Alissa Weaver, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & immunology, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair
- : alissa.weaver@vanderbilt.edu
- : 615-936-3529
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748 Preston Research Building
The Weaver laboratory studies how release of extracellular vesicles called exosomes from cancer cells drives aggressive tumor behavior. They also study basic mechanisms of how exosomes are made and released from cells.