Leigh MacMillan Archive — Page 11 of 85

Flowchart with colored rounded rectangles and a diamond connected by arrows: a red box leads to a purple box, then a purple diamond; the diamond branches left to a yellow box and right to a blue box, which both lead to a green box and then a bright green rounded rectangle.
July 26, 2024

VUMC establishes Essentials in Quality Improvement Certificate

The 2023 Aspirnaut summer research interns, flanked by the program’s co-founders, Julie Hudson, MD, left, and Billy Hudson, PhD, back row, right. (photo by Susan Urmy)
July 25, 2024

Aspirnaut Summer Research Program symposium set for July 30

The presentations will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in room 202 Light Hall and are open to the public. 

Conceptual illustration of a human silhouette composed of colorful molecular structures, surrounded by DNA double helices, chemical formulas, and magnified molecular diagrams on a dark blue background.
July 8, 2024

GeneMAP discovery platform will help define functions for ‘orphan’ metabolic proteins 

The combination of genomics and metabolism identified a long-sought mitochondrial choline transporter.

Illustration of pink, rod-shaped bacteria covered in numerous hairlike filaments against a dark blue background, representing drug-resistant Salmonella Typhi.
June 21, 2024

Salmonella bacteria ‘steal’ nutrients from gut’s resident microbes

The discovery could point to novel strategies for treating food poisoning and other types of gastroenteritis.

Multicolor immunofluorescence microscopy of human clear cell renal cell carcinoma tissue, with macrophages shown in red amid green and blue cellular structures.
June 12, 2024

Obesity-cancer connection discovery suggests strategies for improving immunotherapy 

The study reported in the journal Nature provides a mechanistic explanation for the “obesity paradox” — that obesity can contribute to cancer progression but also improve response to immunotherapy.

Flyer for the 3rd Annual “Tic Me Out to the Ball Game,” a Nashville Sounds game on Saturday, July 6 at 6:35 p.m. at 19 Junior Gilliam Way, Nashville, Tennessee. It promotes ticket purchases benefiting the Middle Tennessee Tourette Syndrome Support Group and includes a QR code and baseball graphic.
June 11, 2024

“Tic Me Out to the Ballgame” at Nashville Sounds on July 6 to benefit Tourette support group 

Use the QR code on the flyer below, and a portion of the ticket purchase will be donated to the Middle Tennessee Tourette Syndrome support group.