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Celebrating appointments and promotions in the School of Medicine Basic Sciences: April–June 2025

Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology @vanderbiltcsb.bsky.social · Aug 15

Cool news from the @stephanieaw.bsky.social lab!

Stephanie Wankowicz @stephanieaw.bsky.social · Aug 12

We are thrilled to be part of Project Diffuse, building infrastructure for the dynamic future of structural biology.

We are helping to lead the modeling and encoding efforts of this project, including designing infrastructure that allows AI to learn from the full complexity of experimental data.

Seemay Chou @seemaychou.bsky.social · Aug 12

What’s the next PDB? Maybe it’s …the PDB.

We just launched @diffuseproject.bsky.social a structural biology initiative exploring protein motion & rethinking how we generate and use experimental data. Quick 🧵👇

www.diffuse.science

Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology @vanderbiltcsb.bsky.social · Jul 21

🎊Congratulations to CSB researcher Yi Ren on her promotion to Associate Professor of Biochemistry! 🥂

Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences @vubasicsciences.bsky.social · Jul 19

🎉 Congrats to the faculty members in our school on their recent appointments and promotions! 👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/07/16/celebrating-appointments-and-promotions-in-the-school-of-medicine-basic-sciences-april-june-2025/

Congratulations to our School of Medicine Basic Sciences members who were promoted or received new appointments between April and June 2025. These individuals significantly enrich our pursuit of pa…

Using the Eskind Biomedical Library to access thousands of academic journals

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Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences @vubasicsciences.bsky.social · Jul 11

📚 Did you know? Vanderbilt-affiliated researchers have access to thousands of academic journal articles through the Annette and Irwin Eskind Biomedical Library! Several tools are offered that can be helpful when accessing library resources on the open web. 👉 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...

As a researcher affiliated with Vanderbilt University, you should never pay for a scholarly journal article. Vanderbilt’s system of libraries offers several tools that can be helpful when accessing…

Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology @vanderbiltcsb.bsky.social · Jul 14

It's just around the corner! Register now: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/2025-st...

VU Chemical Biology @vanderbiltvicb.bsky.social · Jul 14

📣 Save the Date!
Join us Aug 1 at Vanderbilt for the 2025 VICB Student Symposium featuring keynote Dr. Martin Burke (UIUC):
“Imagine a World Where Anyone Can Make Molecules.”

Register ➡️https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/2025-student-research-symposium/

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Vanderbilt Cell Imaging Shared Resource (CISR) @vucellimaging.bsky.social · Jul 9

Deadline extended! Submit your images to the Second Annual CISR Life is Beautiful Image Contest! New deadline is July 18. Open to anyone with CISR-acquired images. More details here. medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...

School of Medicine Basic Sciences Staff Spotlight: Sheila Elder

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Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences @vubasicsciences.bsky.social · Jul 10

🌟 Meet Sheila Elder, an administrative officer for the WCNDD whose passion and dedication make research and operations run smoothly behind the scenes. A fun fact about her? "It has been scientifically proven that I make the best banana pudding in the world." medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...

Meet Sheila Elder, an administrative officer in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences who provides financial and administrative leadership for the Warren Center for Neuroscien…

LassoPred: a tool to predict the 3D structure of lasso peptides - Nature Communications

Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology @vanderbiltcsb.bsky.social · Jul 7

New work from Yang Lab, Link Lab and Yi-Lei Zhao takes a first step toward structural prediction of RiPPs: lasso peptide.
nature.com/articles/s41...
Access the tool here: lassopred.accre.vanderbilt.edu

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Ouyang et al. present LassoPred, a computational tool to accurately predicts the 3D structure of lasso peptides and offers an accessible online prediction tool to the scientific community.

nature.com

Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology @vanderbiltcsb.bsky.social · Jun 23

New findings from the @chazinwalter.bsky.social lab & collaborators suggest that combining 5hmC with olaparib can restore the sensitivity of chemoresistant BRCA1/2-deficient cells. 🎉Congrats to 1st author Suhas Kharat!
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social

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Excellence in corporate collaboration event recognizes staff achievements in advancing corporate partnerships

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Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences @vubasicsciences.bsky.social · Jun 20

🌟 A big congratulations to the BRET ASPIRE team including Ashley Brady, Mary Gray Lindstrom, Angela Zito and Kathy Gould for being a recipient of the Excellence in Corporate Collaboration Awards! This recognition is for their leadership of ASPIRE on the Road. news.vanderbilt.edu/2025/06/11/e...

The second annual Excellence in Corporate Collaboration Luncheon on May 22 brought together members of the Vanderbilt community at Alumni Hall to celebrate a shared commitment to partnership and…

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MALDI magic: AIMS empowers scientists through transformative learning

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Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences @vubasicsciences.bsky.social · Jun 16

🔬The AIMS program at Vanderbilt trains scientists how to use MALDI imaging mass spectrometry—a technique that allows for spatial mapping of molecules in tissues. The most recent event, hosted early May, included researchers from all over the world. 🌎 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...

Just as swallows journey to San Juan Capistrano, California, and monarch butterflies migrate to Michoacan, Mexico, each spring, so mass spectrometrists from across the globe converge on Vanderbilt …

Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology @vanderbiltcsb.bsky.social · Jun 17

The external speakers are set and ready to navigate the intersection of #AI & #StructBio for the Bridging Atoms and Algorithms: A Symposium on AI and Structural Biology.
🗓️Tuesday & Wednesday, March 17–18, 2026
🏫Campus of Vanderbilt University
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Spring Faculty Meeting provides important updates on School of Medicine’s progress

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Protein Society @proteinsociety.bsky.social · Jun 9

Stand up for Science. ALWAYS. #sciencematters #standupforscience
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Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences @vubasicsciences.bsky.social · Jun 9

Congrats to Lisa Monteggia, Ege Kavalali, Kevin Schey, Ken Lau, and Chuck Sanders who were recognized for their impactful research, mentorship, and service at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Spring Faculty Meeting! 👏 Learn more about their recent awards 👉 news.vumc.org/2025/06/06/s...

During Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Spring Faculty Meeting and Awards Program, Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, shared important updates.

news.vumc.org

Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology @vanderbiltcsb.bsky.social · Jun 9

New research from the Plate and Meiler labs offers promise for treatment-resistant cystic fibrosis patients.
1st author Eli McDonald has personal reasons for the research. Read more ...
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Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology @vanderbiltcsb.bsky.social · May 30

Meet @prash-singh.bsky.social of the Iverson lab. He’s getting used to the spotlight from his recent @smartereveryday.bsky.social appearance. He’s still the down-to-earth Prash who is always ready to respond to the “call of duty."
bit.ly/prash2025
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social #cryoem #research

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VU Chemical Biology @vanderbiltvicb.bsky.social · May 28

🔥 #New from VICB researchers at @vanderbilt.edu : cutting-edge papers on mass spec, synthetic biology, neurogenesis, COVID dynamics, drug discovery & more! 🧬🔬

📖 Explore them all here: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/2025/04...

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