About the Nashville Area

The downtown Nashville skyline at sunset.

Medical Research Building IV at dusk. One of the newest buildings on the Vanderbilt Medical Center campus.

A view of the beautiful Nashville skyline from the Cumberland River.

Beautiful Centennial Park is located in downtown Nashville, just a short walk from the Vanderbilt campus. A great place to go for a run, walk your dog, or listen to live concerts!

The Opry is “country’s most famous stage” and one of Nashville’s most popular attractions. True country music fans can also visit the Ryman while in town, the original home of the Opry.

Medical Center North, also known as the “old hospital,” on the Vanderbilt Medical Center campus.

Eskind Biomedical Library on the Vanderbilt Medical Center campus. A great place to get caught up on some reading or meet up with friends for coffee!

The bright lights of Broadway at night. Broadway is filled with live country music venues, restaurants, and local Nashville businesses!

Vanderbilt’s hometown of Nashville is a vibrant, fun city known proudly as “Music City, U.S.A.” Located about a mile from downtown, Nashville is one of the greatest perks of being a student at Vanderbilt.

Learn more about Vanderbilt:

Vanderbilt University
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB)
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in the Biomedical & Biological Sciences (IGP)

Learn more about Nashville:

About Music City
About Our City
Things To Do In Nashville

5 Reasons Why You Should Join the Kaverina Lab:

You will publish your research in top journals and attend top national and international meetings.
You will learn about advanced, high-resolution microscopy and other cool techniques!
We are a very collaborative lab both nation-wide and world-wide. You will be able to meet top scientists in your field while in our lab!
In our opinion, the Cell and Development Biology department is the best department at Vanderbilt! Everyone here is very supportive and friendly.
We like to have Fun!