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I am pleased to announce that Leslie Gewin, M.D.'s secondary appointment became effective 1/1/2014. Dr. Gewin's research focuses on kidney injury – primary appointment Dept. of Medicine; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension.     … Read More

Ron Vale, Ph.D., "Mechanisms of Biological Motility"… Read More

Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh EGF Receptor Endocytosis: Mechanisms and Role in Signaling… Read More

Pioneers of Discovery: Investigator Jason MacGurn explores how cells decide what’s on surface (Cell Surface Composition) Jason MacGurn, Ph.D., is studying the protein composition of the surface of cells. (photo by John Russell) by Leigh MacMillan | Posted on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 — 9:04 AM… Read More

Exosome secretion is enhanced by invadopodia and drives invasive behavior Daisuke Hoshino1, Kellye C. Kirkbride1, Kaitlin Costello1, Emily S. Clark2, Seema Sinha1, Nathan Grega-Larson3, Matthew J. Tyska3 and Alissa M. Weaver1, 4 1 Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA 2 Department… Read More

AAAS Council Elects 388 New AAAS Fellows "Meeting Global Challenges: Discovery and Innovation" is the theme for the 2014 AAAS Annual Meeting but it also describes the achievements of the new AAAS Fellows. For example, Robert Geahlen, distinguished professor of medicinal chemistry at Purdue University, discovered Syk, an… Read More

NIH announces awards to strengthen the biomedical research workforce BEST awards encourage innovative approaches to address workforce challenges Print this pageShare on email Share on facebook Share on twitter The National Institutes of Health is making available approximately $3.7 million for awards to enhance training opportunities for… Read More

  Efficient multiplex biallelic zebrafish genome editing using a CRISPR nuclease system.   Jao LE, Wente SR, Chen W.   Source Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-8240.   Abstract A… Read More

Nuclear-localized Asunder regulates cytoplasmic dynein localization via its role in the Integrator complex Jeanne N. Jodoina, Poojitha Sitarama, Todd R. Albrechtb,… Read More

This award recognizes faculty members for excellence in research, scholarship or creative expression. Dr. Casagrande won this award for a ground-breaking paper in Nature Neuroscience, in which a novel linkage was identified between primary visual cortex of the brain and the thalamus, which controls the ability of the visual system… Read More