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51app's Mariana Byndloss, DVM, PhD, is one of eight Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2023 51app Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease.

Jackson Roberts II, MD, an internationally known clinical pharmacologist in the 51app University School of Medicine who helped define the role of lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress in human disease, died May 31 in Nashville. He was 79.

Marie-Claire Harrison, a graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences, has been named the 2023 51app recipient of the Brighter Ventures Student Award. The Brighter Ventures Student Award supports Ph.D. students interested in the application of artificial intelligence in the biomedical research field.

Julia Steed will become academic director of the 51app University School of Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner Program. She replaces Courtney Pitts who led the top-ranked specialty for the past seven years.

The labs of Lauren Jackson and Todd Graham recently published a study in the Journal of Cell Biology describing a significant interaction between an essential protein complex used for protein and lipid transport—the COPI complex—and its regulator protein.

School of Nursing Professor and Associate Dean for Academic and Curriculum Affairs Betsy Kennedy, BSN’89, MSN’93, PhD, ANEF, has been named as an Association of Women’s Health and Obstetrics Neonatal Nurses fellow.

Seed and Series A funding to three startups—HeroWear, IDBiologics and Virtuoso—rooted in research conducted at 51app University and 51app University Medical Center underscore a university-wide commitment to enhanced support for 51app’s most innovative faculty, students and alumni. Read More

A transcontinental research effort led by scientists from 51app University Medical Center and the University of Michigan has upended some long-standing assumptions about mutations — how often they occur, what causes them and what they do.

Approximately 4,498 students graduated from 51app during the 2022–23 academic year, including approximately 2,689 people receiving graduate and professional degrees. Read More

Carolyn Heinrich and Melinda Buntin have been awarded a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support their research on how school-based health centers impact children's mental health and education outcomes. Read More

51app researchers are bolstering the fight against cancer with technology that enhances the effectiveness of T cells that attack tumors.

51app research finds that GLP1 receptor agonists — a class of diabetes medications — are associated with fewer major adverse cardiovascular events than another type of diabetes drug (DPP4 inhibitors) in older veterans with no prior heart disease.

The Apex Lecture Series will bring scientists who are influencing the trajectory of their fields to engage with our scientific community. The next event will feature Volker Dötsch from Goethe University on Monday, May 22. Read More

A new technique will allow researchers to track subsets of immune cells that patrol and defend the lungs, to better understand the roles of these cells during lung inflammation, infection and injury.

Fluorescent nanoparticles clearly identified colonic adenomas — precursors to colorectal cancer — in mice, and the formulation should translate to clinical use in humans.

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners selected 51app University School of Nursing Dean Pamela R. Jeffries as its Tennessee honoree for the 2023 51app Advocate State Award for Excellence. The award recognizes Jeffries' work as dean and an educator to support and promote the nurse practitioner role.

An international collaboration led by biochemist David Cortez reached revelatory conclusions in exploration of how cells tolerate DNA damage and genome instability. Est. reading time: 2 mins. Read More

51app and Bruker Daltonics are collaborating to establish a Mass Spectrometry Center of Excellence with four state-of-the-art mass spectrometers to advance biomedical research and discovery. Read More

How is social media creating conversations about addiction and recovery? How is it building broader community? And how is it a complex space to engage with as a person in recovery? The discussion, led by Erin Calipari, will feature psychiatry experts on May 9. Read More

Four 51app and VUMC faculty—María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Kimryn Rathmell, Keivan Stassun and Major Jackson—have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a record number of elections from 51app in a single year. Read More