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Fitz Awarded F31 National Research Service Award
Jan. 3, 2022—Gillian Fitz (Tyska Lab) was awarded three years of funding through an F31 National Research Service Award predoctoral fellowship from the NIDDK/NIH
Indrayani Waghmare Awarded K99 Fellowship
Jan. 1, 2022—Indrayani Waghmare (Page-McCaw Lab) was awarded a K99 Fellowship from NIGMS.
Study sets framework for precision surveillance of colorectal cancer
Dec. 18, 2021—A team of Vanderbilt researchers has revealed some of the mechanisms by which polyps develop into colorectal cancer, setting the framework for improved surveillance for the cancer utilizing precision medicine. Their study, published Dec. 14 in Cell, describes findings from a single-cell transcriptomic and imaging atlas of the two most common colorectal polyps found in...
Fort Wins Best Short Talk
Dec. 4, 2021—Loic Fort (Macara Lab) won a best short talk at the “Virtually Dead IV” conference
Caplan Receives Young Investigator Award
Dec. 2, 2021—Leah Caplan (DelGiorno Lab) received a Young Investigator Award and presented her work at the American Pancreatic Association Annual Meeting
Burkewitz awarded $100,000 to conduct longevity research at the cellular level
Dec. 1, 2021—Kristopher Burkewitz, assistant professor of cell and developmental biology, has been awarded $100,000 from the American Federation for Aging Research and the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research to research the biological aging process. Burkewitz was one of 10 recipients nationally of this early-career award. Burkewitz’s project will work to understand the sequence of events in...
Ho Awarded DRTC Pilot & Feasibility Grant
Dec. 1, 2021—Kung-Hsien Ho (Kaverina Lab) was awarded a DRTC Pilot & Feasibility Grant (from the Diabetes Center)
Donahue Wins Travel Grant
Dec. 1, 2021—Eric Donahue (Burkewitz Lab) won a travel grant for the conference of the American Physician-Scientist Association (APSA)
CDB Connections: Maya Igarashi, November 2021
Nov. 9, 2021—Introduction Welcome to CDB Connections, an interview series from CDB’s DEI committee. This interview features Maya Igarashi, Research Assistant in the Gould Lab. This interview was conducted and written by Maggie Fye, of the CDB DEI communications subcommittee. This series of interviews is meant to present the diversity in our community and department and to celebrate...
Uncovering how injury to the pancreas impacts cancer formation
Nov. 5, 2021—Pioneering research from scientists at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies shows that acinar cells in the pancreas form new cell types to mitigate injury but are then susceptible to cancerous mutations. Findings from this research, led by Kathy DelGiorno, assistant professor of cell and developmental...
Spraggins lab awarded a supplement to HuBMAP project
Sep. 24, 2021—The Jeffrey Spraggins Lab has been awarded a supplement to its HuBMAP project (3 U54 EY032442-02S1) to purchase an Illumina MiSeq sequencer to complement the lab’s spatial transcriptomics workflows.
Aubrie Stricker wins travel award
Sep. 24, 2021—Graduate student, Aubrie Stricker (Andrea Page-McCaw Lab) won a travel award to attend the Biennial meeting of the American Society of Matrix Biology.
Gabriella Robertson receives the D-SPAN F99/K00 award
Sep. 24, 2021—Gabriella Robertson recently received the D-SPAN F99/K00 award from NIH/NINDS. Gabriella is a graduate student in the Vivian Gama lab.
Chalkley Receives Abstract Award
Sep. 17, 2021—Mary Chalkley (Ihrie/Ess Labs) received an abstract award and was selected to give a talk at the 2021 International Tuberous Sclerosis + LAM Conference
Get involved with DEI efforts in CDB
Sep. 9, 2021—Want to join the CDB committee for diversity, equity and inclusion? CDB members of every level or position are welcome to reach out at any time. We are currently a group of over 20 faculty, postdocs, grad students, and staff. Have questions, ideas, comments? Contact vu-cdb-dei@googlegroups.com Active DEI subcommittees and members: CDB Monday Seminars – Invites underrepresented minority...