Billy Hudson Archive — Page 2 of 2

Portrait of Billy Hudson, PhD, wearing glasses, a dark suit, white shirt, and red tie in front of bookshelves.
April 27, 2017

Hudson to receive Protein Society’s Brändén Award

Vanderbilt University biochemist Billy Hudson, Ph.D., has been awarded the 2017 Carl Brändén Award by The Protein Society for exceptional contributions to science, education and service.

By Bill Snyder
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April 20, 2017

Ancient sea creature unlocks a mystery of how tissue developed

The dawn of the Animal Kingdom began with a collagen scaffold that enabled the organization of cells into tissues.

By Bill Snyder
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November 21, 2016

Building the basement membrane

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered steps in the regulation of a key enzyme that builds the basement membrane, a structure that undergirds nearly all animal tissues.

By Bill Snyder
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July 28, 2016

NIH launches website for StoryCorps project

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is launching its Voices of the NIH Community website, which features a collection of StoryCorps audio recordings from patients, families, researchers, doctors, nurses, staff and volunteers in both the NIH and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) communities.

By Craig Boerner
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May 23, 2016

Chloride “switch” turns on membrane formation: study

Chloride plays a key role in the formation of the basement membrane, a suprastructure on the outside of cells that undergirds and guides the function of most of the tissues of the body.

By Bill Snyder
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September 9, 2015

How to build a basement

Understanding the action of a certain enzyme will shed light on basement membrane function, and on disorders ranging from diabetic kidney disease to cancer.

By Sanjay Mishra