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Role of Resident Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Feb. 26, 2014—CDB Monday Seminar Series "The Role of Resident Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Pulmonary Disease" Susan Majka, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Medicine – CDB Secondary Faculty Candidate Monday, March 3, 2014 – 12:14 pm – 1220 MRB III
Robert Wechsler-Reya – CDB GSA-invited speaker
Feb. 18, 2014—Robert J. Wechsler-Reya, Ph.D. Professor and Director, Tumor Development Program, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute "Targeting the Stem Cells that Give Rise to Brain Tumors" Monday, February 24, 2014 12:15pm 1220 MRB III Host: CDB Graduate Student Association
Motor and tail homology 1 (Th1) domains antagonistically control myosin-1 dynamics
Feb. 4, 2014—Motor and Tail Homology 1 (TH1) Domains Antagonistically Control Myosin-1 Dynamics Jessica N. Mazerik, Lewis J. Kraft, Anne K. Kenworthy, Matthew J. Tyska Abstract Class 1 myosins are monomeric motor proteins that fulfill diverse functions at the membrane/cytoskeletal interface. All myosins-1 contain a motor domain, which binds actin, hydrolyzes ATP, and generates forces, and a...
Faculty Appointment Dylan Burnette
Feb. 1, 2014—I am delighted to announce a tenure track appointment of Dylan Burnette, Ph.D. to the rank of Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental, effective February 1, 2014. Dylan was a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Bethesda Maryland. He...
asunder is required for dynein localization and dorsal fate determination during Drosophila oogenesis
Feb. 1, 2014—asunder is required for dynein localization and dorsal fate determination during Drosophila oogenesis Poojitha Sitaram, Julie A. Merkle1, Ethan Lee, Laura A. Lee Abstract We previously showed that asunder (asun) is a critical regulator of dynein localization during Drosophila spermatogenesis. Because the expression of asun is much higher in Drosophila ovaries and early embryos than...
Heidi Hehnly, Ph.D. – Faculty Candidate
Jan. 20, 2014—Faculty Candidate Seminar – Monday, January 27, 2014 – 12:15 pm – 1220 MRB III Heidi Hehnly, Ph.D "Old and New Roles for the Small GTPase Rab11"
Leslie Gewin Appointment
Jan. 20, 2014—I am pleased to announce that Leslie Gewin, M.D.'s secondary appointment became effective 1/1/2014. Dr. Gewin's research focuses on kidney injury – primary appointment Dept. of Medicine; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension.
Ron Vale CDB Distinguished Lecturer
Jan. 1, 2014—Ron Vale, Ph.D., "Mechanisms of Biological Motility"
Alexander Sorkin
Dec. 31, 2013—Alexander Sorkin, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh EGF Receptor Endocytosis: Mechanisms and Role in Signaling
Jason MacGurn Pioneer of Discovery
Dec. 20, 2013—Pioneers of Discovery: Investigator Jason MacGurn explores how cells decide what’s on surface (Cell Surface Composition) Jason MacGurn, Ph.D., is studying the protein composition of the surface of cells. (photo by John Russell) by Leigh MacMillan | Posted on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 — 9:04 AM
Exosome secretion is enhanced by invadopodia and drives invasive behavior
Dec. 12, 2013—Exosome secretion is enhanced by invadopodia and drives invasive behavior Daisuke Hoshino1, Kellye C. Kirkbride1, Kaitlin Costello1, Emily S. Clark2, Seema Sinha1, Nathan Grega-Larson3, Matthew J. Tyska3 and Alissa M. Weaver1, 4 1 Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA 2 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Medical...
AAAS David Miller
Dec. 3, 2013—AAAS Council Elects 388 New AAAS Fellows "Meeting Global Challenges: Discovery and Innovation" is the theme for the 2014 AAAS Annual Meeting but it also describes the achievements of the new AAAS Fellows. For example, Robert Geahlen, distinguished professor of medicinal chemistry at Purdue University, discovered Syk, an enzyme that affects the growth of different...
Gould BEST Award
Dec. 3, 2013—NIH announces awards to strengthen the biomedical research workforce BEST awards encourage innovative approaches to address workforce challenges Print this pageShare on email Share on facebook Share on twitter The National Institutes of Health is making available approximately $3.7 million for awards to enhance training opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to prepare them...
Student Publication: Nuclear Asunder regulates cytoplasmic dynein
Nov. 15, 2013—Nuclear-localized Asunder regulates cytoplasmic dynein localization via its role in the Integrator complex Jeanne N. Jodoina, Poojitha Sitarama, Todd R. Albrechtb, Sarah B. Mayb, Mohammad Shboulc, Ethan Leea, Bruno Reversadec,d, Eric J. Wagnerb,1, and Laura A. Leea,1 Abstract We previously reported that Asunder (ASUN) is essential for recruitment of dynein motors to the nuclear envelope...
2013 Chancellor’s Award for Research
Nov. 15, 2013—This award recognizes faculty members for excellence in research, scholarship or creative expression. Dr. Casagrande won this award for a ground-breaking paper in Nature Neuroscience, in which a novel linkage was identified between primary visual cortex of the brain and the thalamus, which controls the ability of the visual system to focus. Remarkably, when a...