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Jason MacGurn Appointed to MRAD
Jason MacGurn has been appointed to the NIH MRAD Study Section with a term beginning in July 2026. As described on the NIH website: “Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award - D Study Section (MRAD) reviews NIGMS-sponsored MIRA (R35) grant applications that focus on...
Welcome Pedro Galhardo!
Pedro Henrique Ayres Galhardo, a first-year graduate student in Vanderbilt’s IGP program, has joined the MacGurn Lab for his thesis research. Pedro, a graduate of Lipscomb University, will be conducting research to understand how cells sense and respond to changes in...
New Publication in Nature Cell Biology
Check out our recent collaborative study with the Burkewitz Lab, published in Nature Cell Biology (March, 2026). This study explores ER remodeling in aging cells and underscores an important role for ER-phagy. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41629400/
Welcome to Our New Rotation Student!
Godwin Agbeka begins rotating in the MacGurn Lab. Godwin is a first year graduate student in Vanderbilt’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Godwin will investigate how amino acid availability regulates stress signaling. Welcome Godwin!
Welcome Lianna and Pedro!
Lianna Zhou and Pedro Henrique Ayres Galhardo begin their rotation in the MacGurn Lab. Lianna and Pedro are first year graduate students in Vanderbilt’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Lianna will be investigating the relationship between sphingolipid metabolism...