Alissa Weaver
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB)
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (PMI)
Program in Cancer Biology
Vanderbilt Quantitative Systems Biology Center (QSBC)
Vanderbilt Center for Systems Biology of Small Cell Lung Cancer
Epithelial Biology Center (EBC)
Extracellular Vesicle Interest Group
The Weaver laboratory studies the role of extracellular vesicles, including exosomes, in driving cell migration, and cellular communication in cancer, in the brain, and other biological systems. We use a variety of approaches, including biochemical purification, molecular manipulation of cells, microscopy (including live cell and tissue imagine), mouse models, and working with human patient samples.
The Weaver laboratory studies the role of extracellular vesicles, including exosomes, in driving cell migration, and cellular communication in cancer, in the brain, and other biological systems. We use a variety of approaches, including biochemical purification, molecular manipulation of cells, microscopy (including live cell and tissue imagine), mouse models, and working with human patient samples.
Keywords: exosomes , cell migration , cancer metastasis , neurons , extracellular matrix , cytoskeleton
Research Area: Imaging , Cell Structure , Cell Signaling , Neurodegeneration and Neuroinflamation , Developmental Neuroscience