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CSB Lab Spotlight: Brown Lab
Sep. 23, 2021—Breann Brown, Ph.D., came to Vanderbilt University in January 2019 after completing a postdoc at MIT in the lab of Dr. Tania Baker. Although a relatively new PI, the assistant professor in Biochemistry recognizes the importance that donuts can have on lab productivity! Read more about Dr. Brown and her lab. What projects does your...
Research Spotlight: Meiler Lab
Sep. 23, 2021—RosettaCM drives computational modeling for antibody regions with high variability Structural information on antibody-antigen interactions is a crucial resource for understanding antibody-mediated immunity, but experimental structural information is often elusive and time-consuming to acquire. Computational modeling of antibodies and their docking to antigens has therefore become an important driver in antibody and vaccine design. The...
CSB-VI4 DEI Outreach Event – 08/26/21
Sep. 9, 2021—Thanks to all who volunteered at the VI4/CSB August outreach event at Pinson Hospitality House of Nashville! Volunteers included Melissa Farrow, Sierra Gray, Danielle Gutierrez, Borden Lacy and Elliott Spiller. If you missed this event, be on the lookout for future outreach events.
New VU resource for protein expression
Jul. 29, 2021—A facility for the production of soluble and membrane-bound eukaryotic proteins in insect and mammalian cells is now accessible to Vanderbilt research labs. The facility is part of the Program in the Molecular Basis of Genetic Diseases and is headed by Hassane Mchaourab, professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. Services include consultation on feasibility, optimum...
CSB-VI4 DEI Outreach Event – 07/17/21
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Fesik wins 2021 Chester Stock Award
Jul. 22, 2021—Congratulations to Stephen Fesik on receiving the GSK Graduate School 2021 C. Chester Stock Award Lectureship. This award is given annually to an individual who has made significant contributions to the advancement of cancer therapy. GSK Graduate School is part of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
CSB Alumni Profile: Eric Warren, PhD
Jul. 22, 2021—Eric Warren, PhD., completed his doctoral work at Vanderbilt in the lab of Brandt Eichman. He might just be Tennessee’s version of Batman. What is your current job and what are your responsibilities? I am currently a Senior Researcher at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and I am also co-owner of SEP Forensic Consultants. By...
Research Spotlight: Mchaourab Lab
Jul. 22, 2021—AlphaFold2 is a breakthrough in modeling transporter conformations AlphaFold2, the neural network-based protein structure prediction algorithm developed by Google, has generated considerable hype in the structural biology community. Will structural biologists be replaced by AI? Is experimental structural biology now obsolete? Has the protein folding problem been solved? Hassane Mchaourab and CPB graduate student Diego...
CSB Alumni Spotlight: Dave Anderson, PhD
Jul. 22, 2021—Dave Anderson, Ph.D., completed his doctoral work at the Medical College of Wisconsin under the direction of Dara Frank, Ph.D., before joining Borden Lacy’s lab as a postdoctoral research fellow in the summer of 2015. What are your current job title and responsibilities? I am a research associate in the laboratory of Justin Merritt at...
Research Spotlight: Egli Lab
May. 21, 2021—Martin Egli, Biochemistry, and Joel Harp, Crystallography Facility Director, have combined X-ray and neutron crystallography to investigate the mechanics of how hydration affects DNA structure. This joint approach is important as structures determined using X-rays can only resolve the water molecules as spheres of electron density around the oxygen atom. Neutrons are scattered by atomic...
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