a VALIANT Effort

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://t.e2ma.net/message/c7z0om/w6syclcc] - https://hrlblab.github.io [https://hrlblab.github.io] - https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/person/2059/ [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/person/2059/] - https://www.developmentalneuroimaginglab.ca [https://www.developmentalneuroimaginglab.ca] - https://github.com/Project-MONAI/MONAILabel [https://github.com/Project-MONAI/MONAILabel] - https://my.vanderbilt.edu/masi/ [https://my.vanderbilt.edu/masi/] - https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/person/bennett-landman/ [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/person/bennett-landman/] - https://www.vanderbilt.edu/vinse/ [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/vinse/] - https://www.vumc.org/vcat/health-over-time# [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/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://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://victr.vumc.org/our-programs/] - https://www.vanderbilt.edu/ [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/] - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwmiT4LAReEXuwjnLSWhxUpeZ_Dm9E8Sb9XLe5lbsHsPr9sw/viewform [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwmiT4LAReEXuwjnLSWhxUpeZ_Dm9E8Sb9XLe5lbsHsPr9sw/viewform] - https://t.e2ma.net/click/c7z0om/w6syclcc/wimhorb [https://t.e2ma.net/click/c7z0om/w6syclcc/wimhorb] - https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=OX9aur7js0q0UGf6gPrsrWF6IX52PJ9JlQNAvpk4cm9URVNOTkc0MjBMNFpVVjY2RDBVTU1aTDZDRC4u&route=shorturl [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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/fine-grained-multiclass-nuclei-segmentation-with-molecular-empowered-all-in-sam-model/] - 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a VALIANT Effort, October 2025

In this episode of the VALIANT Effort podcast, Dr. Bennett Landman discusses the lab's Halloween celebrations, emphasizing the importance of community connection. He draws a parallel between the transformative experience of the season and the journey of AI. Adam Saunders, a PhD student, shares his experience with the VALIANT Reach Exchange Program at the Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, where he learned about collaborative coding culture and connected with the neuroimaging community. Dr. Steven Wernke talks about his work combining archeology and AI to identify traces of ancient settlements in the Andes. Throughout the episode, Dr. Landman informs listeners about various events, presentations, collaborations, workshops, competitions, and job opportunities within the VALIANT community. He also highlights recent studies and advances from various researchers in the Alchemist's Corner segment before signing off with a warm invitation to explore all the resources provided in the show notes. - https://t.e2ma.net/message/crztmm/w6syclcc [https://t.e2ma.net/message/crztmm/w6syclcc] - https://www.vumc.org/ai/events [https://www.vumc.org/ai/events] - https://as.vanderbilt.edu/robert-penn-warren-center/ai-and-the-human-seminar-information/ [https://as.vanderbilt.edu/robert-penn-warren-center/ai-and-the-human-seminar-information/] - https://as.vanderbilt.edu/robert-penn-warren-center/ai-and-the-human-seminar-information/ [https://as.vanderbilt.edu/robert-penn-warren-center/ai-and-the-human-seminar-information/] - https://wernkelab.org [https://wernkelab.org] - https://www.vumc.org/vuiis/welcome [https://www.vumc.org/vuiis/welcome] - https://redcap.vumc.org/surveys/?s=8YFMA7DXYTAENC7Y [https://redcap.vumc.org/surveys/?s=8YFMA7DXYTAENC7Y] - https://www.vanderbilt.edu/ [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/] - 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https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/embedding-sustainability-into-the-imaging-and-care-of-patients-with-cancer/ [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/embedding-sustainability-into-the-imaging-and-care-of-patients-with-cancer/] - https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/phase-personalized-head-based-automatic-simulation-for-electromagnetic-properties-in-7t-mri/ [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/phase-personalized-head-based-automatic-simulation-for-electromagnetic-properties-in-7t-mri/] - https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/histology-based-virtual-rna-inference-identifies-pathways-associated-with-metastasis-risk-in-colorectal-cancer/ [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/histology-based-virtual-rna-inference-identifies-pathways-associated-with-metastasis-risk-in-colorectal-cancer/] - https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/in-vivo-mapping-of-infant-brain-microstructure-with-neurite-orientation-dispersion-and-density-imaging/ [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/in-vivo-mapping-of-infant-brain-microstructure-with-neurite-orientation-dispersion-and-density-imaging/] - 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https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/discovery-of-the-pre-main-sequence-eclipsing-binary-mml-48/ [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/discovery-of-the-pre-main-sequence-eclipsing-binary-mml-48/] - https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/fumes-iv-optical-and-far-ultraviolet-spectra-of-a-flare-on-the-m-dwarf-gj-4334/ [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/fumes-iv-optical-and-far-ultraviolet-spectra-of-a-flare-on-the-m-dwarf-gj-4334/] - https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/focalsv-enables-target-region-based-structural-variant-assembly-and-refinement-using-single-molecule-long-read-sequencing-data/ [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/focalsv-enables-target-region-based-structural-variant-assembly-and-refinement-using-single-molecule-long-read-sequencing-data/] - https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/atmospheric-parameters-and-chemical-abundances-of-young-stars-with-apogee-i-orion-star-forming-region/ [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/atmospheric-parameters-and-chemical-abundances-of-young-stars-with-apogee-i-orion-star-forming-region/] - https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/pitfalls-of-defacing-whole-head-mri-re-identification-risk-with-diffusion-models-and-compromised-research-potential/ [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/pitfalls-of-defacing-whole-head-mri-re-identification-risk-with-diffusion-models-and-compromised-research-potential/] - https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/deepphysiorecon-tracing-peripheral-physiology-in-low-frequency-fmri-dynamics/ [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/deepphysiorecon-tracing-peripheral-physiology-in-low-frequency-fmri-dynamics/] - https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/turboid-mediated-profiling-of-glioblastoma-derived-extracellular-vesicle-cargo-proteins/ [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/turboid-mediated-profiling-of-glioblastoma-derived-extracellular-vesicle-cargo-proteins/] - https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/the-space-program-i-the-featureless-spectrum-of-hd-86226-c-challenges-sub-neptune-atmosphere-trends/ [https://www.vanderbilt.edu/valiant/2025/10/23/the-space-program-i-the-featureless-spectrum-of-hd-86226-c-challenges-sub-neptune-atmosphere-trends/] - 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September 2025

In the latest episode of 'A VALIANT Effort', host Dr. Bennett Landman discusses the growth and breakthrough moments in the field of translational artificial intelligence, shedding light on the innate curiosity and ambition of the scholars and fellows at the VALIANT community. He talks about the real value of a scholarly paper, viewing it not as a trophy but as a valuable contribution to shared knowledge. Bennett also highlights three types of valuable papers and encourages embracing various forms of learning. The podcast then showcases innovative AI ventures in the form of scheduled courses and recent start-ups. It ends with the acknowledgment of various accomplishments in the field by scientists at VALIANT. Overall, the takeaway from the episode is the importance of knowledge sharing, risk-taking, and continuous learning in the evolving field of AI. * Transatlantic collaboration: Vanderbilt, Liverpool award first joint research seed grants | Vanderbilt University [https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2025/09/04/transatlantic-collaboration-vanderbilt-liverpool-award-first-joint-research-seed-grants/] * dbTwin [https://dbtwin.com] * https://t.e2ma.net/click/ktm7km/kxhyhamc/c7nnarb [https://t.e2ma.net/click/ktm7km/kxhyhamc/c7nnarb] * Home Page | [https://www.vumc.org/brockcenter/home] * Digital Twins in Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Research Virtual Workshop | NHLBI, NIH [https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/events/2025/digital-twins-heart-lung-blood-and-sleep-research-virtual-workshop] * 2025 Healthcare AI Sessions | BRET Career Development ASPIRE Program | Vanderbilt University [https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/career-development/2025/09/05/2025-healthcare-ai-sessions/]