Bill Snyder

September 21, 2012

VU, Bristol-Myers to collaborate on Parkinson’s therapies

Vanderbilt University and Bristol-Myers Squibb have signed a collaboration agreement for the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapies acting on the mGluR4 glutamate receptor, known as positive allosteric modulators, or PAMs, for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.

By Bill Snyder
September 20, 2012

Mchaourab to lead Chemical and Physical Biology program

Hassane Mchaourab, Ph.D., professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Physics and Chemistry, has been named the new director of the Ph.D.-granting Chemical and Physical Biology (CPB) program at Vanderbilt University.

By Bill Snyder
September 20, 2012

VUMC poised to lead as health care reform evolves

Congress has not yet figured out how to reduce the national debt without slashing health care spending and research. How will Vanderbilt University Medical Center respond?

By Bill Snyder
September 14, 2012

Getting Personal

By Bill Snyder
September 13, 2012

Charo set for season’s first Flexner Discovery Lecture

R. Alto Charo, J.D., a nationally known bioethicist at the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison, will deliver the first Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Sept. 20.

By Bill Snyder
Joan Steitz (Yale University)
September 10, 2012

Yale University’s Joan Steitz awarded 2012 Vanderbilt Prize

By Bill Snyder
September 6, 2012

Personalized medicine focus of Chancellor’s Lecture

The first Chancellor’s Lecture of the academic year, entitled “Genomes, Hype and a Realistic Pathway to Personalized Medicine,” will be given Wednesday, Sept. 12, by Dan Roden, M.D., assistant vice chancellor for Personalized Medicine at Vanderbilt University.
By Bill Snyder
September 6, 2012

Nominations sought for 2012 Research Staff Awards

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is accepting nominations for the 2012 Research Staff Awards.
By Bill Snyder
September 6, 2012

BioVU reaches new benchmark in DNA samples

This month BioVU logged in its 150,000th unique genetic sample. It is now the world’s largest collection of human DNA linked to searchable, electronic health information.
By Bill Snyder
August 30, 2012

13th annual Genetics Symposium Oct. 1

By Bill Snyder
August 30, 2012

Gastroenterology, hepatology, nutrition course offered Sept. 7-8

By Bill Snyder
August 30, 2012

Conte Center receives grant to study serotonin

The Silvio O. Conte Center for Neuroscience Research at Vanderbilt has received a $10.5 million federal grant to continue its groundbreaking research on serotonin signaling in the brain for another five years.
By Bill Snyder
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