Discovery Lecture Series

October 13, 2016

Engle’s Discovery Lecture

Pediatric neurologist Elizabeth Engle, M.D., center, talks with Vanderbilt’s Christopher Williams, M.D., Ph.D., and Jennifer Pietenpol, Ph.D., after her recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.

By VUMC News and Communications
September 29, 2016

Engle set for next Discovery Lecture

Elizabeth Engle, M.D., a pediatric neurologist who discovered a group of genetic disorders affecting cranial nerves, will present the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 6.

By Leigh MacMillan
September 29, 2016

Elder care planning

Geriatrician and health services researcher Joanne Lynn, M.D., spoke on building health systems for the elderly during her recent Flexner Discovery Lecture. Lynn is the director of the Center for Elder Care and Advanced Illness at the nonprofit Altarum Institute.

By VUMC News and Communications
September 15, 2016

Lynn set for next Discovery Lecture

Joanne Lynn, M.D., a geriatrician and health services researcher, will present the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Sept. 22.

By Leigh MacMillan
May 12, 2016

Thompson’s Discovery Lecture

Craig Thompson, M.D., president and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, spoke about his lab’s research linking metabolism to stem cell maintenance during his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.

By VUMC News and Communications
May 5, 2016

Betzig’s Discovery Lecture

Nobel laureate Eric Betzig, Ph.D., a group leader at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus, discussed his team’s work developing novel optical imaging tools during his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 28, 2016

Vanderbilt Prize lecture details ‘Goldilocks Principle’

When it comes to the brain, levels of molecules involved in neuronal signaling must be “just right,” or things can go terribly wrong.
By Bill Snyder
April 28, 2016

Cancer expert Thompson to deliver May 5 Flexner Discovery Lecture

Craig Thompson, M.D., president and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on May 5.
By Leigh MacMillan
April 21, 2016

Nobel laureate Betzig set for Discovery Lecture

Eric Betzig, Ph.D., who shared the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on April 28.
By Leigh MacMillan
April 21, 2016

Low’s Discovery Lecture

Philip Low, Ph.D., who directs the Purdue Center for Drug Discovery, spoke about ligand-targeted therapeutic and imaging agents for multiple diseases at his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 7, 2016

Purdue’s Low set for next Flexner Discovery Lecture

Philip Low, Ph.D., director of the Purdue Center for Drug Discovery, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on April 14.
By Bill Snyder
March 24, 2016

Nobel laureate Lefkowitz set for next Discovery Lecture

Robert Lefkowitz, M.D., who shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his studies of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on March 31.
By Bill Snyder
March 24, 2016

Discovery Lecture Coyle

Joseph Coyle, M.D., discussed the neurobiology of serious mental illness at his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.
By VUMC News and Communications
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