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CSB-VI4 DEI Outreach Event – 08/26/21

Sep. 9, 2021—Thanks to all who volunteered at the VI4/CSB August outreach event at Pinson Hospitality House of Nashville! Volunteers included Melissa Farrow, Sierra Gray, Danielle Gutierrez, Borden Lacy and Elliott Spiller. If you missed this event, be on the lookout for future outreach events.

New VU resource for protein expression

Jul. 29, 2021—A facility for the production of soluble and membrane-bound eukaryotic proteins in insect and mammalian cells is now accessible to Vanderbilt research labs. The facility is part of the Program in the Molecular Basis of Genetic Diseases and is headed by Hassane Mchaourab, professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. Services include consultation on feasibility, optimum...

CSB-VI4 DEI Outreach Event – 07/17/21

Jul. 23, 2021—

Fesik wins 2021 Chester Stock Award

Jul. 22, 2021—Congratulations to Stephen Fesik on receiving the GSK Graduate School 2021 C. Chester Stock Award Lectureship. This award is given annually to an individual who has made significant contributions to the advancement of cancer therapy. GSK Graduate School is part of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

CSB Alumni Profile: Eric Warren, PhD

Jul. 22, 2021—Eric Warren, PhD., completed his doctoral work at Vanderbilt in the lab of Brandt Eichman. He might just be Tennessee’s version of Batman. What is your current job and what are your responsibilities? I am currently a Senior Researcher at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and I am also co-owner of SEP Forensic Consultants. By...

Research Spotlight: Mchaourab Lab

Jul. 22, 2021—AlphaFold2 is a breakthrough in modeling transporter conformations AlphaFold2, the neural network-based protein structure prediction algorithm developed by Google, has generated considerable hype in the structural biology community. Will structural biologists be replaced by AI? Is experimental structural biology now obsolete? Has the protein folding problem been solved? Hassane Mchaourab and CPB graduate student Diego...

CSB Alumni Spotlight: Dave Anderson, PhD

Jul. 22, 2021—Dave Anderson, Ph.D., completed his doctoral work at the Medical College of Wisconsin under the direction of Dara Frank, Ph.D., before joining Borden Lacy’s lab as a postdoctoral research fellow in the summer of 2015. What are your current job title and responsibilities? I am a research associate in the laboratory of Justin Merritt at...

Research Spotlight: Egli Lab

May. 21, 2021—Martin Egli, Biochemistry, and Joel Harp, Crystallography Facility Director, have combined X-ray and neutron crystallography to investigate the mechanics of how hydration affects DNA structure. This joint approach is important as structures determined using X-rays can only resolve the water molecules as spheres of electron density around the oxygen atom. Neutrons are scattered by atomic...

Dissertation Defense – Alyssa Rodriguez

May. 13, 2021—Alyssa Rodriguez, of the Eichman Lab, presents the Biological Sciences Dissertation Defense: “Biochemical studies of replication-dependent DNA repair by endonuclease VIII-like 3” on June 4, 11:00am via Zoom. To request the Zoom link, please contact Julian Hillyer.

Dissertation Defense – Oscar Ortega

May. 13, 2021—Oscar Orlando Ortega Sandoval, of the Lopez Lab presents the CPB Dissertation Defense: “Analysis and visualization of signal execution in network-driven biological processes” on May 26, 9:00am via Zoom. To request the Zoom link, please contact Patty Mueller.

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