a VALIANT Effort, November 2025

In this episode of VALIANT Effort, Dr. Bennett Landman shares stories of unexpected joy, exploration, and scientific advancements. The episode begins with a humorous tale of unboxing a new NVIDIA device, underscoring the joy found in anticipation and shared experiences while using the anecdote to emphasize the importance of appreciating small moments. The podcast also explores the educational journey of a visiting scholar, Chloe Scholten, who expands her knowledge base from neuroscience to artificial intelligence, demonstrating the possibilities for growth when stepping outside one's comfort zone. The episode further delves into Dr. Katherine Van Schaik's multi-disciplinary research studying health over time and provides updates on research breakthroughs from the Vanderbilt lab, including advancements in spatial biology. Other updates include new opportunities for students and researchers, such as a calendar competition and the return of BrainHack Vanderbilt. Dr. Landman concludes the episode by recounting the numerous papers published by lab researchers.- https://t.e2ma.net/message/c7z0om/w6syclcc- https://hrlblab.github.io- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/person/2059/- https://www.developmentalneuroimaginglab.ca- https://github.com/Project-MONAI/MONAILabel- https://my.vanderbilt.edu/masi/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/person/bennett-landman/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/vinse/- https://www.vumc.org/vcat/health-over-time#:~:text=Our%20Mission,and%20methodologies%20from%20diverse%20fields.- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/immersion/vusrp/faculty/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/maskgraphene-an-advanced-framework-for-interpretable-joint-representation-for-multi-slice-multi-condition-spatial-transcriptomics/- https://victr.vumc.org/our-programs/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwmiT4LAReEXuwjnLSWhxUpeZ_Dm9E8Sb9XLe5lbsHsPr9sw/viewform- https://t.e2ma.net/click/c7z0om/w6syclcc/wimhorb- https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=OX9aur7js0q0UGf6gPrsrWF6IX52PJ9JlQNAvpk4cm9URVNOTkc0MjBMNFpVVjY2RDBVTU1aTDZDRC4u&route=shorturl- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/maskgraphene-an-advanced-framework-for-interpretable-joint-representation-for-multi-slice-multi-condition-spatial-transcriptomics/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/relaxation-compensated-chemical-exchange-saturation-transfer-mri-in-the-cervical-spinal-cord-at-3t-an-application-in-multiple-sclerosis/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/simultaneous-eeg-pet-mri-identifies-temporally-coupled-and-spatially-structured-brain-dynamics-across-wakefulness-and-nrem-sleep/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/study-protocol-for-the-design-implementation-and-evaluation-of-the-stratify-clinical-decision-support-tool-for-emergency-department-disposition-of-patients-with-heart-failure/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/procedures-for-constraining-robotic-fiber-positioning-for-highly-multiplexed-spectroscopic-surveys-the-case-of-fps-for-sdss-v/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/an-african-ancestry-specific-nonsense-variant-in-cd36-is-associated-with-a-higher-risk-of-dilated-cardiomyopathy/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/multipath-cyclegan-for-harmonization-of-paired-and-unpaired-low-dose-lung-computed-tomography-reconstruction-kernels/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/reward-circuit-local-field-potential-modulations-precede-risk-taking/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/longitudinal-measures-of-monkey-brain-structure-and-activity-through-adolescence-predict-cognitive-maturation/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/two-warm-earth-sized-exoplanets-and-an-earth-sized-candidate-in-the-m5v-m6v-binary-system-toi-2267/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/human-centered-design-of-an-artificial-intelligence-monitoring-system-the-vanderbilt-algorithmovigilance-monitoring-and-operations-system/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/integration-of-elemental-imaging-and-spatial-transcriptomic-profiling-for-proof-of-concept-metals-based-pathway-analysis-of-colon-tumor-microenvironment/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/fine-grained-multiclass-nuclei-segmentation-with-molecular-empowered-all-in-sam-model/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/soft-hard-framework-with-exact-four-momentum-conservation-for-small-systems/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/the-financial-and-environmental-benefits-of-circular-business-models-for-mri/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/wireless-resonators-with-coupled-versus-decoupled-units-which-enhances-local-snr-of-rf-receive-arrays-better/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/ecorad-sustainable-radiology-and-the-ecology-of-economics/- https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/11/23/...