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Controlling WNT Signaling Through DVL2
Aug. 28, 2019—
Exceptional graduate students honored with Dean’s Award
Aug. 28, 2019—
Marija Zanic’s paper makes JCB’s September cover
Aug. 17, 2019—Marija Zanic and her colleagues made the September Journal of Cell Biology cover. View her lab’s paper, “Microtubule minus-end stability is dictated by the tubulin off-rate,” here and an overview here.
“Discovery” write-up of Tyska Development Cell article is now online
Aug. 16, 2019—An overview of Matt Tyska’s recent Developmental Cell paper has been posted on the Basic Sciences site. You can also access it via the “Discoveries” square on the Basic Sciences home page.
Rasmussen named Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar
Jul. 19, 2019—Jul. 18, 2019, 10:02 AM by Bill Snyder Megan Rasmussen, a PhD student in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has been selected as the 2019 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar. Megan Rasmussen She will receive a $1,000 cash prize and will be mentored by the winner of the...
Promoting β cell development
Jul. 19, 2019—A collaboration between the labs of Roland Stein (MPB) and Christopher Wright (CDB) outlinesan interaction between the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex and the Pdx1 transcription factor that promotes healthy development of insulin-producing β cells in the pancreas.
Bracey & Taneja awarded research fellowships
Jul. 19, 2019—This month, the following graduate students were awarded fellowships: Justin Marinko (lab of Chuck Sanders, Biochemistry) and Kai Bracey (lab of Irina Kaverina, CDB) from the NIH, Nilay Taneja (lab of Dylan Burnette, CDB) from the American Heart Association, and Joe Luchsinger (lab of Danny Winder, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics [MPB]) from the NIAAA. Congratulations to you all!