Today at 4pm in 214 Light Hall! Pharmacology guest Demet Arac will present her seminar titled: Structural analysis and conformational dynamics of a holo-adhesion GPCR reveal interplay between extracellular and transmembrane domains.

We hope to see you there!

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Congratulations to Amy Stark and Zahra Farahbakhsh (@CodySiciliano lab) for being selected as recipients of the Provost’s Pathbreaking Discovery Award!

Vanderbilt/Nashville was the shortest but sweetest trip!!! thank you to The Calipari Lab for the invite/hospitality and all the incredible faculty, staff, trainees, and fellows i had the pleasure to meet with 🤗

🎉 Congrats to Lisa Monteggia who has received the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award from U of I School of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of Illinois U of I College of LAS!

Read on to learn about her impressive journey that led her to Vanderbilt Pharmacology and become the director of Vanderbilt Brain Institute 👇

mcb.illinois.edu/news/2024-04-0…

Pioneering work from Vanderbilt Pharmacology's Tina Iverson's lab and @Prash_Singh unveils how bacteria propel themselves. New structures illuminate the flagellar motor's role in navigation. #SciComm #CryoEM #MicroBio

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We're here at the Vanderbilt Center For Addiction Research event listening to amazing speakers, including Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh, Maxime Chevée, Zahra Farahbakhsh, and learning about the latest in #addiction research!

Today is the day! Can’t wait to see you all at the Vanderbilt Center For Addiction Research event this morning!

OUT NOW:🦠🏊‍♀️ #cryoEM analyses of the flagellar C- and MS-rings reveal mechanistic insights into directional switching and torque generation #chemotaxis by Prash Vanderbilt University

nature.com/articles/s4156…

The posterior hippocampal tail is an important seizure node in humans and may be a promising interventional target in epilepsy Ryan Jamiolkowski, Quynh-Anh Nguyen, Soltesz Lab, Stanford Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt Pharmacology nature.com/articles/s4159…

On the basic science side, my lab Vanderbilt Pharmacology and Vanderbilt Brain Institute is looking for motivated and talented researchers to help us uncover further secrets of the FC and solve other mysteries of the brain. Please reach out if interested in joining us! (8/8)

Who is excited for VCAR Science day! So many amazing speakers!

📢📢Join us today!! Guest speaker Aashish Manglik, M.D., Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco will present his seminar titled 'Cracking Codes in Cellular Communication' 4pm in 214 Light Hall! See you there!

Fourteen biomedical sciences students from across the School of Medicine Basic Sciences and the School of Medicine have been awarded the Provost Pathbreaking Discovery Award from VU Graduate School.

Congratulations to all awardees!

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➡️ Vanderbilt Research Safety Fair is an opportunity to build relationships & network with researchers and the administrators that support them!

Details ...
🗓️ April 11
🕐 1pm-3:30pm
🏫 Engineering Science Building Lobby
👉 vanderbilt.edu/ehs/rsf2024/

Benjamin Patrick Brown is recruiting for a Data Scientist to work on computational methods in chemistry, structural biology, and AI to foster insights that accelerate drug development! bpbrownlab.org

Apply Here: ecsr.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

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🎉 Join us in extending a heartfelt congratulations to our esteemed faculty members who have recently received promotions or taken on new appointments.

Read on about these remarkable people! 👇

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That’s a wrap on the 2024 Joel G. Hardman Student-Invited Pharmacology Forum!

Thank you to our guest speakers and panelists, who all helped to make this event possible.

Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences

Save the date for the next VU Chemical Biology seminar with Michelle Arkin ArkinLab UC San Francisco: “Chemical Biology Approach to Caspase-6 as a New Target in Alzheimer’s Disease.” Co-sponsored by the Department of Pharmacology.

April 10, 12:15 pm
1220 MRB III

Today at 4pm in 214 Light Hall!!

Luisa Arispe presents: 'Vascular Aging and Dementia'

Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center Vanderbilt Cell and Developmental Biology