Discovery Lecture Series

March 27, 2014

Cell signaling expert Clapham set for next Discovery Lecture

Neuroscientist and biophysicist David Clapham, M.D., Ph.D., known for his studies of ion channels and cell signaling, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, April 3, in 208 Light Hall.

By Leigh MacMillan
March 20, 2014

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Cochlear implant pioneer Blake Wilson, D.Sc., of Duke University, speaks about speech-processing technology at his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 13, 2014

Discovery Lecture

By VUMC News and Communications
March 6, 2014

Wilson set for Discovery Lecture

Blake Wilson, D.Sc., a pioneer in the development of cochlear implants and co-director of the Duke Hearing Center, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, March 13.

By Leigh MacMillan
February 27, 2014

Yale’s Lifton set to deliver next Flexner Discovery Lecture

Yale University’s Richard Lifton, M.D., Ph.D., winner of a $3 million, 2014 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for discovering genes and biochemical mechanisms that cause hypertension, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture March 6.

By Doug Campbell
February 13, 2014

Informatics tools link protein structure, drug action: speaker

Russ Altman, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Bioengineering, Genetics and Medicine at Stanford University, posed an intriguing question at last week’s Discovery Lecture: is it possible to predict drug side effects from the 3D-structure of proteins?

By Leigh MacMillan
February 13, 2014

Deisseroth set for Discovery Lecture

Neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D., renowned for his development of tools that allow scientists to control and map brain circuits, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 22.
By Leigh MacMillan
February 6, 2014

Discovery Lecture sheds light on properties of motion

Ron Vale, Ph.D., co-discoverer of the molecular “motor” kinesin, spent the first 10 minutes of his Flexner Discovery Lecture last week talking not about science, but about science communication.
By Bill Snyder
January 30, 2014

Stanford’s Altman set for Discovery Lecture

Russ Altman, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of Bioengineering at Stanford University, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 6.
By Leigh MacMillan
January 23, 2014

UCSF’s Vale set to explore mechanisms of biological motility

Ron Vale, Ph.D., Lasker Award winner and co-discoverer of the molecular “motor” kinesin, will give the next Flexner Discovery Lecture at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30, in 208 Light Hall.
By Bill Snyder
January 16, 2014

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At last week's Flexner Discovery Lecture, David Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D., described how a cellular network called the mTOR pathway regulates cell growth and metabolism.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 19, 2013

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Jennifer Puck, M.D., an expert on human primary immunodeficiencies at the University of California, San Francisco, spoke on newborn screening to detect immune defects at her recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 5, 2013

Research climate must be enhanced: NCI director

The director of the National Cancer Institute, Harold Varmus, M.D., told an overflow crowd at this year’s Orrin Ingram Distinguished Lecture that he is concerned about the climate for discovery research in the United States.
By Leigh MacMillan
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