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Transventricular delivery of Sonic hedgehog is essential to cerebellar ventricular zone development Xi Huanga, Jiang Liua, Tatiana Ketovaa, Jonathan T. Fleminga, Vandana K. Groverb, Michael K. Cooperb, Ying Litingtunga, and Chin Chianga,1 + Author Affiliations Departments of aCell and Developmental Biology and bNeurology, Center for Molecular Neuroscience,… Read More

P.Ohi lab’s first paper hit the press today in Current Biology, this issue The Kinesin-8 Kif18A Dampens Microtubule Plus-End Dynamics Yaqing Du1, Chauca A. English1 and Ryoma Ohi 1 Department of Cell and DevelopmentalBiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 465 21st AvenueSouth, Nashville, TN 37232-8240, USA Received 2… Read More

Dear Colleagues, As 2009 comes to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you well and to announce these important changes for senior leadership within the departments of Cell and Developmental Biology and Cancer Biology. These changes are effective January 1. First, I would like to… Read More

Golgi-derived CLASP-dependent microtubules control Golgi organization and polarized trafficking in motile cells. Read More

Irina Kaverina and others, recognized with Chancellor’s Awards for Research, which recognizes excellence in research, scholarship or creative expression. Chancellor's Awards Page VUcast faculty assembly… Read More

Identifying a borealin component of the yeast chromosome passenger complex. Read More

Sonic hedgehog signaling regulates a novel epithelial progenitor domain of the hindbrain choroid plexus. Huang X, Ketova T, Fleming JT, Wang H, Dey SK, Litingtung Y, Chiang C. Development. 2009 Aug;136(15):2535-43. Epub 2009 Jul 1. Note that VUMC reporter will do an aliquot report on this paper on… Read More

A surprising new function for intestinal cells in shaping theirlocal environment.Every cell lining the small intestine bristles with thousandsof tightly packed microvilli that project into the gut lumen,forming a brush border that absorbs nutrients and protects thebody from intestinal bacteria. McConnell et al. now find thatmicrovilli extend their… Read More

nature chemical biology 5, 195 – 196 (2009) doi:10.1038/nchembio0409-195 Yu-Ping Yang1 & Chris Wright1 Yu-Ping Yang and Chris Wright are in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and the Vanderbilt University Program in Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. e-mail: chris.wright@vanderbilt.edu Abstract Small-molecule library… Read More

Vanderbilt Reporter, Lords of the contractile ring Cell division requires the formation of a contractile ring. While many protein components of this ring are known, how they interact with each other and with the plasma membrane remains unclear. Rachel Roberts-Galbraith, Kathy Gould, Ph.D., and colleagues are studying these… Read More