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Congratulations to Ian Macara for being named to the inaugural Vanderbilt University Research Council which will identify opportunities for significant advancements and progress in our research enterprise, advance discovery, and facilitate research collaborations between VU and VUMC. Read More

Irina N. Kaverina has been promoted to full Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology. Her research focuses on establishing principles of diversity and asymmetry within MT networks and understanding how variations in MT subsets are translated into specifics of cellular architecture and functioning. Congratulations on your promotion!… Read More

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Ken Lau, Ph.D., and colleagues previously described a method for preparing single-cell suspensions from epithelial tissues – the type of tissue from which many diseases arise. Now, they have extended this analysis to formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) specimens present in repositories of clinical patient samples. Read More

A colorful image of a dividing cancer cell, submitted by Dylan Burnette, Ph.D., assistant professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, won 12th Place in Nikon’s Small World 2016 Photomicrography Competition. Read More

Drs. Chin Chiang and Andrea Page-McCaw were recently awarded these grants: Chiang,Chin 1R01 NIH/NINDS 09/30/2016 – 08/31/2021 Regulation of Shh Signaling by Cellular Energetics          Page-McCaw, Andrea 3R01Nih/Nigms08/16/2016 12/31/2019  Wnt/Wg Extracellular Ligand Distribution and Regulation… Read More

Tasia Pyburn’s (Melanie Ohi Lab) paper was recently published in the October issue of Molecular Microbiology and she got the cover!… Read More

Ken Lau's  paper was recently published in the October 11th issue of Science Signaling, and he got the cover!… Read More

Nora Foegeding (Melanie Ohi Lab) was recently published in Toxins, and she got the cover!… Read More

Officials of Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Nikon Instruments Inc. last week celebrated the opening of the Vanderbilt Nikon Center of Excellence, which features state-of-the-art microscopy for live-cell imaging. Administratively part of Vanderbilt University’s Cell Imaging Shared Resource (CISR), the facility is one of only six Nikon Centers of… Read More