Bill Snyder Archive — Page 102 of 121

Smiling bearded man in a striped shirt and red tie stands in the foreground of a neuroscience laboratory, while a researcher operates equipment at a workstation behind him.
August 7, 2014

Conn lands Javits Neuroscience Investigator award

Vanderbilt University’s P. Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D., has won a Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for discoveries that could lead to new treatments for anxiety, schizophrenia and other brain disorders.

By Bill Snyder
Medical illustration showing a rear view of a human torso with the spine and pelvis highlighted.
August 5, 2014

Technique brings spinal cord neural signaling into focus

Researchers in the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science have achieved the first conclusive non-invasive measurement of neural signaling in the spinal cords of healthy human volunteers.

By Bill Snyder
Dense circular scatter plot composed of many multicolored dots, with several larger colored points distributed throughout.
August 5, 2014

Drug discovery clues in network map

Vanderbilt investigators have constructed a network map that could guide the development of new targeted cancer therapies.

By Bill Snyder
microscope
July 31, 2014

Doris Duke awards enhance clinical research training

Vanderbilt University’s Cyndya Shibao, M.D., MSCI, has received a Clinical Scientist Development Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

By Bill Snyder
baby in crib
July 24, 2014

Team spots trigger for rare diarrheal disease in infants

Researchers at Vanderbilt University, the University of Arizona and Phoenix Children’s Hospital have discovered what triggers a rare but devastating diarrheal disease in newborns that is fatal without intravenous feeding or intestinal transplant.

By Bill Snyder
A gray-haired man wearing glasses, a light shirt, and patterned tie sits at a desk beside a blue crystal award.
July 24, 2014

Magnuson honored for role in Beta Cell Biology Consortium

Mark Magnuson, M.D., Louise B. McGavock Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at Vanderbilt University, has received a national leadership award for the Beta Cell Biology Consortium (BCBC), a major team science initiative.

By Bill Snyder