Karen Davis

Ben Brown, PhD Brown receives NIH funding Congratulations to Ben Brown, research assistant professor in the Meiler lab, on his recent NIH award for his project titled Developing a computational platform for induced-fit and chemogenetic drug design. The goal of the project is to integrate AI and physics-based… Read More

Bill Riner, CSB Sr. Systems Administrator Some days you might think to yourself, “I want to retire and sail around the world.” For Center for Structural Biology Sr. Systems Administrator Bill Riner, that day is coming sooner rather than later. On April 28, Bill officially retires from Vanderbilt University—and… Read More

Figure adapted from Diaz Casas et al. (a) Overlay of the ab initio electron map of the CaM-FF3 complex generated from SAXS and the 3D homology model. Black boxes present a close-up view of the two binding sites. CaM and FF3 are colored orange and green, respectively. Huntington’s disease is… Read More

Figure adapted from Xie et al. Model for the interaction between b’-COP, g’-COP, Glo3 and Arf1 (blue, green, red and pink, respectively). Circled regions indicate COPI mutations important for these interactions. Come take a ride along the intracellular highways that are trafficking pathways! Cells use vesicles to transport diverse… Read More

Chuck Sanders, BiochemsitryPhoto by Joe Howell Chuck Sanders was recently promoted from associate dean for research to vice dean of the Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences by new Dean John Kuriyan. Chuck will continue in the responsibilities that he had been fulfilling… Read More

Walter Chazin, MBTP Director Molecular Biophysics Training Program (MBTP) Director Walter Chazin will sit down with students to gather feedback on the training program and seminar series. The meeting has been moved Tuesday, March 14, at 12:20pm in 1220 MRB3. A limited number of box lunches will… Read More

Yifan Cheng, PhD, UCSF and HHMI The Department of Biochemistry and the CSB will host Dr. Yifan Cheng, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), as The Discovery Lecture Series speaker on Thursday, March 9, at 4pm in 208 Light Hall. Dr. Cheng is an investigator of the… Read More

Walter Chazin, Director, Molecular Biophysics Training Program Molecular Biophysics Training Program (MBTP) Director Walter Chazin will sit down with students to gather feedback on the training program and seminar series. The meeting is scheduled for the regular seminar time slot on Tuesday, March 7, at 12:20pm in… Read More

Top, L to R: Amy Kendall, Mintu Chandra Bottom, L to R: Will Wan, Lauren Jackson Does your protein of interest show favored orientations in cryo-EM? Or perhaps one specific region is poorly resolved relative to another? If so, consider looking into this recent publication from Amy Kendall, Mintu Chandra,… Read More

Allison Walker and John Yang Allison Walker and John Yang, both assistant professors of chemistry, have each been awarded a Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to continue their groundbreaking research. MIRA provides support for a… Read More