Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

August 13, 2015

Macara lands award to explore cancer cell behavior

Vanderbilt’s Ian Macara, Ph.D., has won an Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) — nearly $6.6 million over seven years — to support the “unusual potential” of his research, which seeks to understand and predict cancer cell “behavior.”

By Bill Snyder
July 30, 2015

Worldwide Cancer Research lauds Macara’s contributions

Ian Macara, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, recently returned from Scotland, where he received this year’s Colin Thomson Memorial Medal for his contributions to cancer research.

By VUMC News and Communications
July 17, 2014

Breast tissue growth protein may promote cancer: study

A protein essential for growth of normal breast tissue also may play a role in breast cancer, Vanderbilt University researchers have found.

By Bill Snyder
April 17, 2014

Nutrient-absorbing surface’s assembly revealed: study

Vanderbilt University researchers have discovered how intestinal cells build the “brush border” — a specialized surface structure that is critical for absorbing nutrients and defending against pathogens.

By Leigh MacMillan
February 13, 2014

Sandberg, Weaver named to AAMC faculty council

By Jill Clendening
December 19, 2013

Cancer cells combine tools to increase invasiveness

Two features of invasive cancer cells — invadopodia and exosomes — are linked together, Vanderbilt University investigators have discovered.

By Leigh MacMillan
December 13, 2013

Manager of mitotic stress

The protein CK1 delays cell division to avoid the generation of defects that drive tumorigenesis.
By Leigh MacMillan
October 31, 2013

Pioneers of Discovery: Investigator driven to divine cellular ecosystem’s rulebook

Ken Lau, Ph.D., a new assistant professor in Cell and Developmental Biology, is out to determine the rules that lead to cells converting from one type to another, for example, when a healthy cell becomes a cancer cell.
By Bill Snyder
October 25, 2013

Targets of SIN drive cell division

Vanderbilt researchers have identified a key regulator of cell division.
By Leigh MacMillan
September 26, 2013

Grant broadens graduate, postdoc training programs

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop “bold and innovative approaches to broaden graduate and postdoctoral training.”
By Bill Snyder
September 5, 2013

‘Simple Beginnings’ ceremony welcomes 98 doctoral students

By Bill Snyder
July 11, 2013

New ‘super’ microscopes sharpen cellular imaging

Two new “super-resolution” optical microscopes have put Vanderbilt University Medical Center on the cutting edge of cellular imaging, and are giving researchers their first views of the cell at the molecular level.
By Bill Snyder
November 29, 2012

Polarity protein suppresses tumor growth, invasion

The machinery that builds the characteristic shape of epithelial cells suppresses breast cancer formation and metastasis in a mouse model.
By Leigh MacMillan
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