Lab News
December 2023
Anna and Marija participate in the annual ASCB/EMBO meeting in Boston.
Our review on microtubule reconstitution now out in JBC reviews!
August 2023
The Zanic lab participates in the 2nd annual Vanderbilt Center on Mechanobiology retreat!
May 2023
The lab welcomes our new postdoc Abdullah Bashar Sami!
The Zanic lab goes to Ole Miss for the Mid-South Biophysics Symposium with Marija as the keynote speaker. Big thanks to Nikki Reinemann for organizing!
Our latest work on CLASP’s mechanism of microtubule regulation out in JCB – check it out!
Marija gives a seminar at the University of Michigan Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. Big thanks to Morgan DeSantis for hosting!
March 2023
Laura wins the prestigious NSF GRFP fellowship! Congrats!!!
February 2023
Nikki defends her PhD thesis! Congrats Dr. Rodgers!!!
Beth gives a talk & Marija chairs at the Annual Biophysical Society Meeting in San Diego!
Hot off the press – our paper on CLASP-mediated microtubule-actin crosstalk out in MBoC – check it out!
Marija gives a talk at the Yale Cytoskeleton Club. Thank you to Tony Koleske and Daisy Duan for hosting!
December 2022
The Zanic lab goes to Washington DC for the annual ASCB/EMBO meeting!
November 2022
Check out our new review just out in Bioessays!
August 2022
The lab participates in the first annual Vanderbilt Center on Mechanobiology Retreat!
June 2022
Nikki, Veronica and Marija participate at the EMBO Microtubules conference in Heidelberg. Veronica wins yet another poster prize! Congrats!
Marija named a 2022 Vanderbilt Chancellor Faculty Fellow! Thank you!
May 2022
The lab welcomes new graduate students: Todd Blakely Jr (Biochemistry), Anna Cassidy (Cell and Developmental Biology), and Rashedeh Roshani (Chemical and Physical Biology)! Welcome to the Zanic lab!
April 2022
Marija accepts co-directorship of the Vanderbilt Center on Mechanobiology!
Matt presents a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering departmental seminar and earns his MS degree! Congrats Matt!!!
Veronica gives a talk at Chicago Cytoskeleton meeting!
March 2022
Veronica defends her PhD thesis! Way to go Dr. Farmer!!!
Veronica wins a Chicago Cytoskeleton poster award!
February 2022
Marija chairs and presents IN PERSON at the 2022 Annual Biophysical Society meeting in San Francisco! Yay!
The lab welcomes 1st year IGP students Gabriela Gonzalez Vasquez and Anna Schwarzkopf for a rotation!
January 2022
The lab welcomes 1st year students Anna Cassidy (IGP) and Rashedeh Roshani (QCB) for a rotation!
December 2021
Our SSNA1 paper out in eLife – check it out!
The Zanic lab participates at (yet another virtual) ASCB/EMBO meeting!
November 2021
Laura Richardson joins the Zanic lab as our newest graduate student, pursuing her PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Welcome to the lab, Laura!
October 2021
The lab welcomes 1st year QCB student Pi’ilani Noguchi for a rotation!
September 2021
The lab welcomes 1st year QCB students Ting-Chen Wang and Todd Blakely Jr. for their 1st rotation!
Veronica gives a talk at the Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting!
July 2021
Veronica off to the one and only MBL Physiology course!
Farmer, Arpag et al. out in JCB – check it out!
June 2021
Our XMAP215 catastrophe paper accepted in JCB!
The Zanic lab welcomes an incoming QCB student Tara Hickman for a summer rotation in the lab!
May 2021
Marija gives a talk on her career path to date in Motors in Quarantine: “Meet Your Heros” special! Thank you Darius Köster and Anne Straube for the kind invitation!
Claire Strothman defends her Ph.D. thesis and becomes the very first Zanic lab Ph.D. awardee! Big congrats on a stellar performance, Claire!
Our Quick Guide to TOG-domain Proteins out in Current Biology!
The Zanic lab welcomes our newest lab member, Saptarshi Chattarjee! Saptarshi is awaiting conferral of his PhD Physics degree for his computational biophysics work with Raja Paul, IACS, India.
The lab says goodbye to our amazing undergrad Stephanie Wang, who is off to medical school!
April 2021
Marija promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure! Yay!!!
February 2021
Beth and Marija give talks, and Goker presents a poster at the 2021 Annual Biophysical Society meeting.
Marija awarded the Early Career Award from the Motility and Cytoskeleton Subgroup of the Biophysical Society! Thank you!!!
January 2021
Our new paper on SSNA1 up on bioRxiv!
The Zanic lab welcomes 1st year graduate students Reese Martin (QCB) and Steven Wall (IGP) for a lab rotation!
December 2020
Our new paper on XMAP215-induced microtubule catastrophe up on bioRxiv!
Marija gives a talk at the Reconstituting Cell Biology subgroup at the 2020 ASCB/EMBO Meeting. Thanks to co-chairs Kassie Ori-McKenney & Gary Brouhard for the invitation!
The lab participates at the annual 2020 ASCB/EMBO meeting with four posters!
November 2020
Our tubulin economy review in collaboration with Puck Ohi out in Current Opinion in Cell Biology!
Marija gives a talk at the Motors in Quarantine series! Big thanks to Anne Straube & colleagues for hosting!
Claire wins a poster award at the Triangle Cytoskeleton meeting! Congrats!
October 2020
Marija gives a talk at the very exciting Theory and Modeling of Living Systems workshop on size control in biological systems. Big thanks to Shashank Shekhar for the invitation!
September 2020
Nikki awarded F31 fellowship from the NHLBI! Way to go!
Beth gives a talk on her SSNA1 work at the 2020 UK Cilia Network Symposium!
Claire wins logo design contests for both the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology AND the Department of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt! Big congrats Claire!!!
August 2020
We welcome 1st year QCB student Mikaela Elder for a rotation in the Zanic lab.
July 2020
Beth selected a 2020 Leading Edge Fellow, gives a talk at the Leading Edge Symposium. Bravo Beth!
June 2020
Zanic lab thrilled to be awarded a new NSF Research Grant!
Beth wins the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Outstanding Postdoc Award! Go Beth!
May 2020
Arpag, Lawrence et al. out in PNAS!
April 2020
Our ‘CLASPs at a glance’ review with Luke Rice published in JCS.
Our microtubule treadmilling paper accepted in PNAS!
Marija receives the inaugural Dean’s Faculty Fellow award.
March 2020
With the rest of the world, the Zanic lab switches to remote work.
Welcome to 1st year IGP student Deanna Bowman for a rotation in our lab!
February 2020
Marija gives a talk at the 64th annual Biophysical Society Meeting in San Diego, CA.
Marija presents a seminar at the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Big thanks to Jeff Moore for hosting!
January 2020
Marija hosts Amy Maddox, UNC for a CDB seminar. Great times!
December 2019
The Zanic lab participates at the annual ASCB/EMBO 2019 meeting in Washington, DC. Strong representation with 5 posters and 1 talk!
Marija participates in an inspiring NSF Reintegrating Biology workshop in Atlanta, GA.
November 2019
Marija presents a seminar at the Princeton Center for the Physics of Biological Function. Big thanks to Andrew Leifer for hosting!
Marija hosts Sam Reck-Peterson for a CDB seminar. What a treat!
October 2019
Marija back from giving a seminar at WUSTL Cell Biology and Physiology. Big thanks to Silvia Jansen for hosting!
September 2019
Marija gives at talk at UT Southwestern Biophysics. Big thanks to Kendra Frederick for hosting!
Welcome to 1st year IGP student Kateryna Nabukhotna for a rotation in our lab!
Strothman et al. featured on the September cover of JCB
August 2019
Claire and Marija at GRS/GRC Motile and Contractile Systems Conference
July 2019
Our latest paper accepted in the Journal of Cell Biology
June 2019
May 2019
Caye shines at her Qualifying Exam
Marija back from the Michigan Microtubules May Meeting
Veronica takes part in the MBL Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy Course
April 2019
Congrats to Megan Dumas, a brand new Ph.D.
Veronica presents a ReX seminar
Cayetana participates in the EMBO Emerging Concepts of the Neuronal Cytoskeleton Workshop
Marija gives a talk at the Annual Searle Scholars Meeting
Marija gives a talk at University of Minnesota
March 2019
Welcome James Hayes
Goker presents at the annual Biophysical Society meeting in Baltimore, MD
February 2019
Marija back from the AAMC Leadership Workshop in San Diego
Marija writes a JCB Spotlight with colleague Joshua Alper
January 2019
Beth participates in the “Reconstitution of cell cytoskeleton in vitro” workshop in UK
Welcome Rachel Dotterweich
December 2018
Claire and Marija give talks, and Beth and Veronica present posters at the ASCB meeting in San Diego
November 2018
Annual mechanobiology lab retreat with the Lang lab
Our latest review out in Current Opinion in Cell Biology
Veronica awarded AHA Predoctoral Fellowship
October 2018
Marija gives a talk at the TSU Department of Biological Sciences
Marija hosts Sadie Wignall, Northwestern University for CDB seminar
September 2018
Bailey, Blake and Stephanie present their summer research projects
Beth back from the Physics of Integrated Biological Systems EMBO Workshop in Cargese, France
Claire, Veronica and Marija back from the Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting
August 2018
Welcome Steven Walker
Welcome Clarice Amelia Lee
Our HSET paper out in Nature Communications
July 2018
Claire wins Dean’s Award for Exceptional Achievement
Marija presents at the GRC Motors conference
Welcome Sarah Hall
June 2018
Welcome Blake Hanan
Marija back from the EMBO Microtubules Meeting in Heidelberg, Germany
May 2018
Beth and Claire win poster awards at the Cell Dynamics Symposium
Nikki wins a slot on the Molecular Biophysics Training Program NIH Grant
Beth’s paper gets the MBoC cover!
April 2018
Cayetana Arnaiz new Zanic lab grad student!
Marija presents at the Vanderbilt Board of Trust Meeting
Marija back from the Searle Scholars meeting
March 2018
Beth wins Chicago Cytoskeleton Poster Award
Our HSET paper up on the BioRxiv
Beth’s paper accepted in MBoC!
February 2018
Marija gives a talk at the Biophysical Society Meeting in San Francisco
Marija appointed Assistant Professor of Biochemistry!
January 2018
December 2017
September 2017
Marija co-presents Flexner Discovery Lecture
August 2017
Zanic lab contributes to the new Gould lab paper in press at JCB
Beth and Marija back from the Motile and Contractile Systems GRC
July 2017
Marija gives a talk at the HFSP Annual Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal
May 2017
Nikki Rodgers new Zanic lab grad student!
April 2017
Marija returns from the annual Searle meeting
March 2017
Marija gives a talk at Chicago Cytoskeleton
January 2017
Marija interviewed for the new Nikon Center of Excellence at Vandy
December 2016
The Zanic Lab returns from ASCB
October 2016
Marija back from the QCBNet workshop at the Allen Institute
September 2016
First Lab Whitewater Rafting Adventure
Beth and Marija back from the Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting
August 2016
July 2016
Marija gives a talk at QBio 2016
Marija presents at the 16th HFSP Awardees meeting in Singapore
June 2016
Our NIH MIRA grant recommended for funding!
Beth and Marija participate at the EMBO Microtubules 2016
May 2016
Claire and Veronica awarded slots on NIH training grants!
Veronica Farmer & Claire Strothman first Zanic lab graduate students!
April 2016
Marija named 2016 Searle Scholar!
March 2016
Beth presents the first lab research poster!
Marija featured in VUMC Reporter
Goker Arpag to join the Zanic Lab this summer
Welcome Amanda Erwin, Michael Greer and Meagan Postema!
February 2016
January 2016
Marija Podolski presents in the Microtubules and Motors Club
November 2015
Marija gives a talk at Clemson University
Welcome Veronica Farmer & Ian Setliff!
October 2015
September 2015
August 2015
Elizabeth Lawrence, Ph.D. to join our lab!
July 2015
May 2015
Perspective Article with Kaverina Lab published in Cell Cycle
April 2015
March 2015
HFSP Career Development Award starts!
January 2015
November 2014