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The Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology's mission is to harness the power of chemistry to improve human health.
New VICB publications highlight advances across chemical biology, structural biology, metabolism, immunology, toxicology, drug discovery & infectious disease.
More here ⬇️
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publications/
More here ⬇️
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November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
New VICB publications highlight advances across chemical biology, structural biology, metabolism, immunology, toxicology, drug discovery & infectious disease.
More here ⬇️
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publications/
More here ⬇️
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publications/
VICB member Alex Waterson will give VICB's next seminar:
“Expanding the E3 Ligase Toolkit Using Fragment-Based Methods.”
📅 Dec 3 | 🕛 12:15 PM
📍 1220 MRB III
All are welcome to attend.
“Expanding the E3 Ligase Toolkit Using Fragment-Based Methods.”
📅 Dec 3 | 🕛 12:15 PM
📍 1220 MRB III
All are welcome to attend.
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
VICB member Alex Waterson will give VICB's next seminar:
“Expanding the E3 Ligase Toolkit Using Fragment-Based Methods.”
📅 Dec 3 | 🕛 12:15 PM
📍 1220 MRB III
All are welcome to attend.
“Expanding the E3 Ligase Toolkit Using Fragment-Based Methods.”
📅 Dec 3 | 🕛 12:15 PM
📍 1220 MRB III
All are welcome to attend.
We are pleased to announce the inaugural recipients of the VICB Ambassador Travel Award: Riley Carter (Doug Mitchell Lab), Valentina Guidi (Daria Kim Lab), Clay Tydings (Allison Walker Lab), and Cameron Cohen (Lauren Parker Jackson Lab).
We look forward to the impact!
We look forward to the impact!
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We are pleased to announce the inaugural recipients of the VICB Ambassador Travel Award: Riley Carter (Doug Mitchell Lab), Valentina Guidi (Daria Kim Lab), Clay Tydings (Allison Walker Lab), and Cameron Cohen (Lauren Parker Jackson Lab).
We look forward to the impact!
We look forward to the impact!
The MBTP/CSB Seminar #Series continues next week with a talk from Chris Jurich (Yang and Meiler Labs).
📅 November 18, 2025
🕛 12:20 PM
📍 1220 MRB III
Talk: Leveraging the pre-reaction state to predict enzyme function
Learn more: www.vanderbilt.edu/csb/calendar/
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📅 November 18, 2025
🕛 12:20 PM
📍 1220 MRB III
Talk: Leveraging the pre-reaction state to predict enzyme function
Learn more: www.vanderbilt.edu/csb/calendar/
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November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The MBTP/CSB Seminar #Series continues next week with a talk from Chris Jurich (Yang and Meiler Labs).
📅 November 18, 2025
🕛 12:20 PM
📍 1220 MRB III
Talk: Leveraging the pre-reaction state to predict enzyme function
Learn more: www.vanderbilt.edu/csb/calendar/
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📅 November 18, 2025
🕛 12:20 PM
📍 1220 MRB III
Talk: Leveraging the pre-reaction state to predict enzyme function
Learn more: www.vanderbilt.edu/csb/calendar/
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Join us for next week’s Seminar featuring VICB's Ben Brown.
📅 Wednesday, November 19
🕛 12:15 PM
📍 1220 MRB III
Ben will present:
“A Generalizable Deep Learning Framework for Structure-Based Protein–Ligand Affinity Ranking.”
Hope to see you there!
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📅 Wednesday, November 19
🕛 12:15 PM
📍 1220 MRB III
Ben will present:
“A Generalizable Deep Learning Framework for Structure-Based Protein–Ligand Affinity Ranking.”
Hope to see you there!
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Join us for next week’s Seminar featuring VICB's Ben Brown.
📅 Wednesday, November 19
🕛 12:15 PM
📍 1220 MRB III
Ben will present:
“A Generalizable Deep Learning Framework for Structure-Based Protein–Ligand Affinity Ranking.”
Hope to see you there!
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social
📅 Wednesday, November 19
🕛 12:15 PM
📍 1220 MRB III
Ben will present:
“A Generalizable Deep Learning Framework for Structure-Based Protein–Ligand Affinity Ranking.”
Hope to see you there!
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social
Anthony Ferranti, Niki Harris, and Harrison Parent (Colleen Niswender lab) were recognized for outstanding poster presentations at the 2025 ADDC annual meeting. Colleen Niswender also received an award for her service to ADDC.
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social @vanderbilt.edu #academic #award #lab
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social @vanderbilt.edu #academic #award #lab
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Anthony Ferranti, Niki Harris, and Harrison Parent (Colleen Niswender lab) were recognized for outstanding poster presentations at the 2025 ADDC annual meeting. Colleen Niswender also received an award for her service to ADDC.
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social @vanderbilt.edu #academic #award #lab
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social @vanderbilt.edu #academic #award #lab
➡️Join us Nov. 19, 12–1 p.m. CST in Light Hall 618 for a Lunch & Learn with Promega’s Julie Conkright-Fincham, co-sponsored by the HTS Facility.
Learn how Promega technologies advance robust assay development in drug discovery
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Learn how Promega technologies advance robust assay development in drug discovery
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November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
➡️Join us Nov. 19, 12–1 p.m. CST in Light Hall 618 for a Lunch & Learn with Promega’s Julie Conkright-Fincham, co-sponsored by the HTS Facility.
Learn how Promega technologies advance robust assay development in drug discovery
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social
Learn how Promega technologies advance robust assay development in drug discovery
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VICB member Neil Osheroff was featured on Biochemistry’s “Most Read” list for two publications:
• Mechanism of Quinolone Action and Resistance (1 month)
• Amsacrine as a Topoisomerase II Poison (12 months)
#monday #research #vanderbilt #university #academic #discovery #published #featured
• Mechanism of Quinolone Action and Resistance (1 month)
• Amsacrine as a Topoisomerase II Poison (12 months)
#monday #research #vanderbilt #university #academic #discovery #published #featured
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
VICB member Neil Osheroff was featured on Biochemistry’s “Most Read” list for two publications:
• Mechanism of Quinolone Action and Resistance (1 month)
• Amsacrine as a Topoisomerase II Poison (12 months)
#monday #research #vanderbilt #university #academic #discovery #published #featured
• Mechanism of Quinolone Action and Resistance (1 month)
• Amsacrine as a Topoisomerase II Poison (12 months)
#monday #research #vanderbilt #university #academic #discovery #published #featured
Join us for the VICB Annual Student Research Symposium!
🗓 Sept 11, 2026 | 🕗 8AM–5PM
📍 Vanderbilt University Student Life Center
Keynote: Craig Crews, Ph.D. (Yale University)
#VICB #Vanderbilt #ChemicalBiology #DrugDiscovery #Research #Symposium
🗓 Sept 11, 2026 | 🕗 8AM–5PM
📍 Vanderbilt University Student Life Center
Keynote: Craig Crews, Ph.D. (Yale University)
#VICB #Vanderbilt #ChemicalBiology #DrugDiscovery #Research #Symposium
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Join us for the VICB Annual Student Research Symposium!
🗓 Sept 11, 2026 | 🕗 8AM–5PM
📍 Vanderbilt University Student Life Center
Keynote: Craig Crews, Ph.D. (Yale University)
#VICB #Vanderbilt #ChemicalBiology #DrugDiscovery #Research #Symposium
🗓 Sept 11, 2026 | 🕗 8AM–5PM
📍 Vanderbilt University Student Life Center
Keynote: Craig Crews, Ph.D. (Yale University)
#VICB #Vanderbilt #ChemicalBiology #DrugDiscovery #Research #Symposium
Join us for the next VICB Seminar with Mei Hong (MIT)
🧠 “Deconstructing and Reconstructing Tau by Solid-State NMR”
📅 Wed, Nov 12 | 🕛 12:15 PM | 📍 1220 MRB III
#VICB #Vanderbilt #ChemicalBiology #NMR #Neuroscience
🧠 “Deconstructing and Reconstructing Tau by Solid-State NMR”
📅 Wed, Nov 12 | 🕛 12:15 PM | 📍 1220 MRB III
#VICB #Vanderbilt #ChemicalBiology #NMR #Neuroscience
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Join us for the next VICB Seminar with Mei Hong (MIT)
🧠 “Deconstructing and Reconstructing Tau by Solid-State NMR”
📅 Wed, Nov 12 | 🕛 12:15 PM | 📍 1220 MRB III
#VICB #Vanderbilt #ChemicalBiology #NMR #Neuroscience
🧠 “Deconstructing and Reconstructing Tau by Solid-State NMR”
📅 Wed, Nov 12 | 🕛 12:15 PM | 📍 1220 MRB III
#VICB #Vanderbilt #ChemicalBiology #NMR #Neuroscience
The VICB and St. Jude CBT have launched a new monthly trainee-led research series, CBT & VICB Trainee Talks, bringing together graduate students and postdocs from both institutions to share research and build collaborations.
For details, contact: [email protected]
For details, contact: [email protected]
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The VICB and St. Jude CBT have launched a new monthly trainee-led research series, CBT & VICB Trainee Talks, bringing together graduate students and postdocs from both institutions to share research and build collaborations.
For details, contact: [email protected]
For details, contact: [email protected]
Join us this WEDNESDAY, November 5, as the
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Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB) Seminar #Series continues!
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Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB) Seminar #Series continues!
November 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Join us this WEDNESDAY, November 5, as the
@vanderbilt.edu
Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB) Seminar #Series continues!
@vanderbilt.edu
Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB) Seminar #Series continues!
Congratulations to Mayme Van Meveren (Fesik Lab) and Yilin Yang (Lau Lab, CDB) on receiving Vanderbilt’s Research Excellence Award at the 2025 Fall Staff Assembly.
Their contributions reflect the dedication and scientific excellence that define the VICB community.
Their contributions reflect the dedication and scientific excellence that define the VICB community.
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Congratulations to Mayme Van Meveren (Fesik Lab) and Yilin Yang (Lau Lab, CDB) on receiving Vanderbilt’s Research Excellence Award at the 2025 Fall Staff Assembly.
Their contributions reflect the dedication and scientific excellence that define the VICB community.
Their contributions reflect the dedication and scientific excellence that define the VICB community.
Join us Wed, Nov 5 for the next VICB Seminar!
🧬 Dr. Danette Daniels (Foghorn Therapeutics) presents:
“Towards New Cancer Medicines with Degraders of Chromatin Regulatory Proteins”
🕛 12:15PM | 📍1220 MRB III
🧬 Dr. Danette Daniels (Foghorn Therapeutics) presents:
“Towards New Cancer Medicines with Degraders of Chromatin Regulatory Proteins”
🕛 12:15PM | 📍1220 MRB III
October 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Join us Wed, Nov 5 for the next VICB Seminar!
🧬 Dr. Danette Daniels (Foghorn Therapeutics) presents:
“Towards New Cancer Medicines with Degraders of Chromatin Regulatory Proteins”
🕛 12:15PM | 📍1220 MRB III
🧬 Dr. Danette Daniels (Foghorn Therapeutics) presents:
“Towards New Cancer Medicines with Degraders of Chromatin Regulatory Proteins”
🕛 12:15PM | 📍1220 MRB III
Vanderbilt scientists are tackling a major hurdle for AI in drug discovery and improving model reliability for new protein targets.
🔗https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/10/16/vanderbilt-scientist-tackles-key-roadblock-for-ai-in-drug-discovery/
🔗https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/10/16/vanderbilt-scientist-tackles-key-roadblock-for-ai-in-drug-discovery/
October 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Vanderbilt scientists are tackling a major hurdle for AI in drug discovery and improving model reliability for new protein targets.
🔗https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/10/16/vanderbilt-scientist-tackles-key-roadblock-for-ai-in-drug-discovery/
🔗https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/10/16/vanderbilt-scientist-tackles-key-roadblock-for-ai-in-drug-discovery/
Vanderbilt’s Neuert lab unveils TrueSpot, an algorithm to better automate microscopy image analysis.
Learn more ⏩https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/10/06/new-algorithmic-tool-can-improve-microscopy-image-analysis-making-improvements-across-fields/
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Learn more ⏩https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/10/06/new-algorithmic-tool-can-improve-microscopy-image-analysis-making-improvements-across-fields/
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October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Vanderbilt’s Neuert lab unveils TrueSpot, an algorithm to better automate microscopy image analysis.
Learn more ⏩https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/10/06/new-algorithmic-tool-can-improve-microscopy-image-analysis-making-improvements-across-fields/
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Learn more ⏩https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2025/10/06/new-algorithmic-tool-can-improve-microscopy-image-analysis-making-improvements-across-fields/
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⏰ Deadline coming up!
Apply by Oct 15 for the VICB Ambassador Travel Award. A chance to represent Vanderbilt, share your research, and inspire future scientists.
📩 Send apps to [email protected]
Apply by Oct 15 for the VICB Ambassador Travel Award. A chance to represent Vanderbilt, share your research, and inspire future scientists.
📩 Send apps to [email protected]
October 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
⏰ Deadline coming up!
Apply by Oct 15 for the VICB Ambassador Travel Award. A chance to represent Vanderbilt, share your research, and inspire future scientists.
📩 Send apps to [email protected]
Apply by Oct 15 for the VICB Ambassador Travel Award. A chance to represent Vanderbilt, share your research, and inspire future scientists.
📩 Send apps to [email protected]
📢 VICB Seminar
🗓️ Oct 15 | 12:15 PM | 1220 MRB III
🎤 Yan Zhang (Zhejiang Univ.)
Talk: “GPCR Exoframe Modulators: From de novo design to applications”
Co-sponsored by Pharmacology.
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
🗓️ Oct 15 | 12:15 PM | 1220 MRB III
🎤 Yan Zhang (Zhejiang Univ.)
Talk: “GPCR Exoframe Modulators: From de novo design to applications”
Co-sponsored by Pharmacology.
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
September 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
📢 VICB Seminar
🗓️ Oct 15 | 12:15 PM | 1220 MRB III
🎤 Yan Zhang (Zhejiang Univ.)
Talk: “GPCR Exoframe Modulators: From de novo design to applications”
Co-sponsored by Pharmacology.
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
🗓️ Oct 15 | 12:15 PM | 1220 MRB III
🎤 Yan Zhang (Zhejiang Univ.)
Talk: “GPCR Exoframe Modulators: From de novo design to applications”
Co-sponsored by Pharmacology.
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
New research from Vanderbilt scientists sheds light on ion channel biology with potential implications for future therapies.
Read the latest: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
Read the latest: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
September 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
New research from Vanderbilt scientists sheds light on ion channel biology with potential implications for future therapies.
Read the latest: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
Read the latest: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
Join us as the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB) Wednesday, September 24!
Dr. Tobin Sosnick from the University of Chicago will present at 12:15PM in 1220 MRB III, hosted by Dr. Hassane Mchaourab.
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
Dr. Tobin Sosnick from the University of Chicago will present at 12:15PM in 1220 MRB III, hosted by Dr. Hassane Mchaourab.
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
September 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Join us as the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB) Wednesday, September 24!
Dr. Tobin Sosnick from the University of Chicago will present at 12:15PM in 1220 MRB III, hosted by Dr. Hassane Mchaourab.
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
Dr. Tobin Sosnick from the University of Chicago will present at 12:15PM in 1220 MRB III, hosted by Dr. Hassane Mchaourab.
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/seminar...
🚨 New VICB Publications 🚨
From antidepressant mechanisms to infection biology, diabetes risk, RNA structure & cancer biology—our members are pushing discovery forward.
Read the latest here: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
From antidepressant mechanisms to infection biology, diabetes risk, RNA structure & cancer biology—our members are pushing discovery forward.
Read the latest here: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
September 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🚨 New VICB Publications 🚨
From antidepressant mechanisms to infection biology, diabetes risk, RNA structure & cancer biology—our members are pushing discovery forward.
Read the latest here: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
From antidepressant mechanisms to infection biology, diabetes risk, RNA structure & cancer biology—our members are pushing discovery forward.
Read the latest here: medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/publica...
Join us TODAY, as the VICB seminar series continues!
We are excited to welcome Dr. Mo Seyedsayamdost from Princeton University, who will present “Natural Product Antibiotics: Past, Present, Future.”
We are excited to welcome Dr. Mo Seyedsayamdost from Princeton University, who will present “Natural Product Antibiotics: Past, Present, Future.”
September 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Join us TODAY, as the VICB seminar series continues!
We are excited to welcome Dr. Mo Seyedsayamdost from Princeton University, who will present “Natural Product Antibiotics: Past, Present, Future.”
We are excited to welcome Dr. Mo Seyedsayamdost from Princeton University, who will present “Natural Product Antibiotics: Past, Present, Future.”
👏 Congrats to Dr. Prashant Donthamsetti on new NIH funding for his project developing a Tag-Guided Drug platform to study brain signaling with precision!
🔗 reporter.nih.gov/project-deta...
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social #research #nih #funding #brain #congrats #neuroscience #new #drugdiscovery
🔗 reporter.nih.gov/project-deta...
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social #research #nih #funding #brain #congrats #neuroscience #new #drugdiscovery
September 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
👏 Congrats to Dr. Prashant Donthamsetti on new NIH funding for his project developing a Tag-Guided Drug platform to study brain signaling with precision!
🔗 reporter.nih.gov/project-deta...
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social #research #nih #funding #brain #congrats #neuroscience #new #drugdiscovery
🔗 reporter.nih.gov/project-deta...
@vubasicsciences.bsky.social #research #nih #funding #brain #congrats #neuroscience #new #drugdiscovery
🚨 New VICB Publications
📖 Peptide C-termini modification (bioRxiv)
🧪 Potent Mcl-1 inhibitors (J. Med. Chem.)
📑 Tryptophan halogenation (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.)
🔬 Pin1 isomerization mechanism (PNAS)
💊 3D collagen screen in colorectal cancer (Comm. Biol.)
📍 Imaging neutral lipids (JASMS)
📖 Peptide C-termini modification (bioRxiv)
🧪 Potent Mcl-1 inhibitors (J. Med. Chem.)
📑 Tryptophan halogenation (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.)
🔬 Pin1 isomerization mechanism (PNAS)
💊 3D collagen screen in colorectal cancer (Comm. Biol.)
📍 Imaging neutral lipids (JASMS)
September 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🚨 New VICB Publications
📖 Peptide C-termini modification (bioRxiv)
🧪 Potent Mcl-1 inhibitors (J. Med. Chem.)
📑 Tryptophan halogenation (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.)
🔬 Pin1 isomerization mechanism (PNAS)
💊 3D collagen screen in colorectal cancer (Comm. Biol.)
📍 Imaging neutral lipids (JASMS)
📖 Peptide C-termini modification (bioRxiv)
🧪 Potent Mcl-1 inhibitors (J. Med. Chem.)
📑 Tryptophan halogenation (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.)
🔬 Pin1 isomerization mechanism (PNAS)
💊 3D collagen screen in colorectal cancer (Comm. Biol.)
📍 Imaging neutral lipids (JASMS)