Leigh MacMillan Archive — Page 57 of 85

Black-and-white sketch portrait of a smiling woman with short, wavy hair, identified by the caption as Nancy Cox, Ph.D.
December 10, 2015

Genetics Institute director Cox set for next Discovery Lecture

Nancy Cox, Ph.D., founding director of the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Dec. 17.

By Leigh MacMillan
green traffic light
December 3, 2015

Microtubules act as cellular ‘rheostat’ to control insulin secretion

Microtubules — cellular “highways” that deliver cargo to the cell membrane for secretion — have a surprising role in pancreatic beta cells. Instead of facilitating glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, they limit it, a team of Vanderbilt investigators reported recently in Developmental Cell.

By Leigh MacMillan
Portrait of a seated woman with long dark hair, wearing a pale yellow shirt and jeans, framed against a sunlit floor with strong window shadows.
November 12, 2015

VUMC’s Baganz honored by Society for Neuroscience

For her contributions to public communication, outreach and education about neuroscience, Nicole Baganz, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in Pharmacology, received the 2015 Next Generation Award from the Society for Neuroscience.

By Leigh MacMillan
DNA sequence visualization
November 12, 2015

Study helps clarify components of DNA ‘copy machine’

Vanderbilt investigators have generated a “parts list” for the molecular machinery that duplicates DNA each time a cell divides. The research has implications for cancer therapies that target components of this machinery.

By Leigh MacMillan
Petri dish containing red culture medium with numerous white bacterial colonies and streak marks from inoculation; additional culture plates are blurred in the background.
November 4, 2015

Detect and defend against pathogens

Understanding factors, such as the receptor TLR9, that detect and defend against pathogens may lead to therapeutic approaches that promote an effective immune response to treat infections.

By Leigh MacMillan
Pregnant person holding several blister packs of white and red pills in front of their abdomen.
October 30, 2015

Prenatal folic acid and asthma

The timing of folic acid-containing prescription filling during pregnancy was associated with childhood asthma, according to a new Vanderbilt study.

By Leigh MacMillan