Bill Snyder Archive — Page 57 of 121

Three students in white lab coats conduct laboratory research at a bench, using pipettes and other equipment in a science lab.
August 29, 2019

Aspirnaut education program reaches decade mark

Ten years on, a unique summer research program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center designed primarily for rural high school students with limited resources is achieving its goal of increasing the number of the nation’s scientists and engineers.

By Bill Snyder
Illustration of interconnected nerve cells with branching fibers and glowing central cell bodies against a dark blue background.
August 22, 2019

How nerves may lose their insulation

Vanderbilt’s Bruce Carter and colleagues have discovered how genetic changes in the protein PMP22 may contribute to a disease of peripheral nerves.

By Bill Snyder
Two healthcare professionals in white shirts and ties stand in a bright clinical setting, with hospital equipment and workstations behind them.
August 22, 2019

Discovery may point to better treatments for Type 1 diabetes

Researchers have made a paradigm-shifting discovery that could lead to new treatments, better health and longer life for patients with Type 1 diabetes.

By Bill Snyder
Elderly woman with short light hair, wearing a blue jacket over a white turtleneck, smiling at the camera.
August 21, 2019

VUMC mourns loss of renowned scientist Jane Park

Jane Park, PhD, an active member of the Vanderbilt University faculty for 60 years and widow of pioneering diabetes researcher Charles Rawlinson “Rollo” Park, MD, died Aug. 19 in Nashville. She was 94.

By Bill Snyder
Christian Meyer, right, a graduate student in the lab of Vito Quaranta, MD, left, received the 2019 Richard Armstrong Prize for Research Excellence last week during the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology Student Research Symposium. The prize is named for the late Richard Armstrong, PhD, professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry, who died in 2015. Meyer’s winning project was titled, “A consensus framework for calculating drug synergy.” Quaranta, professor of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, directs the Vanderbilt Quantitative Systems Biology Center.
August 15, 2019

Research excellence honored

Graduate student Christian Meyer recently received the 2019 Richard Armstrong Prize for Research Excellence.

By Bill Snyder
August 15, 2019

REDCap data management tool reaches million user mark

Fifteen years after it was launched, REDCap, Vanderbilt University’s research data management tool, has reached 1 million users throughout the world.

By Bill Snyder