Department of Biochemistry

March 14, 2013

Bacterial resistance breaks bridges

Understanding how bacteria become resistant to quinolone antibiotics could guide strategies for developing new antibacterial drugs.

By Leigh MacMillan
November 29, 2012

Record number elected AAAS fellows

Seventeen members of Vanderbilt University’s faculty have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) this year.

By Bill Snyder
The Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center (Neil Brake/Vanderbilt)
October 29, 2012

Cancer research and education agreement announced between Baptist Memorial Health Care and Vanderbilt University

By VUMC News and Communications
August 9, 2012

Team creates new view of body’s infection response

A new 3-D view of the body’s response to infection — and the ability to identify proteins involved in the response — could point to novel biomarkers and therapeutic agents for infectious diseases.

By Leigh MacMillan
March 19, 2012

Next My Health Chat to explore cancer drug discovery

By VUMC News and Communications
March 19, 2012

iPOND method goes fishing for proteins

A new tool will allow researchers to identify proteins involved in DNA replication and damage repair, processes that go awry in cancer.

By Leigh MacMillan
March 2, 2012

‘Detangler’ binds, bends and cuts DNA

New details on the DNA-cutting activity of topoisomerase II, a target of anti-cancer drugs, could lead to better chemotherapeutic agents.
By Leigh MacMillan
January 12, 2011

Seven Vanderbilt University Faculty Honored by AAAS Scientific Society

By Leigh MacMillan
June 16, 2008

President names Jennifer Pietenpol to National Cancer Advisory Board

President George W. Bush has appointed Jennifer A. Pietenpol, director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, to the National Cancer Advisory Board. Pietenpol, the B.F. Byrd Jr. Professor of Oncology at Vanderbilt-Ingram, will serve a six-year term through March 9, 2014.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 17, 2008

Pietenpol Chosen to Lead Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Jennifer Pietenpol, Ph.D., Ingram Professor of Cancer Research and professor of Biochemistry, has been named director of Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.