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Nov. 29, 2018, 11:00 AM by Leigh MacMillan Single-cell RNA sequencing is a powerful tool for studying cellular diversity, for example in cancer where varied tumor cell types determine diagnosis, prognosis and response to therapy. Single-cell technologies generate hundreds to thousands of data points per sample, generating a need for… Read More

Five Vanderbilt University faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this year. They are among 416 fellows from around the country selected by their peers for membership in the world’s largest general scientific society “because of their scientifically or socially distinguished… Read More

Nov. 8, 2018, 1:30 PM by Amanda Johnson Cancer cells can develop resistance to the treatments designed to eliminate them. Several studies have linked stress granules (SGs), cell organelles that form transiently in response to extracellular stress, to this phenomenon. However, how SGs protect cancer cells remains unclear. Read More

Vivien Casagrande, Ph.D. was posthumously inducted into the Patricia Goldman-Rakic Hall of Honor at the recent Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego. The Patricia Goldman-Rakic Hall of Honor is a posthumous award for a neuroscientist who pursued career excellence and exhibited dedication to the advancement of women in neuroscience. The… Read More

The Lau lab has uncovered a method for exploring single cell data Read More… Read More

CDB Graduate Students Colbie Chinowsk and Megan Postema (Tyska Lab) along with Lindsey Seldin, Ph.D. (Marara Lab) and Roslin Thoppil, Ph.D. (Kaverina Lab)  join other Vanderbilt students and post docs in DC exploring advocacy and policy in science. Read the rest of the story here… Read More

The Macara lab is looking for a new RA-II technician to support a dynamic laboratory of about 10 people, including graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, working on breast cancer and epithelial development.  The successful candidate will have skills in cell and molecular biology, and be able to handle mice for… Read More

Nilay Taneja (Burnette Lab) recently received 11th place at the Nikon Small World Photomicrography contest for his submission, “Human fibroblast undergoing cell division, showing actin (gray), myosin II (green) and DNA (magenta),” using structured illumination microscopy at Vanderbilt’s Nikon Center of Excellence facility. Read More

Loss of a protein that regulates mitochondrial function can greatly increase the risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack), Vanderbilt scientists reported Oct. 3 in the journal eLife. The study illustrates how “integrative genomics,” a combination of basic research, a human biobank linked to electronic health records and… Read More

Dr. Lindsey Seldin at Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine is researching a rare type of breast cancer that is actually affecting a woman in Grundy County, Tennessee. Since most research money goes toward developing treatment for breast cancer that’s already been formed, Dr. Seldin’s studies are starting new traditions. Read More