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By Andy Flick, Evolutionary Studies scientific coordinator Graduate student Reese Martin and his doctoral advisor, Ann Tate, assistant professor of biological sciences, used theoretical modeling to identify a potential relationship between genetic pleiotropy and the evolution of immune responses. The pair authored a paper titled, “Pleiotropy promotes… Read More

By Dr. Andy Flick Evolutionary Studies scientific coordinator Kyle David showing high school students differences between mammal skulls This spring, a new partnership formed between Evolutionary Studies at Vanderbilt and Dismas House, a residential reentry program for men leaving Tennessee state prisons and jails. Dr. Kyle David, a postdoctoral researcher… Read More

By Kelly Tingle, Evolutionary Studies communications assistant The cultural evolution of a population depends not only on size but also on the degree of specialization within a population, according to a new study published last month by a team of scientists including Biological Sciences Assistant Professor Nicole… Read More

By Tatum Lyles Flick, Evolutionary Studies communications volunteer consultant Though many researchers have considered how fish survive in extreme cold, using everything from antifreeze glycoproteins that protect cells to not producing hemoglobin, few have taken a molecular approach to evaluate how they are able to see in such conditions. In… Read More

By: Andy Flick, Evolutionary Studies scientific coordinator Monica Keith, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, recently co-authored a paper addressing severe climate events in Bangladesh and their lasting effects on human health outcomes. Working with Shodagor fishing families in Matlab, the team found that body mass decreased following the flood… Read More

By Kelly Tingle, Evolutionary Studies communications assistant Former Vanderbilt University undergraduate student Miya Hugaboom provides insight into fungal mitochondrial genomic evolution in a paper she published recently as lead author, along with Biological Sciences graduate student Annie Hatmaker and Professor Antonis Rokas. The study focused on the mitochondrial… Read More

By Kelly Tingle, Evolutionary Studies science communications assistant **This story has been edited to included information about the Collaborative for STEM Education and Outreach Local students from Stratford and Overton high schools got to excavate 70-million-year-old oysters, clams, and shrimp at the ESI Fossil Search, a field trip sponsored in… Read More

By: Andy Flick, Evolutionary Studies scientific coordinator Kristen Ogden Kristen Ogden, an assistant professor in the Pediatrics and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology departments, studies what happens when two viruses attack the same cell – also known as coinfection. In a recent study led by an alumnus of her lab,… Read More

Please consider your laboratory’s interest and ability to host a high school student for a research internship. These academically motivated students have a demonstrated interest in STEM research and participate in the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt (SSMV) and the Research Experience for High School Students (REHSS) programs. Read More

Sam Smith just finished his Ph.D. at Brown University in the lab of Sohini Ramachandran. He spent 2016-2017 as an undergraduate researcher in the lab of Antonis Rokas. He is now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Texas, Austin, in the lab of Arbel Harpak. Sam took time for… Read More