Department of Pathology Microbiology and Immunology

October 30, 2023

Crowe, Osheroff honored by AAMC

Vanderbilt’s James E. Crowe, Jr, MD, and Neil Osheroff, PhD, are among 12 individuals honored by the Association of American Medical Colleges during its 2023 Awards Recognition Event.

By Bill Snyder
Randika “Randy” Perera, PhD, left, Wenhan Zhu, PhD, Walter Chazin, PhD, Luisella Spiga, PhD, Ryan Fansler and colleagues discovered that beneficial bacteria in the gut impact the competition that occurs between host cells and pathogens for the essential nutrient iron. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
October 27, 2023

Study discovers role for gut bacteria in host-pathogen competition for nutrients

Vanderbilt research shows that commensal gut microbes impact the host-pathogen competition for iron and has implications for therapeutic strategies aimed at preventing pathogens from acquiring essential nutrients.

By Leigh MacMillan
Alyssa Hasty, PhD, left, Jeffrey Rathmell, PhD, and Kamran Idrees, MD, MSCI, are part of a multidisciplinary team that received a 2023 Endeavor Award from The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research to study the connection between obesity and cancer. Team members not pictured include Kathryn Wellen, PhD, Liza Makowski, PhD, and Kathryn Beckermann, MD, PhD.
October 24, 2023

Vanderbilt-led team receives 2023 Endeavor Award from The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research

A multidisciplinary team of investigators has received a 2023 Endeavor Award from The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research to support four closely linked projects exploring the fundamental mechanisms that drive the obesity-cancer connection,

By Leigh MacMillan
October 17, 2023

AI predicts blood clot risk in hospitalized children: VUMC study

An artificial intelligence tool developed at Vanderbilt accurately identified pediatric patients at high risk for blood clots in a clinical trial, with no difference in outcomes compared to a control group.

By Bill Snyder
Vivian Weiss, MD, PhD, center, George Xu, left, and Matthew Loberg led a multidisciplinary study that identified a molecular signature for aggressive thyroid cancer, which could help guide treatment approaches for patients. (photo by Susan Urmy)
September 25, 2023

Researchers discover molecular signature for aggressive thyroid cancer

A Vanderbilt study found that a molecular signature that predicts aggressive thyroid cancer could help guide treatment approaches for patients.

By Leigh MacMillan
September 22, 2023

Laboratory employees get an early look at new facility

Vanderbilt University Medical Center laboratory employees, their families and many others involved in the ongoing transformation of the Medical Center’s laboratories had a first peek at the new 110,000-square-foot core laboratory space during a recent open house.

By Jill Clendening
September 21, 2023

VUMC postdoctoral researcher selected as HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow

Vanderbilt postdoctoral researcher Martin Douglass, PhD, has been named a 2023 Hanna Gray Fellow by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
By Anthony Czelusniak
September 13, 2023

James Crowe’s antibody research lands American Society for Microbiology Award

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s James Crowe Jr., MD, has been named to receive the 2024 American Society for Microbiology Award for Applied and Biotechnological Research.
By Bill Snyder
September 5, 2023

MicroRNAs in immune cells help protect against metabolic defects in obesity: study

Vanderbilt researchers have demonstrated that a cluster of microRNAs — small pieces of RNA that regulate gene expression — work in a type of immune cells called macrophages to help protect against metabolic defects in obesity.
By Leigh MacMillan
August 31, 2023

Cindy Lowe of Translational Pathology Shared Resource wins award from National Society of Histotechnology

Cindy Lowe, research assistant in the Translational Pathology Shared Resource at VUMC, has won the National Society of Histotechnology’s Jules Elias Excellence in Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Techniques Award.
By Wayne Wood
July 14, 2023

Hogan named to American Society for Clinical Pathology ‘40 Under Forty’ list

Vanderbilt's Melissa Straub Hogan, MD, has been named to the 2023 American Society for Clinical Pathology 40 Under Forty list.
By Anthony Czelusniak
June 28, 2023

Vanderbilt mourns loss of former ‘godfather of grants’ John Hoover Hash

John Hoover Hash, PhD, who as associate dean for Biomedical Sciences and director of Sponsored Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center oversaw the computerization of VUMC’s grant recording system in the 1980s, died in Nashville on June 20. He was 94.
By Bill Snyder
June 27, 2023

Rare disorder sheds light on dysbindin function

A case study of a rare disorder uncovers roles for the protein dysbindin in the adaptive immune response and suggests that mutations may underlie some cases of very early onset inflammatory bowel disease.
By Sarah E. Glass