Department of Pharmacology Archive — Page 13 of 13

Dried fava beans in a small green ceramic bowl on a white background.
April 29, 2013

Fava beans’ impact on urine sodium

Eating fava beans increases dopamine in blood and urine, but does not stimulate urinary sodium excretion.

By Leigh MacMillan
Three people pose in a lecture room, with the center person holding a wooden plaque presented as a pharmacology teaching award.
April 18, 2013

Photo: Pharmacology Forum

Claus Schneider, Ph.D., assistant professor of Pharmacology, center, is presented with the 2013 Teaching Award by Pharmacology graduate students Odaine Gordon and Katie Sprinkel during last week’s Joel G. Hardman Student Invited Pharmacology Forum.

By Vanderbilt Health News
prison cell
April 4, 2013

Pharmacology forum to explore neurobiology of criminal behavior

“The Neurobiology of Criminals” is the theme of the 22nd annual Joel G. Hardman Student-Invited Pharmacology Forum, April 11 in 208 Light Hall.

By Bill Snyder
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a man wearing glasses and a dark jacket.
April 4, 2013

Harvard’s Kathiresan set for Wilkinson Lecture

Sekar Kathiresan, M.D., director of Preventive Cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, will deliver the ninth annual Grant R. Wilkinson Distinguished Lecture in Clinical Pharmacology on Thursday, April 11.

By Bill Snyder
Black-and-white line drawing of a smiling man wearing glasses, a suit, and tie.
March 7, 2013

Harvard’s Seidman to speak at VU

Jonathan Seidman, Ph.D., who has made pivotal contributions to understanding the genetic basis of cardiomyopathy and other heart diseases, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, March 14.

By Bill Snyder
Scientific illustration of a magenta G protein-coupled receptor embedded in a gray cell membrane, attached to blue, green, and gold G-protein subunits. Green and red molecular models with arrows indicate exchange of GTP for GDP.
October 18, 2012

Nobel in Chemistry reveals VU ties that bind

Several Vanderbilt researchers have collaborated with this year’s Nobel Chemistry winners.

By Bill Snyder