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Excellence in Cell Dynamics Awards
Jul. 8, 2016—Three awards were chosen among strong nominees who had made significant contributions to the field of cell dynamics: Nathan McDonald, Graduate Student in Kathy Gould’s Lab Hannah Worchel, Graduate Student in Mark Magnusons Lab Bhume Singh, Ph.D.,Post Doc in Bob Coffey’s Lab The honor included an opportunity to present at the symposium, dinner with the speakers...
Eric Bankaitis Recognized for High Impact Paper
Jun. 29, 2016—Eric Bankaitis was recognized by the VICC for his Genes and Development paper as a high impact publication: "Feedback control of growth, differentiation, and morphogenesis of pancreatic endocrine progenitors in an epithelial plexus niche," Bankaitis ED, Bechard ME, Wright CV. Genes Dev. 2015 Oct 15;29(20):2203-16. doi: 10.1101/gad.267914.115. PMID: 26494792
Casey Nielsen Receives “The Ubiquigent Young Scientist Award”
Jun. 20, 2016—Casey Nielsen (MacGurn Lab) received “The Ubiquigent Young Scientist Award” at the FASEB Ubiquitin meeting. The award was given for the “best student poster” out of 82 total posters across two sessions. This was in addition to the travel award they already gave Casey to cover a portion of her travel costs.
14th Annual CDB Retreat A Success
May. 6, 2016—The 14th Annual Cell and Developmental Biology Retreat was held May 4, 2016 at the Joe C. Davis YMCA Outdoor Center in Nashville. This annual event provides an opportunity for faculty, staff, and lab members to meet and discuss their research in a relaxed environment. The agenda consisted of student presentations and poster sessions. Visit the CDB 2016 Retreat page to view an...
2016 CDB Graduate Student & Postdoc of the Year Announced
May. 6, 2016—Cell and Developmental Biology awards for outstanding research achievements by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are given in recognition of outstanding research achievements by a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. This year's recipients are Nathan McDonald (Gould Lab), Graduate Student of the Year, and Xiaoxi Wang (Page-McCaw Lab), Post Doc of the Year.
Marija Zanic Named 2016 Searle Scholar
Apr. 18, 2016—Marija Zanic is one of fifteen scientists in the chemical and biological sciences to be named a 2016 Searle Scholar. Each researcher is awarded $300,000 in flexible funding to support his or her work during the next three years. Searle Scholars are selected for their potential to make significant contributions to chemical and biological research over the course...
Ken Lau receives the Overall High Impact Award
Apr. 6, 2016—Ken Lau receives the Overall High Impact Award for 2016 from Vanderbilt Center for Quantitative Sciences for his paper “Cytometry-based single-cell analysis of intact epithelial signaling reveals MAPK activation divergent from TNF-a-induced apoptosis in vivo.”
CDB Rises to the #1 Spot in Cell Biology Funding!
Mar. 30, 2016—The Vanderbilt Department of Cell & Developmental Biology currently occupies the #1 rank among US medical schools in "Anatomy/Cell Biology" NIH funding, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. (http://www.brimr.org/NIH_Awards/NIH_Awards.htm).
April Weissmiller Awarded AACR Basic Science Cancer Research Fellowship
Mar. 23, 2016—April Weissmiller, Post Doc in the Tansey Lab, was awarded a one year AACR Basic Science Cancer Research Fellowship “ Probing a novel mechanism of MYC recruitment to chromatin." She will receive the award at the Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. The grant begins 7/1/2016. Congratulations, April!
A clue to cell cleavage
Mar. 14, 2016—In a study published in the March issue of Current Biology, Puck Ohi, Ph.D. and graduate student Jennifer Landino demonstrate that the cleavage furrow communicates with the midzone.
MariaSanta Mangione Awarded Grant
Mar. 14, 2016—MariaSanta Mangione (Gould Lab) was recently awarded an NIH/NIGMS grant for "Investigating the Regulation and Structural Features of the conserved Membrane-Binding F-BAR Protein Cdc15." Her current research is centered on the F-BAR protein Cdc15, and the formation of the cytokinetic ring.
Study explores less invasive way to monitor colorectal cancer
Feb. 18, 2016—Research assistant professor, Jeff Franklin, and other investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, have published research regarding an important feature of colorectal cancer (CRC) that could eventually lead to the development of non-invasive means of monitoring cancer progression. The team’s research, published in eLIFE, indicates that colorectal cancer cells release tiny RNAs called microRNAs (miRNAs) so as to...
Meredith Weck Awarded NIH/NIDDK Grant
Feb. 15, 2016—Meredith Weck, a graduate student in Matt Tyska's Lab, was recently award an NIH/NIDDK grant for "Investigating the Role of Myosin 7b in Intra-Microvillar Transport."
Grant Awarded to Ken Lau
Feb. 15, 2016—Associate Professor and PI, Ken Lau, recently landed an NIH/NIDDK grant for research in "Spatio-temporal Dissection of Epithelial Cell Hierarchies in Gut Inflammation."