Bioluminescent sensor causes brain cells to glow in the dark

A team of Vanderbilt scientists have genetically modified luciferase, the enzyme that produces bioluminescence, so that it acts as an optical sensor that records activity in brain cells.

Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores sets new record for Children’s Miracle Network, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Local company supports ‘Growing to New Heights’

Howl-o-Ween Paw-ty

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt hosted a “Howl-o-Ween Paw-ty” with a pet therapy dog show, a “PUParazzi” photo booth with hospital mascot Champ, and a stuffed dog giveaway courtesy of the MINI of Nashville car dealership.

Camarata named to NIDCD review committee

Stephen Camarata, Ph.D., professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, has been invited to serve a four-year term on the Communication Disorders Review Committee (CDRC) of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).

Cooking tips from Chuy’s

Patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt learned to make guacamole thanks to a visit and cooking demonstration from Chuy’s chef and general manager Gregg Demaso.