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Please join me in congratulating Steve Hann as our new Director of Graduate Studies for Cell and Developmental Biology, effective July 1, 2015. Steve brings  valuable experience from his 27 year career in the department, and as PI of the IBSTO training grant.   As IGP Day rapidly approaches we… Read More

Recent CDB student-postdoc award winners include: Allison Prewitt, GSA President, received a $2K voucher from the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translation Research (VICTR) for research support. Mukhtar Ahmed, Ph.D., Macara Lab, received a Fellowship award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – 2015-2018. Rebecca McWhirter, received the NSF Robert Noyce… Read More

For his innovation in elucidating the molecular mechanism of Wnt signaling, Ethan Lee, associate professor, Cell & Developmental Biology, is the recipient of this year’s Sidney P. Colowick Award for Outstanding Contributions to Research. Dr. Lee developed the first biochemical system to study the Wnt pathway, which plays critical roles in animal development and… Read More

Graduate Student Anika Burman (Timothy Blackwell Lab) received the American Heart Association (AHA) Fellowship (GSA Pre-doctoral fellowship Winter 2015) for the next two years. Read More

Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Ken Lau recently received the Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for Research in Tumor Microenvironment. This award was established to recognize the outstanding achievement of a junior faculty-level scientist working in the tumor microenvironment field, and support his or her research that, if successful, will… Read More

Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Andrea Page-McCaw was awarded a new R21 grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), entitled “FlpOn: an optogenetic circuit for user-designed mosaics and its application to wound healing”.  It is a collaborative grant with Shane Hutson in the Physics department. Read More

The 13th Annual Cell and Developmental Biology Retreat was held May 1, 2015 at the Joe C. Davis YMCA Outdoor Center in Nashville. This annual event provides an opportunity for faculty, staff, and lab members to meet and discuss their research in a relaxed environment. The agenda consisted of student presentations and poster sessions. Visit… Read More

2014-2015 CDB Graduates: Elise Pfaltzgraff, Ph.D., Ashley Grimaldi, Ph.D., Tanner Freeman, Ph.D., Bryon Knowles, Ph.D., Katie Ryan, Ph.D., Sarah Hainline, Ph.D., Spencer Willet, Ph.D., Angela Halstead, Ph.D., Richard Guyer, Ph.D., Tony Chen, Ph.D., Emma Sturgill, Ph.D., Ashley Hipps Stouch, Ph.D., Becky Adams, Ph.D., Emily Poulin, Ph.D., Kim Riley, Ph.D. and Amanda Casey, Ph.D.  … Read More

Cell and Developmental Biology awards for outstanding research achievements by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are given in recognition of outstanding research achievements by a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. This year's recipients are Emily Poulin (Coffey Lab), Graduate Student of the Year, and Yongliang Huo (Macara Lab) Post Doc of the Year. … Read More

Roel Nusse, Ph.D., an expert in the regulation of tissue growth and development by Wnt signaling pathways, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, April 23. Roel Nusse, Ph.D. Nusse is the CDB Distinguished Speaker. His lecture, “Wnt Signaling, Stem Cell Control and Cancer,” sponsored by the Department… Read More