Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology Archive — Page 3 of 3

Five people pose in a laboratory among research equipment and shelving.
October 24, 2013

Grad students help achieve key discovery

A multidisciplinary study conducted by the combined efforts of Vanderbilt University graduate students has led to the first evidence that abnormal messenger RNA export from the nucleus to the cytoplasm can cause human disease.

By Bill Snyder
Two researchers pose in a laboratory, with shelves of supplies and a computer workstation behind them. The man sits in front wearing a striped shirt, while the woman stands beside him in a patterned dress.
September 5, 2013

Controversial info release aids VUMC bird flu research

Vanderbilt research shows that human antibodies to the natural strain of H5N1 also protected against a dangerous lab-created airborne strain developed several years ago by scientists in the Netherlands and at the University of Wisconsin.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Portrait of Charles Sanders, Ph.D., wearing glasses and a light green shirt in front of a brick building.
February 28, 2013

Protein Society honors Sanders

Charles Sanders, Ph.D., professor of Biochemistry, has been selected as a recipient of the 2013 Hans Neurath Award from the Protein Society. He shares the honor with Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at the University of California, Berkeley.

By Leigh MacMillan
Two researchers stand side by side in a university hallway, one wearing a dark shirt and the other a red shirt.
February 21, 2013

Antibacterial protein’s molecular workings revealed

Vanderbilt investigators report new insights to the workings of calprotectin, an immune system protein that “starves” bacterial pathogens of the metal nutrients they require.

By Leigh MacMillan
Four researchers stand in front of a HiSeq 2000 next-generation DNA sequencing machine. From left: Walter Chazin, Travis Clark, Christopher Johnson, and Alfred George Jr.
February 7, 2013

Study tracks genes involved in heart rhythm disorders

A team led by Vanderbilt University investigators has discovered two new genes — both coding for the signaling protein calmodulin — associated with severe early-onset disorders of heart rhythm.

By Leigh MacMillan
Glowing white DNA double helix against a blue digital circuit-board background.
January 23, 2013

New view of DNA processing ‘hub’

Structural studies reveal a new framework for understanding a central player in DNA processing.

By Leigh MacMillan