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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...
Adam Ebert Awarded NIH F31 Grant
Adam Ebert was awarded a highly prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) award from The National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Adam’s thesis dissertation seeks...
Welcome to Our New Research Assistants!
Starting this Fall, three new undergraduate students will be working in the MacGurn Lab. Sunny Xu is a second year Vanderbilt undergraduate majoring in Medicine, Health and Society. Yonatan Tariku is a fourth year Vanderbilt undergraduate who is pre-dental. And Sophia...
Jason MacGurn Takes on New Role
Jason MacGurn is assuming the role of Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. In this role, Jason will provide service to the department through organizing and administering the CDB graduate program, which currently trains 65...

