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Dr. Rena Robinson Collaborates with UPitt’s ADRC to Connect Knowledge to Action
Mar. 27, 2020—As part of a University of Pittsburgh Ride grant titled “Recruitment Innovations to Enhance Diversity in AD Research,” Dr. Jennifer Lingler, PI and Dr. Rena Robinson, Co-I are collaborating on a series of “storytelling” communications featuring individuals who share their experiences with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). The storytelling approach will be used to give voice to those...
Bailey Bowser and Nadjali Chung Receive ASMS Funding to attend 68th ASMS Conference
Mar. 25, 2020—Bailey Bowser and Nadjali Chung received support from a student stipend program sponsored by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS). Awarded to a maximum of two students per research group, this program supports students at the annual conference. Bailey and Nadjali will be presenting their research at the 68th ASMS Conference this year in Houston,...
“Quantitative proteomics to study aging in rabbit liver”Article Published
Mar. 25, 2020—Dr. Busra Amin, Dr. Katarena Ford, and Dr. Rena Robinson’s article “Quantitative proteomics to study aging in rabbit liver” was published in Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. View the full article at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047637420300221?via%3Dihub
Dr. Albert Arul Attends SLAS Conference
Feb. 4, 2020—Dr. Albert Arul, Research Assistant Professor for RASR Laboratory, attended the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) conference in San Diego, California January 26-29, 2020. Dr. Arul’s poster presentation, accompanied by a 20-minute talk, was titled “Automation of sample preparation for an efficient protein quantification workflow for proteomics.” The conference was attended by 5000 individuals...
Andrew Pumford to Participate in IRONMAN Triathalon on July 25, 2020
Jan. 29, 2020—RASR Lab team member Andrew Pumford, an undergraduate student at Vanderbilt University, will be participating in the IRONMAN Foundation’s Your Journey, Your Cause fundraising program to support the Alzheimer’s Association. The Alzheimer’s Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to funding research that puts an end to Alzheimer’s disease. Andrew will be running the IRONMAN Triathlon in...
Dr. Christina King and Dr. Rena Robinson Collaborate on Alzheimer’s Disease Article Published in Analytical Chemistry Journal
Jan. 29, 2020—Dr. Christina King and Dr. Rena Robinson’s article “Evaluating Combined Precursor Isotopic Labeling and Isobaric Tagging Performance on Orbitraps To Study the Peripheral Proteome of Alzheimers Disease” was published in the Analytical Chemistry Journal. View the full article at: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01974
Dr. Rena Robinson Selected as Chancellor’s Global Voices Fellow
Jan. 21, 2020—Renã A.S. Robinson, Associate Professor of Chemistry, was selected as a Chancellor’s Global Voices Fellow for the spring 2020 semester. The Chancellor’s Global Voices Fellowship is designed to expand Vanderbilt’s global reach amplifying the impact of faculty research through media training and enhanced strategic communications. Visit Vanderbilt’s A&S Facebook and Instagram pages for posts on her appointment.