The Vaughn Science Lecture, sponsored by Dr. Tony Vaughn, a Belmont alumnus and dentist in Franklin, Tenn., was held on March 19. Belmont School of Science students, faculty and special guests attended a fascinating lecture by this year’s honored speaker Dr. Eric Skaar, associate professor in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt University, Director for the Program in Microbial Pathogenesis, and the Associate Director for Translational and Therapeutic Development at Vanderbilt. The title of his talk was “The Battle for Metal Between Bacterial Pathogens and Their Vertebrate Hosts.”
