Chloe Snider named Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar
Jun. 6, 2018—Congratulations, Chloe! As 2017 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar, Chloe will be mentored by the previous year's Vanderbilt Prize Winner. The Vanderbilt Prize is awarded to women scientists who have contributed greatly to their field and who have a strong track record of mentoring. The 2016 Vanderbilt Prize Winner is Elaine Fuchs of The Rockefeller Institute. To read...
Hannah is awarded a VUSRP Fellowship
Jun. 6, 2018—Congratulations to Hannah, who was selected to be a fellow for the 2017 Vanderbilt University Summer Research Program (VUSRP). VUSRP fellows receive a stipend to support 10 weeks of full-time research during the summer break. We are excited to have Hannah working full time in lab this summer! For more information about VUSRP, visit https://my.vanderbilt.edu/vusrp/.
Rodrigo heads to AQLM at Woods Hole
Jun. 6, 2018—Rodrigo starts today the course "Analytical Quantitative Light Microscopy" at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. Rodrigo is 1 of 32 students taking this 10-day intensive course during which he'll build a microscope, learn image processing techniques, and discuss new advances in light microscopy such as FRET, FLIM, TIRF, and patterned illumination among many...
Pombe 2017 meeting was a success!
Jun. 6, 2018—Kathy, Alaina, and MariaSanta journeyed to Banff, Canada for the 9th International Fission Yeast Meeting. Kathy helped kick off the conference with a keynote address, "Organizing the Split: Nanoscale Architecture of the Cell Division Machinery." After that first evening, our days were filled with excellent lectures in good company at an extremely lovely locale. And...
Nuclei (green) and contractile ring (pink) in S. pombe cells dividing.
Jun. 6, 2017—Image credit: Alaina Willet