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Susan Wente and Chris Lord's article on mechanisms of aging is highlighted in Research News@Vanderbilt. The investigators report in the March 16  Journal of Cell Biology that specific Nups and transport events regulate longevity independent of changes in NPC permeability. Read More

Vanderbilt University researchers have discovered a cleft in a chromosome-binding protein that may hold the key to stopping most cancers in their tracks. “MYC regulates thousands of genes involved in growth and duplication,” said lead author William Tansey, Ph.D., Ingram Professor of Cancer Research and professor of Cell and Developmental… Read More

For Marija Zanic, Ph.D., who joined Vanderbilt University’s Department of Cell and Developmental Biology as an assistant professor last August, the journey from her home country took a more circuitous route — from cell biology to theoretical physics and back again. Zanic’s dissertation explored string cosmology, which describes the fundamental structure of… Read More

It is with great pleasure that we announce the secondary appointment to the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology of Billy Hudson, Ph.D. Professor, whose research  lies in the structure and function of type IV collagen, the major constituent of basement membranes. Dr. Hudson is well known to many of us.  His primary appointment is in the Department… Read More

Jim Patton, Ph.D., Professor, whose interests in alternative splicing and the control of gene expression, vertebrate microRNA function, and gene therapy applications, is the newest member of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology's Secondary Faculty. As the director of IGP, Dr. Patton is also well known to many of us, his primary… Read More

Fifteen faculty members hailing from a diverse cross section of disciplines have been selected as the first cohort of the Chancellor Faculty Fellows program, including Andrea Page-McCaw.  Read announcement.  … Read More

I am delighted to announce the addition of Young Jae Nam, M.D., to the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology as an Assistant Professor.  Dr. Nam works on the induction of diverse cardiac cell types by direct reprogramming.  His primary appointment in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine.   … Read More

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Alissa Weaver, M.D, to the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology as Associate Professor.  Her research focuses on how the secretion of small extracellular vesicles from cells promotes aggressive, invasive behavior and facilitates tumor growth and metastasis. Dr. Weaver is well known… Read More