Bill Snyder

September 26, 2013

Noted science writer Zimmer set for next Discovery Lecture

Award-winning New York Times science writer and columnist Carl Zimmer will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 3, on setting science “right” when it goes “wrong.”

By Bill Snyder
September 26, 2013

Best-selling author Warner kicks off Conte Center events

Judith Warner, award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller “Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety,” will speak at Nashville’s Adventure Science Center at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 8.

By Bill Snyder
September 26, 2013

Grant broadens graduate, postdoc training programs

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop “bold and innovative approaches to broaden graduate and postdoctoral training.”

By Bill Snyder
September 24, 2013

Twelfth annual Vanderbilt Research Retreat set for Oct. 4

The Vanderbilt community is invited to attend the 12th annual Research Retreat, a showcase of cutting-edge biomedical science by Vanderbilt faculty members and trainees.

By Bill Snyder
September 19, 2013

VU study brings genome’s ‘dark matter’ into light

Using technology he helped develop, Vanderbilt University scientist Bryan Venters, Ph.D., has shed new light on the “dark matter” of the genome and has begun to explore a possible new approach to treating cancer.

By Bill Snyder
September 19, 2013

Learning expert Merzenich set for Discovery Lecture

Michael Merzenich, Ph.D., author of “Soft-Wired: How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Can Change Your Life,” will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in 208 Light Hall.

By Bill Snyder
September 19, 2013

Transporter linked to autism risk

Vanderbilt University investigators for the first time have linked a non-inherited, de novo mutation in the dopamine transporter to autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
By Bill Snyder
September 12, 2013

Two named to National Academies’ advisory board

Vanderbilt University’s Roger D. Cone, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Heitman, Ph.D., have been appointed to the National Academies’ Board on Life Sciences, which advises the government and scientific community on a wide range of topics, from stem cell research to bioterrorism.
By Bill Snyder
September 12, 2013

Nobel laureate Beutler to speak at VU Sept. 23

Nobel laureate Bruce Beutler, M.D., will discuss his research on innate immunity during a noon seminar Monday, Sept. 23, in 208 Light Hall.
By Bill Snyder
September 5, 2013

Discovery Lecture explores brain’s addiction mechanisms

By Bill Snyder
September 5, 2013

‘Simple Beginnings’ ceremony welcomes 98 doctoral students

By Bill Snyder
August 29, 2013

Basic science training grants hit NIH funding ‘grand slam’

When it comes to government funding of basic science training programs for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, Vanderbilt University Medical Center hit a grand slam this year, officials said.
By Bill Snyder
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