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🧬 🪦 Dean emeritus Larry Marnett, Mike Goodman (staff scientist in the Sanders lab), and senior advisor to the dean Chuck Sanders paid their annual visit to the grave of Oswald Avery, the scientist “best known for his discovery that DNA serves as genetic material.
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November 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🧬 🪦 Dean emeritus Larry Marnett, Mike Goodman (staff scientist in the Sanders lab), and senior advisor to the dean Chuck Sanders paid their annual visit to the grave of Oswald Avery, the scientist “best known for his discovery that DNA serves as genetic material.
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profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/cc
👻 Happy Halloween! What looks like a haunting group of glowing ghosts is actually a Drosophila (fruit fly) pupal notum — a sheet of cells captured with scattered spots expressing a GFP-tagged microtubule minus-end binding protein, Patronin.
📸: Pankajam Thyagarajan, postdoc in the Page-McCaw lab
📸: Pankajam Thyagarajan, postdoc in the Page-McCaw lab
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
👻 Happy Halloween! What looks like a haunting group of glowing ghosts is actually a Drosophila (fruit fly) pupal notum — a sheet of cells captured with scattered spots expressing a GFP-tagged microtubule minus-end binding protein, Patronin.
📸: Pankajam Thyagarajan, postdoc in the Page-McCaw lab
📸: Pankajam Thyagarajan, postdoc in the Page-McCaw lab
✨ Today is #NationalAgingAwarenessDay! Our scientists are uncovering the secrets of aging by exploring how genetics, metabolism, and cellular processes shape health across the lifespan.
#AgingResearch #Aging #Research #Science
#AgingResearch #Aging #Research #Science
September 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
✨ Today is #NationalAgingAwarenessDay! Our scientists are uncovering the secrets of aging by exploring how genetics, metabolism, and cellular processes shape health across the lifespan.
#AgingResearch #Aging #Research #Science
#AgingResearch #Aging #Research #Science
🎉 It’s National Postdoc Appreciation Week! We’re proud to celebrate the brilliant postdoc scholars who drive discovery, fuel innovation, and enrich our community. ✨
To our postdocs: THANK YOU. 🙌🏿 🙌 🙌🏾
💛 Drop a message of appreciation to a postdoc in your life this week! #NPAW
To our postdocs: THANK YOU. 🙌🏿 🙌 🙌🏾
💛 Drop a message of appreciation to a postdoc in your life this week! #NPAW
September 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
🎉 It’s National Postdoc Appreciation Week! We’re proud to celebrate the brilliant postdoc scholars who drive discovery, fuel innovation, and enrich our community. ✨
To our postdocs: THANK YOU. 🙌🏿 🙌 🙌🏾
💛 Drop a message of appreciation to a postdoc in your life this week! #NPAW
To our postdocs: THANK YOU. 🙌🏿 🙌 🙌🏾
💛 Drop a message of appreciation to a postdoc in your life this week! #NPAW
🎉 Join us in congratulating Philip Walker, director of Vanderbilt’s Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library and Learning Center, who has been elected chair of the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine!
newsonline.library.vanderbilt.edu/2025/07/hear...
newsonline.library.vanderbilt.edu/2025/07/hear...
September 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🎉 Join us in congratulating Philip Walker, director of Vanderbilt’s Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library and Learning Center, who has been elected chair of the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine!
newsonline.library.vanderbilt.edu/2025/07/hear...
newsonline.library.vanderbilt.edu/2025/07/hear...
🎉 The VICB Student Research Symposium was a fantastic success! The event brought together graduate students and postdocs to showcase their cutting-edge research through presentations and posters.
Check out more of the breakthrough research being done at VICB 👉 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/
Check out more of the breakthrough research being done at VICB 👉 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/
August 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🎉 The VICB Student Research Symposium was a fantastic success! The event brought together graduate students and postdocs to showcase their cutting-edge research through presentations and posters.
Check out more of the breakthrough research being done at VICB 👉 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/
Check out more of the breakthrough research being done at VICB 👉 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/
🫁 Today is #WorldLungCancerDay and researchers in our departments are investigating lung cancer’s immune biology, metabolism, signaling pathways, and how it spreads—all to develop more effective and longer-lasting therapies.
📸: Lung adenocarcinoma. Credit: Librepath, CC BY-SA 3.0
📸: Lung adenocarcinoma. Credit: Librepath, CC BY-SA 3.0
August 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🫁 Today is #WorldLungCancerDay and researchers in our departments are investigating lung cancer’s immune biology, metabolism, signaling pathways, and how it spreads—all to develop more effective and longer-lasting therapies.
📸: Lung adenocarcinoma. Credit: Librepath, CC BY-SA 3.0
📸: Lung adenocarcinoma. Credit: Librepath, CC BY-SA 3.0
🧫 July 28 is #WorldHepatitisDay. Viral hepatitis still impacts over 350 million people globally, often without early symptoms. At our school, researchers are helping lead the charge—studying how viruses interact with the immune system, how liver inflammation progresses, and how to stop it.
July 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🧫 July 28 is #WorldHepatitisDay. Viral hepatitis still impacts over 350 million people globally, often without early symptoms. At our school, researchers are helping lead the charge—studying how viruses interact with the immune system, how liver inflammation progresses, and how to stop it.
🇺🇸 We hope everyone had a safe and festive Fourth of July! As you return to your labs, classrooms, and collaborations, we wish you renewed energy and inspiration. ✨
July 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🇺🇸 We hope everyone had a safe and festive Fourth of July! As you return to your labs, classrooms, and collaborations, we wish you renewed energy and inspiration. ✨
Happy Fourth of July! 🇺🇸 Whether you're spending time in the lab or enjoying fireworks with friends and family, we wish you a safe and joyful Independence Day! ✨ Enjoy this red (nucleus), white (Golgi apparatus), and blue (actin filaments) crawling cell videoed through a microscope. 📸: Dylan Burnette
July 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Happy Fourth of July! 🇺🇸 Whether you're spending time in the lab or enjoying fireworks with friends and family, we wish you a safe and joyful Independence Day! ✨ Enjoy this red (nucleus), white (Golgi apparatus), and blue (actin filaments) crawling cell videoed through a microscope. 📸: Dylan Burnette
Congrats to Sharon Roth! 👏🏾👏👏🏻👏🏽 She works in Doug Mitchell's lab and her favorite thing about the department? How kind and welcoming folks are! "Everyone I've met in other labs, in classes, at department events, at instrument facilities has been fantastic."
June 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Congrats to Sharon Roth! 👏🏾👏👏🏻👏🏽 She works in Doug Mitchell's lab and her favorite thing about the department? How kind and welcoming folks are! "Everyone I've met in other labs, in classes, at department events, at instrument facilities has been fantastic."
🚨 Relocation update! The student-facing teams from BRET have officially settled into their new spaces—joining the already relocated BRET admin, Pod 2, Pod 3, and human resources teams. Stay tuned for an upcoming event to explore the refreshed spaces and celebrate together! 🎉
June 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🚨 Relocation update! The student-facing teams from BRET have officially settled into their new spaces—joining the already relocated BRET admin, Pod 2, Pod 3, and human resources teams. Stay tuned for an upcoming event to explore the refreshed spaces and celebrate together! 🎉
Congrats to Mathew Frischman, the Department of Biochemistry May Trainee of the Month! 👏🏾👏👏🏻👏🏽
Mathew works in John Kuriyan's lab and his advice for other students is to not take advice from a second year. 😆 "My second piece of advice is to try new methods for standard techniques."
Mathew works in John Kuriyan's lab and his advice for other students is to not take advice from a second year. 😆 "My second piece of advice is to try new methods for standard techniques."
May 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Congrats to Mathew Frischman, the Department of Biochemistry May Trainee of the Month! 👏🏾👏👏🏻👏🏽
Mathew works in John Kuriyan's lab and his advice for other students is to not take advice from a second year. 😆 "My second piece of advice is to try new methods for standard techniques."
Mathew works in John Kuriyan's lab and his advice for other students is to not take advice from a second year. 😆 "My second piece of advice is to try new methods for standard techniques."
Congrats to Kelly O’Rourke, the Department of Biochemistry's Trainee of the Month! 👏🏾👏👏🏻👏🏽 Kelly works in the lab of @dougkojetin.bsky.social and her advice for other students Make self-care a priority. "When I have balance in other areas of my life, I feel more productive and motivated in the lab."
April 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Congrats to Kelly O’Rourke, the Department of Biochemistry's Trainee of the Month! 👏🏾👏👏🏻👏🏽 Kelly works in the lab of @dougkojetin.bsky.social and her advice for other students Make self-care a priority. "When I have balance in other areas of my life, I feel more productive and motivated in the lab."
📢 Happening TODAY! Join us for a compelling lecture by Jin Zhang from UC San Diego about the biochemical activity architecture of the cell. 🧬
🗓 Thursday, April 17
🕒 3:00 p.m.
📍 1220 MRB III
Stick around for a reception at 4:00 p.m. in the MRB III atrium! 🎉
🗓 Thursday, April 17
🕒 3:00 p.m.
📍 1220 MRB III
Stick around for a reception at 4:00 p.m. in the MRB III atrium! 🎉
April 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
📢 Happening TODAY! Join us for a compelling lecture by Jin Zhang from UC San Diego about the biochemical activity architecture of the cell. 🧬
🗓 Thursday, April 17
🕒 3:00 p.m.
📍 1220 MRB III
Stick around for a reception at 4:00 p.m. in the MRB III atrium! 🎉
🗓 Thursday, April 17
🕒 3:00 p.m.
📍 1220 MRB III
Stick around for a reception at 4:00 p.m. in the MRB III atrium! 🎉
💊 WCNDD scientists explored deuterium substitution to improve an experimental #Alzheimer’s drug, VU6045422, making it more potent and stable. However, unexpected challenges led to the program’s discontinuation—a reminder of the complexities in drug development. doi.org/10.1021/acsc...
April 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
💊 WCNDD scientists explored deuterium substitution to improve an experimental #Alzheimer’s drug, VU6045422, making it more potent and stable. However, unexpected challenges led to the program’s discontinuation—a reminder of the complexities in drug development. doi.org/10.1021/acsc...
🔬High school students: no matter what your passions are, there is a science behind it. You can do that science at Vanderbilt through the Biomedical and Computational Discovery Experience! Apply by April 15 💻 biocodevu.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🔬High school students: no matter what your passions are, there is a science behind it. You can do that science at Vanderbilt through the Biomedical and Computational Discovery Experience! Apply by April 15 💻 biocodevu.com
How do intestinal stem cells in Drosophila detect and repair basement membrane damage? A new study sheds insight on tissue integrity and repair! doi.org/10.1016/j.de...
March 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
How do intestinal stem cells in Drosophila detect and repair basement membrane damage? A new study sheds insight on tissue integrity and repair! doi.org/10.1016/j.de...
Congrats to Stedman Stephens, the Department of Biochemistry's February Trainee of the Month! 👏🏾👏👏🏻👏🏽 Stedman works in the Folkmann lab and currently his favorite experiment is the Gibson assembly.
February 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Congrats to Stedman Stephens, the Department of Biochemistry's February Trainee of the Month! 👏🏾👏👏🏻👏🏽 Stedman works in the Folkmann lab and currently his favorite experiment is the Gibson assembly.
🗓️ Join us for our next Apex Lecture on Feb. 11 by Mitch Lazar, renowned endocrinologist from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. The lecture will begin at 3:00 p.m. in MRB III. A reception will follow! 🎉 https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/01/22/physician-s…
January 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🗓️ Join us for our next Apex Lecture on Feb. 11 by Mitch Lazar, renowned endocrinologist from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. The lecture will begin at 3:00 p.m. in MRB III. A reception will follow! 🎉 https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/01/22/physician-s…
✨ The latest issue of Vestigo is here! 🎉
🔗 Read more about groundbreaking research, our school's history, alum profiles, accolades, and much more in our magazine 👉 https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/communications/vestigo/
🔗 Read more about groundbreaking research, our school's history, alum profiles, accolades, and much more in our magazine 👉 https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/communications/vestigo/
January 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
✨ The latest issue of Vestigo is here! 🎉
🔗 Read more about groundbreaking research, our school's history, alum profiles, accolades, and much more in our magazine 👉 https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/communications/vestigo/
🔗 Read more about groundbreaking research, our school's history, alum profiles, accolades, and much more in our magazine 👉 https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/communications/vestigo/
✨ Hot off the press! The latest issue of Vestigo is here! 📖
Packed with insightful stories, cutting-edge research, and deep dives into basic science.
Read the magazine and highlighted articles 👉 https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/communications/vestigo/
Packed with insightful stories, cutting-edge research, and deep dives into basic science.
Read the magazine and highlighted articles 👉 https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/communications/vestigo/
January 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
✨ Hot off the press! The latest issue of Vestigo is here! 📖
Packed with insightful stories, cutting-edge research, and deep dives into basic science.
Read the magazine and highlighted articles 👉 https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/communications/vestigo/
Packed with insightful stories, cutting-edge research, and deep dives into basic science.
Read the magazine and highlighted articles 👉 https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/communications/vestigo/
Congrats to Anna Eitel, the Department of Biochemistry's January Trainee of the Month! 👏🏾👏👏🏻👏🏽'
Her advice to other students is to persevere! "Everyone has bad days (or even months), but you will only succeed if you don’t give up."
Her advice to other students is to persevere! "Everyone has bad days (or even months), but you will only succeed if you don’t give up."
January 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Congrats to Anna Eitel, the Department of Biochemistry's January Trainee of the Month! 👏🏾👏👏🏻👏🏽'
Her advice to other students is to persevere! "Everyone has bad days (or even months), but you will only succeed if you don’t give up."
Her advice to other students is to persevere! "Everyone has bad days (or even months), but you will only succeed if you don’t give up."
Check out Vandy's top social posts of 2024, including ours about the inaugural @vucellimaging.bsky.social Life is Beautiful Image contest!
📸: Shane Watson (top), James Hayes (bottom left), and Emma Koory (bottom right)
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2024/12/12/best-of-vanderbilt-social-media-2024/
📸: Shane Watson (top), James Hayes (bottom left), and Emma Koory (bottom right)
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2024/12/12/best-of-vanderbilt-social-media-2024/
December 16, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Check out Vandy's top social posts of 2024, including ours about the inaugural @vucellimaging.bsky.social Life is Beautiful Image contest!
📸: Shane Watson (top), James Hayes (bottom left), and Emma Koory (bottom right)
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2024/12/12/best-of-vanderbilt-social-media-2024/
📸: Shane Watson (top), James Hayes (bottom left), and Emma Koory (bottom right)
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2024/12/12/best-of-vanderbilt-social-media-2024/