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  • A new Cdk1 substrate Nsk1 regulates kinetochore

    A new Cdk1 substrate Nsk1 regulates kinetochore

    Jun-Song Chen1,2, Lucy X. Lu1,2, Melanie D. Ohi2, Kevin M. Creamer3,4, Chauca English2,  Janet F. Partridge4, Ryoma Ohi2, and Kathleen L. Gould1,2 1 Howard Hughes Medical Institute & 2 Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37212 3 Integrated Program in Biomedical… Read More

    Dec. 8, 2011

  • GABAergic synapses in C. elegans

    GABAergic synapses in C. elegans

    Author contributions: S.C.P., J.D.W., J.E.R., and D.M.M. designed research; S.C.P., J.D.W., and J.E.R. performed research; M.S. and W.W.W. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; S.C.P., J.D.W., J.E.R., and D.M.M. analyzed data; S.C.P. and D.M.M. wrote the paper. Abstract Although transcription factors are known to regulate synaptic plasticity, downstream genes that contribute… Read More

    Dec. 7, 2011

  • Diabetes Day

    Diabetes Day

    Jennifer Plank, a current student in Cell and Developmental Biology, received the award in the graduate student category. Working with Patricia Labosky, Ph.D., Jennifer studies regulators of pancreatic beta cell mass expansion. She has identified important roles for the neural crest and for the transcription factor Foxd3 in the beta… Read More

    Nov. 28, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Susan Wente named by the ASCB’s Women in Cell Biology (WICB)

    Susan Wente, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Senior Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences, and Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, was named by the ASCB’s Women in Cell Biology (WICB) Committee to receive the 2011 WICB… Read More

    Oct. 19, 2011

  • Loss of Foxd3 results in decreased beta cell proliferation and glucose intolerance during pregnancy

    Loss of Foxd3 results in decreased beta cell proliferation and glucose intolerance during pregnancy

    Jennifer L. Plank, Audrey Y. Frist, Alison W. LeGrone, Mark A. Magnuson and Patricia A. Labosky – Author Affiliations Department of Cell and Developmental Biology (J.L.P., A.Y.F., A.W.L., M.A.M., P.A.L.), Center for Stem Cell Biology (J.L.P., A.Y.F., A.W.L., M.A.M., P.A.L.), Program in Developmental Biology (J.L.P., A.Y.F., A.W.L., M.A.M., P.A.L.), Department… Read More

    Oct. 19, 2011

  • Genetic interactions between hepatocyte nuclear factor-6 and notch signaling

    Genetic interactions between hepatocyte nuclear factor-6 and notch signaling

    Genetic interactions between hepatocyte nuclear factor-6 and notch signaling regulate mouse intrahepatic bile duct development in vivo Charles Vanderpool1, Erin E. Sparks2, Kari A. Huppert2, Maureen Gannon3, Anna L. Means4, Stacey S. Huppert2,*,† DOI: 10.1002/hep.24631 Abstract Notch signaling and hepatocyte nuclear factor-6 (HNF-6) are two genetic factors known… Read More

    Sep. 20, 2011

  • Mechanism of plus-end targeting by the kinesin-8 Kif18A

    Mechanism of plus-end targeting by the kinesin-8 Kif18A

    A Tethering Mechanism Controls the Processivity and Kinetochore-Microtubule Plus-End Enrichment of the Kinesin-8 Kif18A Jason Stumpff2, 4, Yaqing Du1, 4, Chauca A. English1, Zoltan Maliga3, Michael Wagenbach2, Charles L. Asbury2, Linda Wordeman2, 4, ,  and Ryoma Ohi1, 4, 1 Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232… Read More

    Sep. 1, 2011

  • cell reprogramming by forced Pdx1 expression

    cell reprogramming by forced Pdx1 expression

    Context-specific α-to-β-cell reprogramming by forced Pdx1 expression Yu-Ping Yang1,Fabrizio Thorel2,Daniel F. Boyer1,Pedro L. Herrera2 and Christopher V.E. Wright1,3 1Vanderbilt University Program in Developmental Biology, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA; 2Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva Faculty of… Read More

    Sep. 1, 2011

  • Neural crest stem cell multipotency requires Foxd3

    Neural crest stem cell multipotency requires Foxd3

    eural crest stem cell multipotency requires Foxd3 to maintain neural potential and repress mesenchymal fates Nathan A. Mundell1,2,3 and Patricia A. Labosky1,2,3,4,* 1 Center for Stem Cell Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0494, USA. 2 Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN… Read More

    Apr. 19, 2011

  • Coupling chromosome segregation and cytokinesis involves signaling scaffold ubiquitination

    Coupling chromosome segregation and cytokinesis involves signaling scaffold ubiquitination

    EMBO J. 2011 Jan 19;30(2):341-54. Epub 2010 Dec 3. Dma1 ubiquitinates the SIN scaffold, Sid4, to impede the mitotic localization of Plo1 kinase. Johnson AE, Gould KL. Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. Abstract Proper cell division requires strict coordination between mitotic… Read More

    Feb. 25, 2011