Nobel Prize Archive — Page 2 of 3

Three men pose indoors, with the center man holding a framed Flexner Discovery Lecture plaque.
April 12, 2018

Nobel laureate Kobilka’s talk explores receptor activation

Brian Kobilka, MD, who received the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his studies of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), shared his team’s progress in understanding receptor activation — and how that might guide drug development — at last week’s Flexner Discovery Lecture.

By Leigh MacMillan
Black-and-white sketch portrait of Brian Kobilka, MD, shown from the shoulders up, wearing a collared shirt.
March 29, 2018

Nobel laureate Kobilka set to deliver Flexner Discovery Lecture on April 5

Brian Kobilka, MD, 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 April 5.

By Leigh MacMillan
Portrait of Erling Norrby, MD, PhD, wearing a dark suit and patterned tie.
March 8, 2018

Norrby to deliver Flexner Dean’s Lecture March 12

Erling Norrby, MD, PhD, a world authority on viruses, will present his lecture, “A Foray into Nobel Prizes: The Action Potential, Cholesterol and Maturing Molecular Biology,” Monday, March 12 at noon in 208 Light Hall. His lecture is part of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Flexner Dean’s Lecture Series.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Two people pose together indoors: a woman in a navy blazer and an older man wearing glasses, a navy suit, and a red bow tie.
May 11, 2017

Discovery Lecturer Kandel tackles age-related memory loss

Eric Kandel, M.D., who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2000 for discovering molecular mechanisms of memory storage, told the crowd at last week’s Flexner Discovery Lecture that he has recently become interested in memory in the aging brain.

By Leigh MacMillan
Black-and-white line drawing of an older man with curly hair, glasses, and a broad smile, wearing a suit and tie.
April 27, 2017

Nobel laureate and memory expert Kandel set for next Discovery Lecture

Nobel laureate Eric R. Kandel, M.D., renowned for his studies of learning and memory, will give the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, May 4.

By Leigh MacMillan
Older man in a plaid shirt gestures while speaking to seated students in front of a whiteboard.
August 25, 2016

New fund honors spirit of Cohen’s innovative research

When Tom Daniel, M.D., joined the Vanderbilt University faculty in December 1986, Stanley Cohen, Ph.D., had just been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of epidermal growth factor (EGF).

By Leigh MacMillan