Diagnosing Neuromuscular Disorders from Speech Patterns: An Interview with Dr. Antje Mefferd of VUMC Morgan Lindstead | March 8, 2023 Dr. Antje Mefferd (Ph.D., M.D.)…
The Future of Brain Mapping Starts with a Zebrafish
The Future of Brain Mapping Starts with a Zebrafish Stuti Jain | March 3, 2022 Dr. Mika Rubinov is a Vanderbilt Assistant Professor of Biomedical…
A Genetic Cause of Alzheimer’s? How Research at Vanderbilt May Help a Superhero
A Genetic Cause of Alzheimer’s? How Research at Vanderbilt May Help a Superhero Eric Sha | February 1, 2023 Many of us know a family…
Our Biological Clocks’ Battle against Real Clocks
Our Biological Clocks’ Battle against Real Clocks Isabella Bautista | January 25, 2023 The phrase “fall backward, spring forward” likely reminds you of daylight saving…
AlphaFold: A new world of protein structure
AlphaFold: A new world of protein structure Tiffany Zhou | January 23, 2023 How do proteins fold into their correct conformation? According to Levinthal’s paradox,…
Microbial Pathogenesis and the Journey from Student to PI: A Conversation with Dr. Eric Skaar
Tiffany Zhou | December 7, 2022 As the saying goes, “If you cannot see where you are going, ask someone who has been there before.”…
Healing a Wound by Suppressing It?
Bryan Han | December 2, 2022 How the body sometimes works too hard for its own good One trait that we humans possess that many…
ERAS: The Next Step in Surgical Recovery
Claudia Shi | November 15, 2022 Beginning in August 2022, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) expanded their enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program to benefit an…
Professor Spotlight: A Conversation with Dr. Jared Nordman
Eric Sha | November 11, 2022 DNA replication is a critical process that ensures the growth and continuity of cells. Thus, it is crucial to ensure…
Monoclonal Antibodies: A Way of Preventing Severe COVID Infection?
Eric Sha | October 28, 2022 Our understanding of how to treat and prevent the COVID-19 virus has grown continuously throughout the pandemic. One of…