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Please join us next Wednesday, November 4, for the VBI Neuroscience Seminar Series with Marie Banich, PhD, from University of Colorado Boulder!
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Join us next Wednesday, October 21, for the VBI Neuroscience Seminar Series with Andreas Tolias, PhD, from Stanford University!
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Vanderbilt’s Department of Biochemistry is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor!
The search welcomes researchers using innovative approaches to address biomedical problems at the molecular level.
Applications reviewed beginning Nov. 1.
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/193899
ALT Dept of Biochem, Basic Sciences, Vanderbilt U
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had a great day - featuring a BIG surprise - at @VanderbiltBrain retreat today!! 🥹🥰🤓
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The Vanderbilt Brain Institute’s 29th Annual Retreat is tomorrow! Looking forward to beautiful weather, fascinating conversations, and great food, fellowship, and fun! Who will we see there? 🧠🧪
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Please join us next Wednesday, October 7, for the VBI Neuroscience Seminar Series with Dr. Meifan Chen from University of Kentucky!
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🧠 Postdoc opening in my lab at Vanderbilt! We're scaling laminar recordings from 128 to 512-1,024+ channels to follow predictions & prediction errors from cortex to thalamus, basal ganglia & hippocampus in behaving macaques. NHP experience not required 🧵
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OUR 👏 FACULTY 👏 ARE 👏 ON 👏 A 👏 ROLL 👏
These past few weeks have brought a whirlwind of awards for the School of Medicine Basic Sciences community.
Learn about the recognitions of two senior and two junior faculty members, and join us in congratulating them! 🧵👇️
ALT Four headshots overlaid over a golden background emblazoned with the Vanderbilt name. The composite image says "Congratulations!" at the top. Each headshot is labeled with the person's name. Top: Larry Marnett, left, and Heidi Hamm. Bottom: Erin Calipari, left, and Rafael Arrojo e Drigo.
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Prof. of @VandyPharm @hamm_heidi received the Herbert Tabor Research Award from @ASBMB. This award is given for outstanding, innovative accomplishments in #BiologicalChemistry and #MolecularBiology and contributions to the community of scientists.
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ALT Headshot of Heidi Hamm. Their face is framed by a gold rectangle. Black text over gold near the bottom of the image says, “Recipient of the Herbert Tabor Research Award from ASBMB.”
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Join us next Wednesday, September 23, for the VBI Neuroscience Seminar Series with Anastasia Kiyonaga, PhD, from UC San Diego! 🧠
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Vanderbilt Brain Institute retweeted
VICB is proud to celebrate two members for recent honors and #leadership achievements!
🏆 @hamm_heidi: 2027 @ASBMB Herbert Tabor Research Award
🌎 @BFEichman: @royalsociety Wolfson Visiting Fellowship
#Congratulations @VUBasicSciences @VUmedicine @VandyPharm @VanderbiltU
ALT hamm headshot (left) eichmann headshot (right)
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Congratulations to @VandyPharm Ph.D. student Lijun “Reese” Guo on receiving a 2026 @AmEpilepsySoc Predoctoral Research Fellowship!
He’ll study brain circuits involved in #seizures, with a focus on inhibitory neurons in the hippocampus. 🧠
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#Epilepsy
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Join us for the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology seminar, September 16! Co-sponsored with the @VanderbiltBrain Institute.
Dr. Wei Lü from @NorthwesternU will present “Temperature reshapes TRPM4 channel gating and pharmacology” at 12:15PM in 1220 MRB III.
Join us for the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology seminar, September 16!
Dr. Wei Lü from the @NUSynBio will present “Temperature reshapes TRPM4 channel gating and pharmacology” at 12:15PM in 1220 MRB III.
ALT Wei Lu seminar flyer
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Vanderbilt Brain Institute retweeted
Super honored to host Franck Polleux from @ZuckermanBrain @Columbia for a beautiful talk on human specific genes in brain development and evolution. Really cool to see how humans evolved to have molecular brakes to slow down synaptogenesis!
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Join the Vanderbilt Department of #Pharmacology for the 2026 John H. Exton Award for #Research #seminar featuring Dr. Alan Brash, Professor of Pharmacology at @VanderbiltU.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
4:00 PM | 1220 MRB III
Host: Christine Konradi
ALT Alan Brash seminar flyer
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Vanderbilt Brain Institute retweeted
Join the Vanderbilt Department of Pharmacology for our 2026 Fall Seminar Series!
Hear from leading researchers across pharmacology, neuroscience, and biomedical science throughout the semester.
📅 Tuesdays | ⏰ 4:00 PM
📍 Vanderbilt University
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Vanderbilt Brain Institute retweeted
🧠 Meet Ritika Raghavan, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in #neuroscience who is exploring how GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs affect the #brain and what their mechanisms can teach us about #obesity and metabolic disease.
Read more about Ritika's journey 👉 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/bas…
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