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Rebecca Ihrie

Department of Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB)
Department of Neurological Surgery
Program in Cancer Biology
Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI)
Program in Developmental Biology (PDB)
Vanderbilt Center for Stem Cell Biology (VCSCB)
Mass Cytometry Center of Excellence
Vanderbilt Quantitative Systems Biology Center (QSBC)


We use imaging and flow cytometry to understand the signaling events driving normal stem cell commitment in the brain and the disruption of this process in disease. We work in animal models and in human tissue specimens to directly study neural stem cells and brain tumors of all grades.

We use imaging and flow cytometry to understand the signaling events driving normal stem cell commitment in the brain and the disruption of this process in disease. We work in animal models and in human tissue specimens to directly study neural stem cells and brain tumors of all grades.

Keywords: Stem Cells , Brain Tumors , Developmental Biology , Systems Biology , Signal Transduction

Research Area: Computational and Systems Biology , Stem Cell Biology & Regeneration , Cancer Biology , Cell Signaling , Developmental Neuroscience , Developmental Biology