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Chloe Snider (Kathy Gould lab): Chloe is investigating how the actomyosin contractile ring is anchored to the plasma membrane to regulate cell division. Read More

New work from Marija Zanic and her lab reveals how kinesin-14 family proteins promote microtubule aster formation. read more… Read More

Marija Zanic recently been named a Scialog Fellow (http://rescorp.org/scialog/chemical-machinery-of-the-cell). Read More

Vanderbilt’s most prestigious faculty honor for accomplishments in research, scholarship or creative expression was awarded to Kathy Gould during Fall Faculty Assembly Aug. 23. Gould, the Louise B. McGavock Chair, professor of cell and developmental biology, and associate dean for biomedical sciences, received the Earl… Read More

Protein Phosphatases meeting (left to right someone,  Brittany Allen-Petersen, Sora Lee, Rini Ranvidran, Abbey Perl)   Congratulations!… Read More

Art Dalley presented the keynote speaker for the 28thBrazilian Congress of Anatomy held in João Pessoa Paraíba, Brazil July 18-21, 2018.  His presentation was entitled “Osteophytes for Neophytes:  Incorporating the Dynamics of Postnatal Aging into the Learning of Normal Human Anatomy.”… Read More

Meredith Weck, Ph.D. just accepted a postdoctoral position with Dr. Matthew Welch at University of California – Berkeley. Dr. Weck defended her dissertation February 20, 2018 and has been continuing on a project in the Tyska Lab in the interim until she heads for Berkley. Congratulations Meredith!… Read More

Megan Rasmussen (Gama Lab),  Natalya Ortolano (Gama Lab), Claire Strothman (Zanic Lab) and  Chloe Snyder (Gould Lab) are recipients of the 2018 inagural Deans Award for Exceptional Achievement in Graduate Studies. The award honors outstanding graduate students in the School of Medicine who are entering their 4th year of study. The award provides each student… Read More

The basement membrane (BM) is an ancient, highly conserved structure that lies under the basal surface of epithelial cells and wraps around organs such as muscles and nerves. It provides mechanical stiffness and modulates cellular communication by interacting with signaling molecules. Although much is known about BM structure, its… Read More

Microtubules (MTs) are a critical component of the cytoskeleton, playing a role in a range of processes from cell polarization to division. MTs are polymers of αβ-tubulin that grow and shrink from a rapidly changing plus-end and a more slowly changing minus-end to form two primary architectures – linear… Read More