and Resistance (1 month)
• Amsacrine as a Topoisomerase II Poison (12 months)
#monday #research #vanderbilt #university #academic #discovery #published #featured
Join us for the VICB Annual Student Research Symposium!
🗓 Sept 11, 2026 | 🕗 8AM–5PM
📍 Vanderbilt University Student Life Center
Keynote: Craig Crews, Ph.D. (Yale University)
#VICB #Vanderbilt #ChemicalBiology #DrugDiscovery #Research #Symposium
🗓 Sept 11, 2026 | 🕗 8AM–5PM
📍 Vanderbilt University Student Life Center
Keynote: Craig Crews, Ph.D. (Yale University)
#VICB #Vanderbilt #ChemicalBiology #DrugDiscovery #Research #Symposium
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Join us for the VICB Annual Student Research Symposium!
🗓 Sept 11, 2026 | 🕗 8AM–5PM
📍 Vanderbilt University Student Life Center
Keynote: Craig Crews, Ph.D. (Yale University)
#VICB #Vanderbilt #ChemicalBiology #DrugDiscovery #Research #Symposium
🗓 Sept 11, 2026 | 🕗 8AM–5PM
📍 Vanderbilt University Student Life Center
Keynote: Craig Crews, Ph.D. (Yale University)
#VICB #Vanderbilt #ChemicalBiology #DrugDiscovery #Research #Symposium
Join us for the next VICB Seminar with Mei Hong (MIT)
🧠 “Deconstructing and Reconstructing Tau by Solid-State NMR”
📅 Wed, Nov 12 | 🕛 12:15 PM | 📍 1220 MRB III
#VICB #Vanderbilt #ChemicalBiology #NMR #Neuroscience
🧠 “Deconstructing and Reconstructing Tau by Solid-State NMR”
📅 Wed, Nov 12 | 🕛 12:15 PM | 📍 1220 MRB III
#VICB #Vanderbilt #ChemicalBiology #NMR #Neuroscience
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Join us for the next VICB Seminar with Mei Hong (MIT)
🧠 “Deconstructing and Reconstructing Tau by Solid-State NMR”
📅 Wed, Nov 12 | 🕛 12:15 PM | 📍 1220 MRB III
#VICB #Vanderbilt #ChemicalBiology #NMR #Neuroscience
🧠 “Deconstructing and Reconstructing Tau by Solid-State NMR”
📅 Wed, Nov 12 | 🕛 12:15 PM | 📍 1220 MRB III
#VICB #Vanderbilt #ChemicalBiology #NMR #Neuroscience
The VICB and St. Jude CBT have launched a new monthly trainee-led research series, CBT & VICB Trainee Talks, bringing together graduate students and postdocs from both institutions to share research and build collaborations.
For details, contact: tia.repscher@vanderbilt.edu
For details, contact: tia.repscher@vanderbilt.edu
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The VICB and St. Jude CBT have launched a new monthly trainee-led research series, CBT & VICB Trainee Talks, bringing together graduate students and postdocs from both institutions to share research and build collaborations.
For details, contact: tia.repscher@vanderbilt.edu
For details, contact: tia.repscher@vanderbilt.edu
Join us this WEDNESDAY, November 5, as the
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Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB) Seminar #Series continues!
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Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB) Seminar #Series continues!
November 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Join us this WEDNESDAY, November 5, as the
@vanderbilt.edu
Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB) Seminar #Series continues!
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Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB) Seminar #Series continues!
Congratulations to Mayme Van Meveren (Fesik Lab) and Yilin Yang (Lau Lab, CDB) on receiving Vanderbilt’s Research Excellence Award at the 2025 Fall Staff Assembly.
Their contributions reflect the dedication and scientific excellence that define the VICB community.
Their contributions reflect the dedication and scientific excellence that define the VICB community.
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Congratulations to Mayme Van Meveren (Fesik Lab) and Yilin Yang (Lau Lab, CDB) on receiving Vanderbilt’s Research Excellence Award at the 2025 Fall Staff Assembly.
Their contributions reflect the dedication and scientific excellence that define the VICB community.
Their contributions reflect the dedication and scientific excellence that define the VICB community.
Join us Wed, Nov 5 for the next VICB Seminar!
🧬 Dr. Danette Daniels (Foghorn Therapeutics) presents:
“Towards New Cancer Medicines with Degraders of Chromatin Regulatory Proteins”
🕛 12:15PM | 📍1220 MRB III
🧬 Dr. Danette Daniels (Foghorn Therapeutics) presents:
“Towards New Cancer Medicines with Degraders of Chromatin Regulatory Proteins”
🕛 12:15PM | 📍1220 MRB III
October 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Join us Wed, Nov 5 for the next VICB Seminar!
🧬 Dr. Danette Daniels (Foghorn Therapeutics) presents:
“Towards New Cancer Medicines with Degraders of Chromatin Regulatory Proteins”
🕛 12:15PM | 📍1220 MRB III
🧬 Dr. Danette Daniels (Foghorn Therapeutics) presents:
“Towards New Cancer Medicines with Degraders of Chromatin Regulatory Proteins”
🕛 12:15PM | 📍1220 MRB III
Vanderbilt scientists are tackling a major hurdle for AI in drug discovery and improving model reliability for new protein targets.
🔗https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/10/16/vanderbilt-scientist-tackles-key-roadblock-for-ai-in-drug-discovery/
🔗https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/10/16/vanderbilt-scientist-tackles-key-roadblock-for-ai-in-drug-discovery/
October 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Vanderbilt scientists are tackling a major hurdle for AI in drug discovery and improving model reliability for new protein targets.
🔗https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/10/16/vanderbilt-scientist-tackles-key-roadblock-for-ai-in-drug-discovery/
🔗https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/10/16/vanderbilt-scientist-tackles-key-roadblock-for-ai-in-drug-discovery/
Vanderbilt’s Neuert lab unveils TrueSpot, an algorithm to better automate microscopy image analysis.
Learn more ⏩https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/10/06/new-algorithmic-tool-can-improve-microscopy-image-analysis-making-improvements-across-fields/
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Learn more ⏩https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/10/06/new-algorithmic-tool-can-improve-microscopy-image-analysis-making-improvements-across-fields/
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October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Vanderbilt’s Neuert lab unveils TrueSpot, an algorithm to better automate microscopy image analysis.
Learn more ⏩https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/10/06/new-algorithmic-tool-can-improve-microscopy-image-analysis-making-improvements-across-fields/
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Learn more ⏩https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/10/06/new-algorithmic-tool-can-improve-microscopy-image-analysis-making-improvements-across-fields/
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⏰ Deadline coming up!
Apply by Oct 15 for the VICB Ambassador Travel Award. A chance to represent Vanderbilt, share your research, and inspire future scientists.
📩 Send apps to vicb@vanderbilt.edu
Apply by Oct 15 for the VICB Ambassador Travel Award. A chance to represent Vanderbilt, share your research, and inspire future scientists.
📩 Send apps to vicb@vanderbilt.edu
October 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
⏰ Deadline coming up!
Apply by Oct 15 for the VICB Ambassador Travel Award. A chance to represent Vanderbilt, share your research, and inspire future scientists.
📩 Send apps to vicb@vanderbilt.edu
Apply by Oct 15 for the VICB Ambassador Travel Award. A chance to represent Vanderbilt, share your research, and inspire future scientists.
📩 Send apps to vicb@vanderbilt.edu
📢 VICB Seminar
🗓️ Oct 15 | 12:15 PM | 1220 MRB III
🎤 Yan Zhang (Zhejiang Univ.)
Talk: “GPCR Exoframe Modulators: From de novo design to applications”
Co-sponsored by Pharmacology.
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
🗓️ Oct 15 | 12:15 PM | 1220 MRB III
🎤 Yan Zhang (Zhejiang Univ.)
Talk: “GPCR Exoframe Modulators: From de novo design to applications”
Co-sponsored by Pharmacology.
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
September 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
📢 VICB Seminar
🗓️ Oct 15 | 12:15 PM | 1220 MRB III
🎤 Yan Zhang (Zhejiang Univ.)
Talk: “GPCR Exoframe Modulators: From de novo design to applications”
Co-sponsored by Pharmacology.
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
🗓️ Oct 15 | 12:15 PM | 1220 MRB III
🎤 Yan Zhang (Zhejiang Univ.)
Talk: “GPCR Exoframe Modulators: From de novo design to applications”
Co-sponsored by Pharmacology.
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
New research from Vanderbilt scientists sheds light on ion channel biology with potential implications for future therapies.
Read the latest: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
Read the latest: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
September 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
New research from Vanderbilt scientists sheds light on ion channel biology with potential implications for future therapies.
Read the latest: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
Read the latest: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
Join us as the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB) Wednesday, September 24!
Dr. Tobin Sosnick from the University of Chicago will present at 12:15PM in 1220 MRB III, hosted by Dr. Hassane Mchaourab.
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
Dr. Tobin Sosnick from the University of Chicago will present at 12:15PM in 1220 MRB III, hosted by Dr. Hassane Mchaourab.
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
September 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Join us as the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB) Wednesday, September 24!
Dr. Tobin Sosnick from the University of Chicago will present at 12:15PM in 1220 MRB III, hosted by Dr. Hassane Mchaourab.
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
Dr. Tobin Sosnick from the University of Chicago will present at 12:15PM in 1220 MRB III, hosted by Dr. Hassane Mchaourab.
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
🚨 New VICB Publications 🚨
From antidepressant mechanisms to infection biology, diabetes risk, RNA structure & cancer biology—our members are pushing discovery forward.
Read the latest here: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
From antidepressant mechanisms to infection biology, diabetes risk, RNA structure & cancer biology—our members are pushing discovery forward.
Read the latest here: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
September 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🚨 New VICB Publications 🚨
From antidepressant mechanisms to infection biology, diabetes risk, RNA structure & cancer biology—our members are pushing discovery forward.
Read the latest here: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
From antidepressant mechanisms to infection biology, diabetes risk, RNA structure & cancer biology—our members are pushing discovery forward.
Read the latest here: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
Join us TODAY, as the VICB seminar series continues!
We are excited to welcome Dr. Mo Seyedsayamdost from Princeton University, who will present “Natural Product Antibiotics: Past, Present, Future.”
We are excited to welcome Dr. Mo Seyedsayamdost from Princeton University, who will present “Natural Product Antibiotics: Past, Present, Future.”
September 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Join us TODAY, as the VICB seminar series continues!
We are excited to welcome Dr. Mo Seyedsayamdost from Princeton University, who will present “Natural Product Antibiotics: Past, Present, Future.”
We are excited to welcome Dr. Mo Seyedsayamdost from Princeton University, who will present “Natural Product Antibiotics: Past, Present, Future.”
👏 Congrats to Dr. Prashant Donthamsetti on new NIH funding for his project developing a Tag-Guided Drug platform to study brain signaling with precision!
🔗 reporter.nih.gov/project-deta...
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social #research #nih #funding #brain #congrats #neuroscience #new #drugdiscovery
🔗 reporter.nih.gov/project-deta...
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social #research #nih #funding #brain #congrats #neuroscience #new #drugdiscovery
September 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
👏 Congrats to Dr. Prashant Donthamsetti on new NIH funding for his project developing a Tag-Guided Drug platform to study brain signaling with precision!
🔗 reporter.nih.gov/project-deta...
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social #research #nih #funding #brain #congrats #neuroscience #new #drugdiscovery
🔗 reporter.nih.gov/project-deta...
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social #research #nih #funding #brain #congrats #neuroscience #new #drugdiscovery
🚨 New VICB Publications
📖 Peptide C-termini modification (bioRxiv)
🧪 Potent Mcl-1 inhibitors (J. Med. Chem.)
📑 Tryptophan halogenation (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.)
🔬 Pin1 isomerization mechanism (PNAS)
💊 3D collagen screen in colorectal cancer (Comm. Biol.)
📍 Imaging neutral lipids (JASMS)
📖 Peptide C-termini modification (bioRxiv)
🧪 Potent Mcl-1 inhibitors (J. Med. Chem.)
📑 Tryptophan halogenation (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.)
🔬 Pin1 isomerization mechanism (PNAS)
💊 3D collagen screen in colorectal cancer (Comm. Biol.)
📍 Imaging neutral lipids (JASMS)
September 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🚨 New VICB Publications
📖 Peptide C-termini modification (bioRxiv)
🧪 Potent Mcl-1 inhibitors (J. Med. Chem.)
📑 Tryptophan halogenation (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.)
🔬 Pin1 isomerization mechanism (PNAS)
💊 3D collagen screen in colorectal cancer (Comm. Biol.)
📍 Imaging neutral lipids (JASMS)
📖 Peptide C-termini modification (bioRxiv)
🧪 Potent Mcl-1 inhibitors (J. Med. Chem.)
📑 Tryptophan halogenation (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.)
🔬 Pin1 isomerization mechanism (PNAS)
💊 3D collagen screen in colorectal cancer (Comm. Biol.)
📍 Imaging neutral lipids (JASMS)
Join us Sept 10 at 12:15 PM in 1220 MRB III for the VICB Seminar with Christian Melander (Notre Dame):
“Small Molecule Approaches to Disarming Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms.”
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social #lecture #notredame
“Small Molecule Approaches to Disarming Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms.”
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social #lecture #notredame
September 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Join us Sept 10 at 12:15 PM in 1220 MRB III for the VICB Seminar with Christian Melander (Notre Dame):
“Small Molecule Approaches to Disarming Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms.”
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social #lecture #notredame
“Small Molecule Approaches to Disarming Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms.”
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social #lecture #notredame
VICB researchers continue to advance science across a wide range of fields. Recent publications are available now.
Explore the full list of new papers here: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
Explore the full list of new papers here: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
September 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
VICB researchers continue to advance science across a wide range of fields. Recent publications are available now.
Explore the full list of new papers here: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
Explore the full list of new papers here: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
VICB Seminar Series:
Dr. Chaitan Khosla (Stanford) — “Chemical Biology of Celiac Disease”
🗓 Wed | 12:15 PM CT
📍 MRB III, Room 1220
🎤 Hosted by Dr. Allison Walker
👉 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
#thursday #vanderbilt #research #lecture #study #chemisty #celiac #disease #biology
Dr. Chaitan Khosla (Stanford) — “Chemical Biology of Celiac Disease”
🗓 Wed | 12:15 PM CT
📍 MRB III, Room 1220
🎤 Hosted by Dr. Allison Walker
👉 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
#thursday #vanderbilt #research #lecture #study #chemisty #celiac #disease #biology
August 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
VICB Seminar Series:
Dr. Chaitan Khosla (Stanford) — “Chemical Biology of Celiac Disease”
🗓 Wed | 12:15 PM CT
📍 MRB III, Room 1220
🎤 Hosted by Dr. Allison Walker
👉 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
#thursday #vanderbilt #research #lecture #study #chemisty #celiac #disease #biology
Dr. Chaitan Khosla (Stanford) — “Chemical Biology of Celiac Disease”
🗓 Wed | 12:15 PM CT
📍 MRB III, Room 1220
🎤 Hosted by Dr. Allison Walker
👉 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
#thursday #vanderbilt #research #lecture #study #chemisty #celiac #disease #biology
📢Just Published by VICB Researchers!
Our faculty are making strong strides across computational biology, structural biochemistry, immunology, oncology, and beyond.
Find the full collection of VICB publications here:
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publications/
Our faculty are making strong strides across computational biology, structural biochemistry, immunology, oncology, and beyond.
Find the full collection of VICB publications here:
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publications/
August 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
📢Just Published by VICB Researchers!
Our faculty are making strong strides across computational biology, structural biochemistry, immunology, oncology, and beyond.
Find the full collection of VICB publications here:
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publications/
Our faculty are making strong strides across computational biology, structural biochemistry, immunology, oncology, and beyond.
Find the full collection of VICB publications here:
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publications/
🌟 Applications Open: VICB Ambassador Travel Award
4th & 5th year grad students:
📅 Apply by Oct 15
📧 Send materials to vicb@vanderbilt.edu
#Represent Vanderbilt. #Share your research. #Inspire the next generation of scientists.
4th & 5th year grad students:
📅 Apply by Oct 15
📧 Send materials to vicb@vanderbilt.edu
#Represent Vanderbilt. #Share your research. #Inspire the next generation of scientists.
August 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🌟 Applications Open: VICB Ambassador Travel Award
4th & 5th year grad students:
📅 Apply by Oct 15
📧 Send materials to vicb@vanderbilt.edu
#Represent Vanderbilt. #Share your research. #Inspire the next generation of scientists.
4th & 5th year grad students:
📅 Apply by Oct 15
📧 Send materials to vicb@vanderbilt.edu
#Represent Vanderbilt. #Share your research. #Inspire the next generation of scientists.
The @VUBiochem Dept. is recruiting 2 Assistant Professors — including a VICB-led search in chemical biology with rich collaboration opportunities across VUMChealth, WCNDD_TN & more. Apply now @ apply.interfolio.com/171767
#HiringNow #highereducation #vanderbilt
#HiringNow #highereducation #vanderbilt
August 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The @VUBiochem Dept. is recruiting 2 Assistant Professors — including a VICB-led search in chemical biology with rich collaboration opportunities across VUMChealth, WCNDD_TN & more. Apply now @ apply.interfolio.com/171767
#HiringNow #highereducation #vanderbilt
#HiringNow #highereducation #vanderbilt
#New research from VICB faculty! 🧪
🔹 Stephen Fesik and Alex Waterson co-authors a
@JMedChem
paper on BI-2493, a pan-KRAS inhibitor with in vivo efficacy
🔹 Ken Lau features in 3 studies on spatial transcriptomics, microbiota-immune signaling & data management
🔹 Stephen Fesik and Alex Waterson co-authors a
@JMedChem
paper on BI-2493, a pan-KRAS inhibitor with in vivo efficacy
🔹 Ken Lau features in 3 studies on spatial transcriptomics, microbiota-immune signaling & data management
August 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
#New research from VICB faculty! 🧪
🔹 Stephen Fesik and Alex Waterson co-authors a
@JMedChem
paper on BI-2493, a pan-KRAS inhibitor with in vivo efficacy
🔹 Ken Lau features in 3 studies on spatial transcriptomics, microbiota-immune signaling & data management
🔹 Stephen Fesik and Alex Waterson co-authors a
@JMedChem
paper on BI-2493, a pan-KRAS inhibitor with in vivo efficacy
🔹 Ken Lau features in 3 studies on spatial transcriptomics, microbiota-immune signaling & data management
Honored to host Dr. Martin Burke (@chemistryIllinois) as keynote at the VICB Student Research Symposium! His talk, "Imagine a World Where Anyone Can Make Molecules," is inspiring the next generation of molecular makers.
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@vanderbilt.edu @vubasicsciences.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Honored to host Dr. Martin Burke (@chemistryIllinois) as keynote at the VICB Student Research Symposium! His talk, "Imagine a World Where Anyone Can Make Molecules," is inspiring the next generation of molecular makers.
@vanderbilt.edu @vubasicsciences.bsky.social
@vanderbilt.edu @vubasicsciences.bsky.social