Discovery Lecture

October 23, 2014

Cellular engineering expert Daley set for Discovery Lecture series

By Bill Snyder
October 23, 2014

Photo: Discovery Lecture

By Bill Snyder
October 9, 2014

Nobel laureate sheds light on immune response system

Peter Doherty, Ph.D., had some advice for young scientists at last week’s Flexner Discovery Lecture. The way to win a Nobel Prize, he said, “is to make a very big discovery first.”

By Leigh MacMillan
October 9, 2014

Longaker set for Discovery Lecture

Michael Longaker, M.D., well known for his contributions to tissue repair and engineering and stem cell biology at Stanford University School of Medicine, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 16.

By Bill Snyder
October 2, 2014

Photo: Ethics exploration

Bernard Lo, M.D., director emeritus of the Program in Medical Ethics at the University of California, San Francisco, spoke on issues surrounding end-of-life decisions at his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.

By VUMC News and Communications
September 25, 2014

Doherty set for next Discovery Lecture

Nobel laureate Peter Doherty, Ph.D., who discovered how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 2.

By Leigh MacMillan
September 18, 2014

Research ethics expert Lo set for Discovery Lecture

Bernard Lo, M.D., president of the Greenwall Foundation and director emeritus of the Program in Medical Ethics at the University of California, San Francisco, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Sept. 25.
By Leigh MacMillan
September 18, 2014

Photo: Discovery Lecture

Richard Smith, M.D., director of the Molecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratories at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, spoke on hearing loss and personalized genetic medicine at the recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.
By Doug Campbell
August 28, 2014

Diverse lineup set for Discovery Lecture series

Richard J. Smith, M.D., director of the Molecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratories (MORL) at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, will begin the 2014-2015 Flexner Discovery Lecture Series on Thursday, Sept. 11.
By Bill Snyder
June 19, 2014

Hamm’s lasting impact commended at Flexner Discovery Lecture

By Bill Snyder
June 5, 2014

Hamm to deliver Discovery Lecture June 12

Heidi Hamm, Ph.D., the Aileen M. Lange and Annie Mary Lyle Professor of Cardiovascular Research and an internationally known expert on G protein-mediated signaling, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, June 12.
By Bill Snyder
May 22, 2014

Photo: Cutting-edge research

From left, Susan Wente, Ph.D., and Gordon Bernard, M.D., greet Marie Griffin, M.D., MPH, John Graves, Ph.D., and Wei Zheng, Ph.D., MPH, prior to their presentations May 15 at the first of two “Vanderbilt Cutting-edge Discovery” discussions, held as part of the Flexner Discovery Lecture Series.
By VUMC News and Communications
May 8, 2014

Vanderbilt Prize winner encourages big dreams

Science and beauty are linked, for when a scientist makes a discovery, “she sees something truly beautiful for the first time and reveals that beauty to the world.”
By Bill Snyder
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