Discovery Lecture Series Archive — Page 9 of 20

Four people pose together indoors: Lawrence Marnett at left, Chloe Snider second from left, Elaine Fuchs second from right, and Jennifer Pietenpol at right.
April 6, 2017

Vanderbilt Prize winner Fuchs explores skin’s many wonders

Skin is a marvelous organ that protects the body, senses the external world and even expresses emotion. In the hands of Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D., recipient of the 2016 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, skin also lies squarely in the intersection of normal growth, wound repair and cancer.

By Bill Snyder
Black-and-white sketch portrait of a bespectacled, bearded man in a lab coat, identified by the caption as James Spudich, Ph.D.
March 30, 2017

Molecular motors expert Spudich set for next Discovery Lecture

James Spudich, Ph.D., renowned for his studies of proteins that function as molecular motors, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, April 6.

By Leigh MacMillan
Black-and-white line drawing of a smiling woman with curly hair, wearing a collared shirt and necklace.
March 23, 2017

Vanderbilt Prize winner Fuchs set for next Discovery Lecture

Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D., recipient of the 2016 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science and a pioneer in the field of reverse genetics, will deliver her Vanderbilt Prize lecture as part of the Flexner Discovery Lecture series on Thursday, March 30.

By Bill Snyder
Three men stand in a university lecture room in front of a chalkboard and projection screen; the center man wears a microphone, and the men on either side wear collared shirts and ties or open collars.
March 16, 2017

Discussing retroviruses

By Vanderbilt Health News
Black-and-white halftone portrait illustration of a bespectacled man in a collared shirt.
March 16, 2017

Varki set for Discovery Lecture

Ajit Varki, M.D., a pioneer in the field of molecular glycobiology at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, March 23.

By Bill Snyder
Three men pose in front of a classroom chalkboard: John Gore on the left, Roderic Pettigrew in the center, and André Churchwell on the right.
March 9, 2017

Pettigrew lecture

Roderic Pettigrew, Ph.D., M.D., right, director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health, poses for a photo with Vanderbilt’s John Gore, Ph.D., left, and André Churchwell, M.D., following his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.

By Vanderbilt Health News