Bill Snyder Archive — Page 104 of 121

Stacks of clear laboratory Petri dishes containing blue-stained samples and handwritten markings on a work surface.
May 1, 2014

Cutting-edge research to be showcased in May

By Bill Snyder
An older man in glasses, a dark suit, and bow tie speaks at a lectern in front of a blue presentation screen.
May 1, 2014

Photo: Discovery Lecture

By Bill Snyder
Portrait of Richard Armstrong, Ph.D., wearing glasses and a gray jacket in a laboratory setting.
April 24, 2014

Team finds way to explore ‘super family’ of enzymes

Vanderbilt University’s Richard Armstrong, Ph.D., is part of a multi-institutional research team that has found a new way to interrogate a “super family” of enzymes involved in detoxification, cellular metabolism and antibiotic resistance, which have many other as-yet-undiscovered functions.

By Bill Snyder
Black-and-white line drawing of a smiling woman with shoulder-length hair, wearing a collared jacket.
April 24, 2014

Glimcher to deliver Vanderbilt Prize Lecture

Laurie Glimcher, M.D., recipient of the 2013 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, will deliver her Vanderbilt Prize Lecture on Thursday, May 1.

By Bill Snyder
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a gray-haired man wearing glasses, a suit, and tie.
April 24, 2014

Vermund lands alumni award from Columbia

Sten Vermund, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, has received the 2014 Allan Rosenfield Alumni Award for Excellence from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City.

By Bill Snyder
Seven adults pose outdoors in front of trees, including a woman in a patterned tunic at left, three women in the foreground, a woman and man standing behind them, and a man at right.
April 17, 2014

Competition showcases commercial viability of ideas

A strategy for commercializing an optical 3-D scanner that can ensure all cancerous breast tissue is removed during surgery, thereby avoiding the need for a second operation, has won top honors at this year’s TechVenture Challenge.

By Bill Snyder