Department News
Paper in Biological Psychiatry by Brian Shonesy…..
Mar. 14, 2018—Paper in Biological Psychiatry by Brian Shonesy….. Role of Striatal Direct Pathway 2-Arachidonoylglycerol Signaling in Sociability and Repetitive Behavior
Magnuson lab publishes in Diabetes…..
Mar. 14, 2018—Magnuson lab publishes in Diabetes….. Chronic β-Cell Depolarization Impairs β-Cell Identity by Disrupting a Network of Ca2+-Regulated Genes
Diabetes publishes work from Jason Spaeth……
Mar. 14, 2018—Diabetes publishes work from Jason Spaeth…… Defining a Novel Role for the Pdx1 Transcription Factor in Islet β-Cell Maturation and Proliferation During Weaning
Science Signaling paper from Nick Vierra (Jacobson lab)….
Mar. 14, 2018—Science Signaling paper from Nick Vierra (Jacobsen lab)…. TALK-1 channels control β cell endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ homeostasis
Three new endowed chairs in MPB
Dec. 4, 2017—Congratulations to Professors Alyssa Hasty, Richard Simerly and Danny Winder who were each awarded endowed chairs by Provost Wente and Dean Marnett, at a ceremony on November 29, 2017. Dr. Hasty was appointed to a Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, Dr. Simerly to a Louise B. McGavock Chair and Dr Winder to the Bixler-Johnson-Mayes Chair. See the...
MPB Faculty members elected as Fellows of the AAAS.
Dec. 4, 2017—Congratulations to Drs. Richard Simerly and David Wasserman for their recent election a Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Joint MPB appointee, Dr. Bruce Damon (associate professor of radiology and radiological sciences) was also elected. Read the full story here.
Congratulations to Danny Winder!!
May. 8, 2017—Recipient of the F. PETER GUENGERICH AWARD from the Vanderbilt School of Medicine for "Mentoring Postdoctoral Fellows or Residents in the Research Setting". Read all about it here!
Contratulations to Teru Nakagawa
Apr. 7, 2017—Teru just received notification that he is being honored by being awarded a NARSAD Independent Investigator grant from the Brains and Behavior Foundation. I hope you will join with me in congratulating him next time you see him! You can read more about the award in the REPORTER, and about this program here.
Notable publications in March 2017
Apr. 4, 2017—Papers published in journals with an IF≥5.0 Wang S, Stanika RI, Wang X, Hagen J, Kennedy MB, Obermair GJ, Colbran RJ, Lee A. Densin-180 controls the trafficking and signaling of L-type voltage-gated Cav1.2 Ca2+ channels at excitatory synapses. J Neurosci. 2017 Mar 31. pii: 2583-16. PMID: 28363979. Bluett RJ, Báldi R, Haymer A, Gaulden AD,...
Brian Palmisano publishes a paper in Frontiers in Endocrinology!
Apr. 4, 2017—Palmisano BT, Stafford JM, Pendergast JS. High-Fat Feeding Does Not Disrupt Daily Rhythms in Female Mice because of Protection by Ovarian Hormones. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2017 Mar 14;8:44. PMID: 28352249
PLoS One publishes paper by Caleigh Azumaya!
Apr. 4, 2017—Azumaya CM, Days EL, Vinson PN, Stauffer S, Sulikowski G, Weaver CD, Nakagawa T. Screening for AMPA receptor auxiliary subunit specific modulators. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 30;12(3):e0174742. PMID: 28358902
New Nature Communications article from Patel lab…..
Apr. 4, 2017—Bluett RJ, Báldi R, Haymer A, Gaulden AD, Hartley ND, Parrish WP, Baechle J, Marcus DJ, Mardam-Bey R, Shonesy BC, Uddin MJ, Marnett LJ, Mackie K, Colbran RJ, Winder DG, Patel S. Endocannabinoid signalling modulates susceptibility to traumatic stress exposure. Nat Commun. 2017 Mar 28;8:14782. PMID:28348378.
Kudos to our great POD3 staff!
Mar. 21, 2017—The internal audit of the MPB departments is currently wrapping up. This has been going on in the background for about the last four months! Thanks to the tremendous work of Gary Bock, Bess Cahill, Connie Huebschmann and especially Becky Bowden, we came through it in pretty good shape. The auditors identified some minor issues...