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Dr. Robinson sees off her RASR Lab Grads

May. 20, 2024—RASR Lab members received well wishes and congratulations from Dr. Robinson at graduation last week. Arielle Fortune received her Master’s in Biomedical Sciences and Katherine Kapp her PhD in Chemistry.

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Nekesa Oliver publishes first author paper in ACS Measurement Science Au

May. 3, 2024—Nekesa Oliver has paper published in ACS Measurement Science Au. ‘Establishing Quality Control Metrics for Large-Scale Plasma Proteomic Sample Preparation’ aimed to establish quality control metrics for the sample preparation of a large cohort. They created 5 QC sample types to measure performance of sample preparation prior to the final LC-MS/MS analysis. It provided recommendations for...

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RASR Lab team at Alzheimer’s Disease Research Day

Apr. 17, 2024—Dr. Khiry Patterson presents ‘Plasma Proteins Associated with Alzheimer’s disease in the Religious Orders Study and Memory Aging Project’ poster at Vanderbilt Alzheimer’s Research Day on April 10th. Updates will be posted here.

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RASR Lab Member talks AD Research on Channel 5 News

Feb. 23, 2024—PhD student Angel Bodrick recently spoke with News Channel 5 Nashville about her Alzheimer’s Disease Research. She discussed statistics of Black Americans touched by the disease, her motivation for research, and Alzheimer’s events during Black History Month. You can read the full article and watch her interview here.

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Internship Opportunity at Waters

Feb. 21, 2024—There is a Field Service Engineer Internship opening exclusively for VU students. Sophomores, juniors and seniors are able to apply. To read more and apply for the position visit this link or scan the QR code. 

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5th Annual Vanderbilt Alzheimer’s Disease Research Day

Feb. 15, 2024—This campus-wide academic event will showcase Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia research from multiple clinical and basic science departments across campus, including Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, and Meharry Medical College. This year’s theme will focus on big data in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. This day-long event will also feature invited faculty lectures,...

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