Eric P. Skaar, Ph.D.
Danny G. Winder, Ph.D.
Katherine E. Hartmann, M.D., Ph.D.
Vanderbilt Faculty Cutting-edge Discovery Lecture
The Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation (VI4)
The Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research
Resources to Ensure Early Career Scientists Thrive
December 13, 2018 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Offices of the Executive Vice President for Research and the Dean of Basic Sciences
Lynne E. Maquat, Ph.D.
- J. Lowell Orbison Endowed Chair and Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
- Director, University of Rochester Center for RNA Biology
- Chair, University of Rochester Graduate Women in Science
- Vanderbilt Prize Winner in Biomedical Science, 2017
Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay and Human Disease: Genome Guardian and Executor
November 29, 2018 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Offices of the Executive Vice President for Research and the Dean of Basic Sciences
Stephen B. Baylin, M.D.
- Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research; Professor of Oncology and Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine
View of the Cancer Epigenome — Implications for Cancer Prevention, Interception and Therapy
November 8, 2018 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Michael W. Young, Ph.D.
- Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine, 2017
- Richard and Jeanne Fisher Professor of Cell Biology, Genetics and Genomics, and Neurosciences and Behavior
- Vice President for Academic Affairs, The Rockefeller University
Genes That Regulate Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
October 11, 2018 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Department of Medicine
Jeffrey Kahn, Ph.D., M.P.H.
- Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
- Robert Henry Levi and Ryda Hecht Levi Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
- Member, National Academies of Medicine and Sciences
Precision Medicine and the Roles of Bioethics
September 27, 2018 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society
Carrie K. Jones, Ph.D.
Stephen W. Patrick, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.
Vanderbilt Faculty Cutting-edge Discovery Lecture
Development of M5 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Negative Allosteric Modulators for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
The Opioid Epidemic and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
September 13, 2018 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Offices of the Executive Vice President for Research and the Dean of Basic Sciences
Meena S. Madhur, M.D., Ph.D.
Scott A. Smith, M.D., Ph.D.
Vanderbilt Faculty Cutting-edge Discovery Lecture
A Novel LNK Between Inflammation, Hypertension, & Aortic Dissection
Therapeutic Repurposing of Human IgE Monoclonal Antibodies (mAbs)
August 30, 2018| 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Offices of the Executive Vice President for Research and the Dean of Basic Sciences
Terry L. Orr-Weaver, Ph.D.
- Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
- Member, National Academy of Sciences
Developmental Regulation of DNA Replication to Control Cell Size and Gene Copy Number
April 26, 2018 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Departments of Cell & Developmental Biology and Biological Sciences
Paul Tang, M.D.
- Vice President and Chief Health Transformation Officer, IBM Watson Health
- Member, National Academy of Medicine
Harnessing AI at the Point of Care
April 12, 2018 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Department of Biomedical Informatics
Brian Kobilka, M.D.
- Hélène Irwin Fagan Chair in Cardiology, Professor of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, and Professor (by courtesy) of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University
- Member, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
- Nobel Prize Winner, Chemistry, 2012
Structural Insights into the Dynamic Process of G Protein Coupled Receptor Activation
April 5, 2018
The Earl W. Sutherland Lecture, Sponsored by the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Dane Wittrup, PhD
- C.P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Intitute of Technology
Synergistic Innate and Adaptive Cancer Immunotherapy
March 22, 2018
Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center
James P. Allison, PhD
- Chair and Professor, Department of Immunology
- Vivian L. Smith Distinguished Chair in Immunology
- Director, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
- Executive Director, Immunotherapy Platform, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Cancer Therapy: New Insights and Opportunities, and Prospects for Cures
March 8, 2018
Sponsored by the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Eric Gouaux, PhD
- Senior Scientist, Vollum Institute
- Jennifer and Bernard Lacroute Term Chair in Neuroscience Research
- Investigator, HHMI
Mechanisms of Signal Transduction and Clearance at the Chemical Synapses of the Brain
February 22, 2018
Sponsored by the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and the Center for Structural Biology
Bruce D. Gelb, MD
- Gogel Family Professor and Director, Mindich Child Health and Development Institute
- Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
The Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease: Murmurs and Hiss Tones
February 8, 2018
Sponsored by the Department of Pediatrics
Roger Lewis, M.D., Ph.D.
- Chair, Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
- Professor of Emergency Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
- Senior Medical Scientist, Berry Consultants
Bayesian Adaptive Platform Clinical Trials: A Research Paradigm
January 4, 2018
Sponsored by the Center for Quantitative Sciences