Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science

Aviv Regev, PhD, recipient of the 2021 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, gestures to an illustration during her Vanderbilt Prize Discovery Lecture on April 14.
April 21, 2022

Regev’s Discovery Lecture

Aviv Regev, PhD, recipient of the 2021 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, gave her Vanderbilt Prize Discovery Lecture on April 14.

By Bill Snyder
April 20, 2022

Lehmann named to receive Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science

Renowned developmental geneticist Ruth Lehmann, PhD, is the recipient of the 2022 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science.

By Bill Snyder
April 7, 2022

Vanderbilt Prize winner Regev to deliver April 14 Discovery Lecture

Aviv Regev, PhD, recipient of the 2021 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, will deliver her Vanderbilt Prize Discovery Lecture at 4 p.m. next Thursday, April 14, in 208 Light Hall.

By Bill Snyder
October 18, 2021

Nominations being accepted for 2022 Vanderbilt Prize

Nominations for the 2022 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science are now being accepted.

By Bill Snyder
Paige Vega has been selected as the 2021 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar.
August 11, 2021

Vega selected as 2021 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

Paige Vega, a PhD student in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt University, has been selected as the 2021 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar.

By Bill Snyder
July 29, 2021

Vanderbilt Prize winner Doudna advocates caution in human germline editing

It is now possible to “edit” the human germline — the genetic cargo carried in sperm and eggs and which is passed to the next generation — in a way that snips out the mutations which cause inherited disease.

By Bill Snyder
May 12, 2021

Nominations sought for Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

Nominations for the 2021 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar are now open. The deadline is June 1.
By Bill Snyder
April 28, 2021

Regev receives Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science

Aviv Regev, PhD, an internationally known computational biologist and executive vice president of Genentech Research and Early Development (gRED), is the recipient of the 2021 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, officials at Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced this week.
By Bill Snyder
October 30, 2020

Former Vanderbilt Prize winner Amon mourned

Angelika Amon, PhD, a pioneering cell and molecular biologist and winner of the 2018 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, died Oct. 29 from cancer. She was 53.
By Bill Snyder
October 7, 2020

Vanderbilt Prize winner Doudna awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry

University of California, Berkeley, biochemist Jennifer Doudna, PhD, recipient of the 2020 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
By Bill Snyder
October 5, 2020

Nominations sought for 2021 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science

Nominations for the 2021 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science are now being accepted. The nomination deadline is Dec. 11.
By Bill Snyder
July 22, 2020

Amidon named 2020 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

Katherine Amidon, a PhD student in the Department of Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt University, has been selected as the 2020 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar.
By Bill Snyder
March 18, 2020

UC Berkeley’s Doudna named to receive Vanderbilt Prize

Jennifer Doudna, PhD, who led development of the revolutionary genome editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9, is the recipient of the 2020 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, officials at Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced this week.
By Bill Snyder
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