Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Department of Cancer Biology

News & Publications

News

• Cancer Biology Lab Manager Receives 2007 Commodore Award:
  Pam Martin, Lab Manager for the Department of Cancer Biology and a breast cancer survivor, was one of two recipients of Vanderbilt University's Commodore Award.

Recent Grant Awards

• “Ann Richmond, R01, “Chemokine Receptor Studies: Defining the Dynamics of the Chemosynapse” (competing renewal)
• Li Yang, Career Development Award, “TGF-ß signaling, myeloid immune suppressor cells and breast cancer metastasis”
• Veronica Placencio F31 traineeship "TGF beta and Androgen Signaling during prostate regression"
• Emily Wang K99/R00 " Crosstalk between TGF beta and HER2 (ErbB2) Signaling in Mammary Tumorigenesis"
• Fiona Yull R01 "Epithelial NFkB signaling in Mammary Tumorigenisis"
• Vito Quaranta R01 "Integrins in Cancer Invasion" (competing renewal)
• Rob Slebos R03 "Mutational load in buccal cells from lung cancer patients and controls"

Recent Publications

• Cindy L. Kanies, J. Joshua Smith, Christian Kis, Carl Schmidt, Shawn Levy, Khalid S. A. Khabar, Jason Morrow, Natasha Deane, Dan A. Dixon, R. Daniel Beauchamp. Oncogenic Ras and Transforming Growth Factor beta Synergistically Regulate AU-rich Element-Containing mRNAs during Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition. Molecular Cancer Research (In Press)
• Macias-Perez IM, Zent R, Carmosino M, Breyer MD, Breyer RM, Pozzi A. Mouse EP3 alpha, beta and gamma receptor variants reduce tumor cell proliferation and tumorigenesis in vivo. J Biol Chem. 2008 Jan 29 [Epub ahead of print]