Andrea Page-McCaw

May 9, 2019

The dynamic basement

Vanderbilt scientists led by Andrea Page-McCaw have discovered a new way to analyze repair of basement membranes — important structural and functional components of tissues.

By Sanjay Mishra
Ruth Lehmann, PhD, center, a world-renowned expert on the biology of germ cells, delivered last week’s Flexner Discovery Lecture. Here, she poses with Ian Macara, PhD, chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, which sponsored the lecture, and Andrea Page-McCaw, PhD.
March 28, 2019

Discovery Lecture

Ruth Lehmann, PhD, center, a world-renowned expert on the biology of germ cells, delivered last week’s Flexner Discovery Lecture.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 29, 2018

Five faculty elected AAAS fellows

Five Vanderbilt University faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this year.

By Bill Snyder
August 2, 2018

Repairs in the basement membrane

Studies in fruit flies have shed light on how the basement membrane — a sheet-like scaffold that wraps around most animal tissues — is repaired after being damaged.

By Sanjay Mishra
February 28, 2018

Structure of a stem cell niche

Understanding the specialized environment where stem cells reside is important for developing stem-cell based regenerative therapies.

By Leigh MacMillan
Adult bandaging a child's knee
October 3, 2017

Cell signals that trigger wound healing are surprisingly complex

Vanderbilt scientists have taken an important step toward understanding the way in which injured cells trigger wound healing, an insight essential for improving treatments of all types of wounds.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 9, 2014

Long-range signaling to stem cells

The potential for long-range signaling factors – such as those identified in the current study – to regulate stem cell behaviors has implications in tumor progression and metastasis.
By Leigh MacMillan