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Prash Wins the 2024 Vanderbilt Excellence in Research Award

Jul. 28, 2025—During the 2024 Fall Staff Assembly, Prash was awarded the Vanderbilt Excellence in Research Award. This is an incredible honor recognizing Prash as a top staff researcher across all schools of the university. It is reserved for staff whose research efforts have had a meaningful impact on Vanderbilt’s mission of discovery. The award celebrates both scientific...

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Prash’s work Featured by the Royal Society of Chemistry

Jul. 28, 2025—On an international level, Prash’s structural biology research was recently highlighted in an article by the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Chemistry World. The piece focuses on groundbreaking cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM) work that captured the structure of the bacterial flagellar motor at near-atomic resolution. The study offers new insights into how this intricate molecular machine generates rotation...

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KeAndreya Morrison is awarded 2nd place for student research day

Jul. 28, 2025—It was the 69th annual student research day at Meherry Medical College, she was awarded for her poster presentation.

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KeAndreya Morrison is awarded the “Best Oral Presentation” award

Jul. 28, 2025—It was awarded at the 5th annual conference for black physiologist in April 2025.

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KeAndreya Morrison is awarded a travel grant to present at ASBMB

Jul. 28, 2025—The travel grant was awarded in San Antonio, Texas in 2024 to present at The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

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Keandreya Morrison is awarded the Top Pharmacology Student Award

Jul. 28, 2025—The award was granted at Meharry Medical College in 2024.

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Ivette is awarded the Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement for Advanced Students!

Jul. 21, 2021—Ivette was presented with the Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement for Advanced Students. Congratulations! Recipients are selected based on research excellence, evidence by fellowship awards, publications, and presentations at conferences. The awardees demonstrate a mastery of their disciplines through a track record of high achievement in their classes of strong performances in their qualifying exams and...

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Keandreya Morrison joins the Iverson lab as a graduate student!

Jul. 21, 2021—Keandreya joined the lab in spring 2021 and selected Pharmacology as her home department; she is part of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance. Welcome, Key!

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Laura joined the Iverson lab!

Jul. 13, 2020—Laura Frigo joined the Iverson lab as a research assistant in June 2020. Welcome!

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Ivette passed her qualifying exam!

Jul. 13, 2020—Ivette passed her qualifying exam on May 27, 2020 and is now an official Ph.D. candidate. Congratulations!

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