Bill Snyder Archive — Page 118 of 121

A bearded man in a striped shirt and red tie smiles in a research laboratory while a woman in a white lab coat works at a microscope and computer behind him.
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
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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
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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
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September 14, 2012

Getting Personal

By Bill Snyder
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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