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Anthony Rossi (Gould Lab) is featured in Journal of Cell Science “First Person” series
Sep. 23, 2020—First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Anthony Rossi is joint first author on ‘Phosphoregulation of the cytokinetic protein Fic1 contributes to fission yeast growth polarity establishment’, published in JCS. Anthony is...
International collaboration with Vanderbilt scientists sheds light on rare exocyst mutations that cause severe developmental disabilities in children
Sep. 23, 2020—by Marissa Shapiro Sep. 14, 2020, 9:00 AM In collaboration with Australian and Italian geneticists, Vanderbilt University researchers Mukhtar Ahmed, research assistant professor of cell and developmental biology, graduate student Christian de Caestecker and Ian Macara, professor and chair of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, have illuminated a biological process that enables proteins...
Vanderbilt research shows stimulating tuft cell production reverses intestinal inflammation
Sep. 22, 2020—Posted by dostersm on Friday, August 28, 2020 in News. by Marissa Shapiro Aug. 28, 2020, 9:00 AM Researchers at Vanderbilt University have, for the first time, been able to trigger the specific immune system response required to reverse the course of small intestinal inflammation by inducing production of tuft cells, very rare epithelial cells...
Gould promoted to senior associate dean
Sep. 5, 2020—Kathy Gould, Louise B. McGavock professor of cell and developmental biology in the School of Medicine Basic Sciences, has been named senior associate dean for Biomedical Research, Education, and Career Development. Kathy joined the Vanderbilt faculty as an assistant professor after she obtained her Ph.D. from the University of California San Diego and completed postdoctoral...
Mitochondrial dynamics affect human cardiomyocytes
Aug. 8, 2020—Work from the labs of Vivian Gama (CDB) and Dylan Burnette (CDB) shows that disrupting mitochondrial morphology and dynamics through the inhibition of MCL-1 leads to a decrease in viability and function of iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes.
Keeping beta cells “fit”
Aug. 8, 2020—ul. 9, 2020, 9:30 AM by Leigh MacMillan The proteins Sin3a and Sin3b act as scaffolds for protein complexes that regulate gene expression to control cell differentiation, survival and function. Guoqiang Gu, PhD, and colleagues have assessed the roles of Sin3a/b in the embryonic development and postnatal function of pancreatic insulin-secreting beta cells. They discovered...
Rebecca Ihrie and Jonathan Irish identity new cancer cell types in brain tumors using automated machine learning techniques
Aug. 8, 2020—by Marissa Shapiro Jun. 24, 2020, 11:57 AM By applying unsupervised and automated machine learning techniques to the analysis of millions of cancer cells, Rebecca Ihrie and Jonathan Irish, both associate professors of cell and developmental biology, have identified new cancer cell types in brain tumors. Machine learning is a series of computer algorithms that...
Paige Vega receives Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievemen
Aug. 8, 2020—Graduate students in the biomedical sciences work tirelessly to master their research fields, learn advanced experimental methodologies, and tackle research projects at the forefront of knowledge. The best students make discoveries that change our conceptual understanding of basic biological mechanisms, reveal causes of human disease, or lead to changes in clinical practice. The Dean’s Award...
2020 Steve Hann Award Winners
Jul. 28, 2020—Congratulations to Nilay Taneja (Burnette lab) & Elizabeth Lawrence (Zanic lab), winners of the Steve Hann Outstanding Graduate Student Award and Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Award, respectively.
Kaverina’s research highlighted in faculty profile video
Jul. 23, 2020—Irina Kaverina, Ph.D., professor of Cell and Developmental Biology is featured in this Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences faculty profile video (recorded June 22, 2020).