Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Archive — Page 13 of 13

Composite grid of 17 headshots arranged in two rows, each labeled with a surname: Aschner, Beth, Caprioli, Chalkley, Coffey, Cone, Conn, Delpire, Emerson, Harrison, Mchaourab, Pietenpol, Roden, Stassun, Tansey, Vermund, and Wright.
November 29, 2012

Record number elected AAAS fellows

Seventeen members of Vanderbilt University’s faculty have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) this year.

By Bill Snyder
Gray-haired man in a striped shirt and tie sits in a laboratory beside a computer and illuminated research equipment.
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
Seven researchers pose in a laboratory surrounded by benches, scientific equipment, glassware and supplies; one sits in front while the others stand behind.
October 4, 2012

Proteins help flip tumor’s invasive switch

Vanderbilt investigators have identified how two key components of cancer’s invasive “switch” — the series of signaling events that turn on a tumor cell’s invasive behavior — work together.

By Leigh MacMillan
Portrait of Kathleen Gould, Ph.D., seated at a table and smiling, wearing a sleeveless dark purple top.
August 2, 2012

Gould to lead new grad student initiative

Kathleen Gould, Ph.D., has been named associate dean for Biomedical Sciences and director of the Office of Graduate Student Support at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

By Bill Snyder
Fluorescence microscopy image showing blue circular structures and clustered green and red fluorescent signals against a dark background. Metadata text: “ImageJ=1.44e” and “unit=um.”
May 14, 2012

Intestinal artillery launches anti-bacterial attack

The epithelial cells that line the intestines have a newly discovered mechanism for protecting us against microbes: they fire anti-bacterial “bullets” into the gut.

By Leigh MacMillan
December 16, 2011

Divvying up chromosomes

By Vanderbilt Health News