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📢VICB + St. Jude CBT Trainee Talks | March 19, 2026

Featuring:
🔬 Muyang Guan, Ph.D. (Cupido Lab)
🧪 Genevieve (Gigi) Hunn (Niswender Lab, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology)

🕚 11:00 AM–12:30 PM (lunch)
📍 Vanderbilt ESB 734 & St. Jude PRT E1004

📢VICB + St. Jude CBT Trainee Talks | March 19, 2026

Featuring:
🔬 Muyang Guan, Ph.D. (Cupido Lab)
🧪 Genevieve (Gigi) Hunn (Niswender Lab, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology)

🕚 11:00 AM–12:30 PM (lunch)
📍 Vanderbilt ESB 734 & St. Jude PRT E1004

From lab to impact: Faculty helping faculty commercialize research discoveries Navigating the journey from research to real-world impact can be challenging. Luckily for Vanderbilt faculty, there’s a network of Innovation Ambassadors to guide them.

Faculty at @vanderbilt.edu are helping colleagues move discoveries from lab to impact through the Innovation Ambassadors program, connecting researchers with peer guidance on commercialization and innovation pathways.

Read more: news.vanderbilt.edu/2026/03/04/f...

Congratulations to Miriam Bregman and Matthew Cranford on receiving Biochemistry Department awards for research excellence, and to Kate Clowes Moster on becoming a newly minted VCBI graduate

Join us THURSDAY for Jillian Armenia’s Biochemistry dissertation defense: “Single and Ready to Untangle: Mechanistic Insights into Dual-Function Gyrases and Their Inhibition by Antibacterial Agents.”

📅 March 12 | 3 PM
📍 Light Hall 214

New publications from Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology researchers and collaborators are now available on our website. Explore the latest studies advancing chemical biology, drug discovery, and biomedical research.

View the full list: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...

New publications from Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology researchers and collaborators are now available on our website. Explore the latest studies advancing chemical biology, drug discovery, and biomedical research.

View the full list: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...

Join us TOMORROW for Sarah Zelle’s Chemical and Physical Biology dissertation defense: “Proteomic dissection of Nrf2 and αB-crystallin–mediated oxidative stress responses in the zebrafish lens.”

📅 Mar 6 | 9 AM
📍 Preston Research Building 206

Join us for Jillian Armenia’s Biochemistry dissertation defense: “Single and Ready to Untangle: Mechanistic Insights into Dual-Function Gyrases and Their Inhibition by Antibacterial Agents.”

📅 March 12 | 3 PM
📍 Light Hall 214

Congratulations to Miriam Bregman and Matthew Cranford on receiving Biochemistry Department awards for research excellence, and to Kate Clowes Moster on becoming a newly minted VCBI graduate

From lab to impact: Faculty helping faculty commercialize research discoveries Navigating the journey from research to real-world impact can be challenging. Luckily for Vanderbilt faculty, there’s a network of Innovation Ambassadors to guide them.

Faculty at @vanderbilt.edu are helping colleagues move discoveries from lab to impact through the Innovation Ambassadors program, connecting researchers with peer guidance on commercialization and innovation pathways.

Read more: news.vanderbilt.edu/2026/03/04/f...

Join us TODAY! 🚨 for Robert Coffey from VUMC!

🗓 March 4 | 12:15 PM | 📷1220 MRB III

“Doubling Down On DPEP1”

Don’t miss this exciting #research talk! 🎙

Billy Hudson named 2026 Ellis Island Medal of Honor recipient Leaders in government, business, military, media and technology will be honored with the prestigious Ellis Island Medals of Honor on May 16.

Billy Hudson, PhD, director of the Vanderbilt Center for Matrix Biology, is a 2026 Ellis Island Medal of Honor recipient, recognized for his impact on matrix biology, kidney disease research, and STEM education.

🔗 news.vumc.org/2026/02/25/b...

Vanderbilt researchers identify promising trafficking corrector for long QT syndrome Researchers identified a small molecule that improves the localization of a potassium channel frequently mislocalized and impaired in the genetic heart rhythm disorder known as long QT syndrome. The s...

Vanderbilt researchers report a promising trafficking corrector for long QT syndrome (LQT1), targeting the disease at its source.

Led by Charles Sanders (VICB) with trainee Katherine Clowes Moster. VICB cores were instrumental in the study.

🔗 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...

TOMORROW 📢

This week's VICB Seminar, join us for Robert Coffey from VUMC!

🗓 March 4 | 12:15 PM | 📍1220 MRB III

“Doubling Down On DPEP1”

Don’t miss this exciting #research talk! 🎙

@vubasicsciences.bsky.social @vanderbilt.edu

VICB congratulates Dr. Douglas Kojetin on his promotion to Professor of Biochemistry.

A well-deserved recognition of his contributions to research and mentorship.

Join us for the VICB Seminar!

🗓 March 4 | 12:15 PM
📍 1220 MRB III
👤 Robert Coffey
🎙 “Doubling Down On DPEP1”

Don’t miss this exciting research talk!

#VCBSeminar #BiomedicalResearch #DPEP1

Katrin Karbstein named vice chair of biochemistry Katrin Karbstein, the co-leader of the Cancer Cell Biology Research Program in the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, will now expand her focus to support her department’s mission across research, se…

📣 Congrats to Katrin Karbstein on being named Vice Chair of Biochemistry! 🎉 Her leadership, mentorship, and commitment to scientific excellence make her a tremendous addition to our Department of Biochemistry's leadership team. medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...

Katrin Karbstein named vice chair of biochemistry Katrin Karbstein, the co-leader of the Cancer Cell Biology Research Program in the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, will now expand her focus to support her department’s mission across research, servi...

🎉 Congrats to Katrin Karbstein on being named Vice Chair of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences!

Well-deserved recognition of her leadership and impact in research & mentorship.

🔗 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...

Study challenges traditional assumptions about gut inflammation and Crohn’s disease A new study reveals mechanistic underpinnings of Crohn’s disease, including some vulnerabilities within the ascending colon. This work challenges the assumption that all regions of the gut respond sim...

New research from Ken Lau, Ph.D., challenges the idea that all gut regions respond the same in #CrohnsDisease.

It shows region-specific inflammation, especially in the ascending colon, could require targeted treatments.

👉 Read more: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...

VICB member, Dr. Gregor Neuert (Molecular Physiology & Biophysics) presents “The Average Cell Does Not Exist” at the MBTP/CSB Seminar Series.

🗓 March 3, 2026
⏰ 12:20 PM
📍 1220 MRB III

Hosted by the Molecular Biophysics Training Program and the Center for Structural Biology.

Please join us Thursday, February 26th at 10am in LH 202 for a special CBAS RCR Seminar titled "Errors and Misconduct in Biomedical Research Images" by the image forensics specialist Dr. Elisabeth Bik!

Free coffee and pastries will be provided. We hope to see you there!

VICB + St. Jude CBT Trainee Talks | March 19, 2026

Featuring:
🔬 Muyang Guan, Ph.D. (Cupido Lab)
🧪 Genevieve (Gigi) Hunn (Niswender Lab, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology)

🕚 11:00 AM–12:30 PM (lunch)
📍 Vanderbilt ESB 734 & St. Jude PRT E1004

Congratulations to Jennifer Gaddy, VICB member, on being elected a 2026 Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, a prestigious honor recognizing excellence and impact in microbial science.

Read more: asm.org/press-releas...

Dr. Andrew Goodman’s VICB/VI4 seminar scheduled for tomorrow, February 25 has been CANCELLED.

We hope to reschedule his visit for next fiscal year.

🔬 New VICB publications just added! 🎉

Explore the latest research spanning bacterial physiology, protein structure, metabolism, CFTR biology, and more: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...

Thanks to our authors & collaborators for pushing chemical biology forward!

Dr. Andrew Goodman’s VICB/VI4 seminar scheduled for tomorrow, February 25 has been CANCELLED.

We hope to reschedule his visit for next fiscal year.

Don’t miss our upcoming VICB-VI4 Seminar with Andrew Goodman discussing Microbiome Dynamics During Infection.

📅 Feb. 25 | 12:15 PM
📍 1220 MRB III

Hosted with the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation.