Macara elected AAAS fellow
Fifteen Vanderbilt University faculty members conducting a range of biomedical and clinical research have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this year. They are among 396 fellows from around the country selected by their peers “because of their efforts toward advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished.” Ian Macara, Ph.D., the Louise B. McGavock Professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and chair of the department, is recognized for distinguished contributions to the field of cell biology, particularly for advances in understanding mechanisms driving epithelial cell polarity and aberrant cell signaling in cancer.