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Program gives undergrads from Peru lab experience
Nov. 2, 2015—Kenyi Saito-Diaz, a graduate student in Dr. Ethan Lee's lab, is also the co-director of the Research Experience for Peruvian Undergraduates (REPU), a program that provides Peruvian undergraduates with opportunities to become scientists. REPU helps the brightest Peruvian students get internships in U.S. laboratories for three to six months. The experience makes them better candidates for graduate programs abroad and...
Miller Named Outstanding Mentor
Oct. 15, 2015—David Miller was recentlyt named "Outstanding Mentor of the Year 2015" by the Vanderbilt Neuroscience Program!
Ian Macara Presents at Koman Day Event
Oct. 15, 2015—On October 8 Ian Macara gave a presentation on research for Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators, donors, patients and patient advocates. The VICC hosted this day-long event, which included members of the Susan G. Koman breast cancer organization.
Nerve Cell Remodelers
Sep. 25, 2015—In the nematode worm, C. elegans, cholinergic inputs to DD motor neurons are relocated to new positions during early larval development. Graduate student Siwei He, David Miller, Ph.D., and colleagues have determined that the immunoglobulin-like protein OIG-1 antagonizes the relocation of acetylcholine receptors in DD neurons.
Chris Wright Reaches 25-Year Milestone!
Sep. 9, 2015—Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos saluted faculty who have reached the 25-year milestone in their tenure at Vanderbilt during the 2015 Fall Faculty Assembly. “A quarter of a century represents a sizeable investment of one’s career, and the contributions made to Vanderbilt during this time span are significant and transformative,” Zeppos said. Honorees included Professor of Cell And Developmental...
Peruvian Connection
Aug. 28, 2015—The Research Experience for Peruvian Undergraduates (REPU) connects undergraduates from Peru with internships in US and Canadian laboratories. The ultimate goal is to advance science in Peru and Latin America. The program was launched in 2007 by co-founder Abel Alcázar Román, then a Vanderbilt graduate student (now at Yale), with the support of Susan Wente. Andres Guillen Samander, from Lima, completed his internship...
Announcing the Arrival of Dr. Vivian Gama
Aug. 28, 2015—As Chairman of the Department of Cell adn Developmental Biology, I am delighted to announce the arrival of Vivian Gama, Ph.D., who is joining our department as an Assistant Professor on September 1, 2015. Vivian was recruited through the Vanderbilt Center for Stem Cell Biology, and works on the function of apoptotic proteins in human embryonic stem...
Macara lands award to explore cancer cell behavior
Aug. 20, 2015—Vanderbilt’s Ian Macara, Ph.D., has won an Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) — nearly $6.6 million over seven years — to support the “unusual potential” of his research, which seeks to understand and predict cancer cell “behavior.”
“Bridging the Gap” via the Fisk-Vanderbilt Bridge Program
Aug. 10, 2015—The Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s to PhD Bridge Program exists to improve the demographic representation in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Fisk student, Erica Tross, also a member of the Macara Lab, plans to complete her graduate studies with the goal of one day acting as a P.I. running her own laboratory. "I love the idea of taking a complex problem...
Worldwide Cancer Research lauds Macara’s contributions
Aug. 6, 2015—Ian Macara, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, recently returned from Scotland, where he received this year’s Colin Thomson Memorial Medal for his contributions to cancer research. Ian Macara, Ph.D. The medal, sponsored by Worldwide Cancer Research, is awarded at the Beatson Institute in Glasgow to a scientist in...