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

• 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]