Department News
Megan Capozzi publishes first author paper
Mar. 8, 2017—Linoleic Acid is a Diabetes-relevant Stimulator of Retinal Inflammation in Human Retinal Muller Cells and Microvascular Endothelial Cells. Capozzi ME, McCollum GW, Cousins DB, Penn JS. J Diabetes Metab. 2016 Dec;7(12). pii: 718. doi: 10.4172/2155-6156.1000718. PMID: 28066685
JOVE publishes paper by Andrea Perreault – watch the video!
Mar. 8, 2017—The ChIP-exo Method: Identifying Protein-DNA Interactions with Near Base Pair Precision. Perreault AA, Venters BJ. J Vis Exp. 2016 Dec 23;(118). doi: 10.3791/55016. PMID: 28060339
Colbran elected as new AAAS Fellow
Dec. 20, 2016—Roger Colbran, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, for distinguished contributions to the field of neuroscience, particularly for studies identifying key postsynaptic signaling mechanisms that underlie synaptic plasticity, learning and memory has been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Madhur receives NIH New Innovator Award
Oct. 10, 2016—Meena Madhur MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine with a joint appointment in MPB, she is one of 48 investigators to receive a New Innovator Award from the NIH. Dr. Madhur will use single cell multiplex cytometry to profile peripheral immune cells in hypertensive and normotensive patients with the goal of understanding how hypertension and inflammation interact to...
Rich Simerly receives R01 to study Leptin signaling in the hypothalamus
Oct. 10, 2016—The Simerly lab has received an R01 grant titled Leptin and Developmental Programming of Hypothalamic Autonomic Outflow.
Jordan Feigerle publishes first author paper in Journal of Biological Chemistry
Sep. 13, 2016—Jordan Feigerle recently published a paper in the Journal of Biological Chemistry on the interaction between TAF2 adn TAF14 and the C-terminal domain of RNA pol II.
Farewell Party held for the Cone lab
Aug. 31, 2016—We bid a fond farewell to Roger at a celebration on August 26. For those that could not make it, the picture shows Roger sporting one of the gifts from the department – he is well equipped for the next Halloween party. Roger’s last official day as a VU employee was August 31, but he...
Roger Colbran receives Vanderbilt Development Program Award
Aug. 23, 2016—Roger Colbran has been awarded a Development Award to perform a high throughput screen for small molecule inhibitors and modulators of Ca2+/calmodulin independent protein kinase II (CaMKII).
Danny Winder named founding director of the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research (VCAR)
Aug. 19, 2016—Vanderbilt announced the establishment of the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research (VCAR). VCAR goal is to define the molecular events that drive addictive behavior and to develop new treatments that can help people sustain long-term recovery.
Dr. Cone accepts Director of the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan
Aug. 19, 2016—Roger Cone, the chair of MPB for the last 8 years, announced that he will be leaving this Fall for the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan where he will be the Director. Dr. Cone remarked that "…it has been a distinct honor and a great pleasure to serve as your chair these past 8...
Dr. Richard Simerly joins MPB
Aug. 19, 2016—Dr. Richard Simerly, formerly the Director of the Developmental Neuroscience Program and Deputy Director of the Saban Research Institute at the Keck School of Medicine (UCLA) has joined Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. Dr. Simerly studies axon targeting in limbic and hypothalamic neural pathways, leptin receptor signaling in developing hypothalamic circuitry, and the development of sexually dimorphic forebrain regions. His lab...
Dr. Erkan Karakas joins the MPB faculty
Aug. 9, 2016—Dr. Erkan Karakas has signed on to join us as an Assistant Professor on the tenure-track some time before January 1, 2017. Erkan will develop a program focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms and regulation of calcium signaling by inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) and the mitochondrial calcium uniporter. During postdoctoral training with Dr. Hiro Furukawa...
Ian Williams publishes in Cell Metabolism
May. 16, 2016—Ian Williams of the Wasserman lab is an author of a paper in Cell Metabolism describing how VEGF-mediated changes in adipose vasculature affects obesity.
Ian Williams has a first author paper in Hypertension
May. 16, 2016—Ian Williams in the Wasserman lab has a first author publication in Hypertension describing their work on the effects of an angiotension peptide on insulin sensitivity.
Allison Norlander publishes in Hypertension
May. 12, 2016—Allison Norlander in the Harrison and Madhur labs has a first author publication in Hypertension titled "Interleukin-17A Regulates Renal Sodium Transporters and Renal Injury in Angiotensin II-Induced Hypertension."