Bill Snyder Archive — Page 110 of 121

Portrait of Bruce Beutler, M.D., wearing a dark sweater over a blue shirt.
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
Nora Volkow speaks at a podium during a Discovery Lecture, gesturing with one hand beside a microphone.
September 5, 2013

Discovery Lecture explores brain’s addiction mechanisms

By Bill Snyder
A doctoral student stands with his arms outstretched as a woman helps him put on a white coat during a university ceremony; another participant holding a coat stands in the background.
September 5, 2013

‘Simple Beginnings’ ceremony welcomes 98 doctoral students

By Bill Snyder
Group of ten adults posing in a hallway beneath a sign reading “Laboratory for Neurobehavior” and a framed anatomical brain illustration.
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
Black-and-white line drawing of a smiling woman with shoulder-length curly hair wearing a blazer.
August 22, 2013

Addiction science expert Volkow to speak Aug. 29

Nora Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, will begin the 2013-2014 Flexner Discovery Lecture Series next Thursday, Aug. 29, with a discussion of “Advances in Addiction Science.”

By Bill Snyder
3D rendering of numerous red blood cells flowing through the interior of a blood vessel.
August 22, 2013

VU investigators land ‘bridge grants’ from hematology society

Utpal Davé, M.D., and Sandra Zinkel, M.D., Ph.D., have each received one-year, $100,000 “bridge grants” from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to support research that has not been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) due to budget cuts.

By Bill Snyder