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Noah Bradley wins Karpay Award
Nov. 19, 2021—Congratulations to Noah Bradley, of the Eichman Lab, for being named the 2022 recipient of The Karpay Award in Structural Biology. “I am very grateful and humbled to receive this award,” Noah said. Noah joined Brandt Eichman’s lab in 2017 after graduating from The Ohio State University in 2016 with a major in molecular genetics....
Commodore Alum brings DeepMind to AlphaFold
Nov. 5, 2021—Vanderbilt alum Dr. John Jumper took a unique path to becoming research lead for the groundbreaking protein structure prediction database, AlphaFold. Jumper is a research scientist at DeepMind and leads a team developing new computational methods to enable accurate predictions of protein behavior, most notably 3-D protein structures. With his scientific accomplishments to date, you...
Marnett stepping down as dean of Basic Sciences
Oct. 27, 2021—Lawrence J. Marnett, PhD, will step down as dean of Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine Basic Sciences effective June 30, 2022. He was its inaugural dean and key in leading its ascension as one of the nation’s top biomedical research & doctoral programs. He plans to return to the faculty in 2023 after taking a...
CSB Alumni Spotlight: Norie Sugitani, PhD
Oct. 27, 2021—Norie Sugitani, Ph.D., completed her doctoral work at Vanderbilt in 2017. Her aspirations to become an astronaut led her from her birthplace in Western Japan to the United States, eventually leading her to the lab of Walter Chazin. A major health challenge facing astronauts is high exposure to radiation from the sun, which led her...
CSB Spotlight: Nakagawa Lab
Oct. 27, 2021—Teru Nakagawa, professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, serves as the scientific director for the CSB Cryo-EM facility, but he’s also very involved in other programs and centers, including the Molecular Biophysics Training Program, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences and the Vanderbilt Brain Institute. He also uses a diverse range of techniques to address...
Brown and Wan win NIH New Innovator Awards
Oct. 14, 2021—Breann Brown and Will Wan, both assistant professors of biochemistry and CSB faculty, have been awarded NIH Director’s New Innovator Awards. They are among three Vanderbilt researchers to receive an award for their high-risk, high-reward research. The award will support Breann’s project, Off the beaten path(way): Spatiotemporal investigation of protein assemblies controlling mitochondrial metabolism, where...
Chuck Sanders Receives Armstrong Mentoring Award
Sep. 23, 2021—Congratulations to Chuck Sanders, professor of Biochemistry and Medicine, on receiving the 2021 Richard Armstrong Mentoring Award from the Department of Biochemistry! Chuck was selected for his outstanding and tireless dedication to mentoring approximately 20 undergraduate students, 12 graduate students and 29 current and former postdoctoral trainees, as well as his leadership and contributions to...
CSB Lab Spotlight: Brown Lab
Sep. 23, 2021—Breann Brown, Ph.D., came to Vanderbilt University in January 2019 after completing a postdoc at MIT in the lab of Dr. Tania Baker. Although a relatively new PI, the assistant professor in Biochemistry recognizes the importance that donuts can have on lab productivity! Read more about Dr. Brown and her lab. What projects does your...
Research Spotlight: Meiler Lab
Sep. 23, 2021—RosettaCM drives computational modeling for antibody regions with high variability Structural information on antibody-antigen interactions is a crucial resource for understanding antibody-mediated immunity, but experimental structural information is often elusive and time-consuming to acquire. Computational modeling of antibodies and their docking to antigens has therefore become an important driver in antibody and vaccine design. The...
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
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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...
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