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Kathleen DelGiorno, assistant professor of cell and developmental biology, her lab and collaborators at the Salk Institute have discovered some of the specific signaling molecules involved in tumor progression in pancreatic cancer. These molecules, called eicosanoids, play a role in inflammation and… Read More

Researchers tackle interplay between cancer, stem and immune cells in the tumor microenvironment. Neuroscientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have discovered that a distinct area in the brain contributes to poor prognoses for patients with glioblastoma. The niche contains certain types of unusual cells and,… Read More

Christopher Wright, professor of cell and developmental biology who holds the Louise B. McGavock Chair, has been honored with the 2022 Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize. The award, presented by the Society for Developmental Biology, recognizes outstanding and innovative contributions to teaching and learning. Wright was nominated by a… Read More

Gillian Fitz (Tyska Lab) was awarded three years of funding through an F31 National Research Service Award predoctoral fellowship from the NIDDK/NIH… Read More

Indrayani Waghmare (Page-McCaw Lab) was awarded a K99 Fellowship from NIGMS. Read More

A team of Vanderbilt researchers has revealed some of the mechanisms by which polyps develop into colorectal cancer, setting the framework for improved surveillance for the cancer utilizing precision medicine. Their study, published Dec. 14 in Cell, describes findings from a single-cell transcriptomic and imaging atlas of the two… Read More

Loic Fort (Macara Lab) won a best short talk at the “Virtually Dead IV” conference… Read More

Leah Caplan (DelGiorno Lab) received a Young Investigator Award and presented her work at the American Pancreatic Association Annual Meeting… Read More

Kristopher Burkewitz, assistant professor of cell and developmental biology, has been awarded  $100,000 from the American Federation for Aging Research and the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research to research the biological aging process. Burkewitz was one of 10 recipients nationally of this early-career award. Burkewitz’s project will work to understand… Read More

Kung-Hsien Ho (Kaverina Lab) was awarded a DRTC Pilot & Feasibility Grant (from the Diabetes Center)… Read More