Bill Snyder Archive — Page 116 of 119

October 11, 2012

VU recruit’s work lights up genetic ‘dark matter’

They’ve been called “junk DNA” and genetic “dark matter” — the long segments of the human genome (98 percent of it) that do not encode protein.

By Bill Snyder
September 27, 2012

Quantitative and Chemical Biology Program takes shape

The Chemical and Physical Biology Admissions (CPB-A) Program, an inter-departmental first-year graduate admissions program at Vanderbilt University, has been renamed the Quantitative and Chemical Biology (QCB) Program.

By Bill Snyder
September 27, 2012

VU Research Studio Program lauded at AAMC meeting

Vanderbilt University’s Clinical and Translational Research Studio program has won the Award with Distinction for Innovations in Research Training and Education from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).

By Bill Snyder
September 27, 2012

AAMC meet highlights need for research funds

During a meeting in Nashville last week, the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) called on academic medical centers to make the case for continued, strong federal investment in biomedical research.

By 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