Department of Biochemistry Archive — Page 7 of 15

January 17, 2019

DNA’s on/off switch

DNA-binding “switches” represent a fundamentally new method of communication between DNA-processing enzymes, Vanderbilt researchers propose.

November 29, 2018

Five faculty elected AAAS fellows

Five Vanderbilt University faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this year.

October 25, 2018

Rothamel selected as Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar

Katherine Rothamel, a PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has been selected as the 2017 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar.

October 11, 2018

Cancer Center investigators awarded Komen grants

Four Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators have received financial support from Susan G. Komen for breast cancer research.

August 30, 2018

Energetic gene switch

New findings link flux through glycolysis, which produces cellular energy, with transcription and gene expression via histone modification.

August 23, 2018

Enzyme helps build motor that drives neuron death

Vanderbilt scientists have discovered a signaling mechanism that tells neurons to die, findings that could lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.