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Compiled by Chuck Sanders to accompany Protein Society newsletter article (Sept. 2024 issue): Critical Points and The Unsinkable Lipid Raft Hypothesis Reverse Chronological Order The Membrane Phase Transition Gives Rise to Responsive Plasma Membrane Structure and Function. Shelby SA, Veatch SL.  Cold Spring… Read More

By Chuck Sanders When I was 13, my brother Scott (12) and I joined our neighbors Matha (12) and Jay (10) on a trip to their family cottage on the bank of the Allegheny River in western Pennsylvania. I had fantasized about this trip for months; I… Read More

Photo by Kate Joyce and Santa Fe Institute Venki Ramakrishnan, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England Group Leader “Why We Die” Friday, September 27, 2024, 3:00 p.m., 208 Light Hall A reception will immediately follow the lecture in the Langford Auditorium atrium. Abstract:… Read More

Quincy Hall describes the experience of arriving on the West Coast as an out-of-state junior college student: “…that’s where the grit comes from. When you have no food. You’ve got to get your own food. No cafeteria. No study hall. None of that. You find out how to be a dog by yourself.” Read More

Apex Lecture: Venki Ramakrishan, “Why We Die” Agenda 3:00  Introduction, John Kuriyan, Dean, Basic Sciences, School of Medicine… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences is soliciting 2024 applications for research awards from the Stanley Cohen Innovation Fund. The Cohen fund supports high-risk, ground-breaking research with the potential to open new fields of scientific inquiry and biomedical impact. Read More

From the dean Basic science at Vanderbilt University: A Brief History A Nobel-worthy discovery spawns a new field—and new therapies Cell and Developmental Biology pushes the limits of cancer research Diabetes discoveries: Transforming understanding and care Pharmacology’s tradition of academic excellence and mentorship… Read More

  Walter Chazin, Ph.D., received a B.Sc. in chemistry from McGill University in 1975 and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Concordia University in Montreal in 1983. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Kurt Wüthrich at the E.T.H. in Switzerland (2002 Nobel laureate in Chemistry). After 13… Read More

Dive into the sesquicentennial edition of Vestigo, the flagship publication for the School of Medicine Basic Sciences at Vanderbilt University. Issue 5 offers a treasure trove of articles that celebrate 150 years of groundbreaking research, discoveries, and the brilliant minds who have shaped the scientific landscape at Vanderbilt. Read More

By Chuck Sanders, Vice Dean of the Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences Everyone, including me, has strong opinions about the most prestigious scientific journals such as Cell, Science, and Nature, but we all agree we’d like our papers to be published in these “pinnacle” venues! At least in an… Read More