Lab Members

Andries Zijlstra, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
Program in Cancer Biology

Contact: Andries.Zijlstra@VUMC.org

Affiliations:

Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center (VICC)
Vanderbilt Center for Bone Biology (VCBB)
Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystem Research and Education (VIIBRE)
Alberta Prostate Cancer Research Initiative (APCaRI)
Metastasis Research Society (MRS)
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
American Society for Matrix Biology (ASMB)
International Society for Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV)

Staff Scientists

Eskaros

Adel Eskaros MD., Ph.D.

Alma mater:
Suez Canal University
Ismailia, Egypt

 

 

0Tatiana Novitskaya MD., Ph.D.

Alma mater:
Siberian State Medical University
Tomsk, Russia

 

Research Assistant Professor

Shanna Arnold Ph.D.

Alma mater:
Texas Christian University (MS)
UT Southwestern Medical Center (Ph.D.)

Contact: Shanna.Arnold@vanderbilt.edu

Staff

ChaseChase Taylor

Alma mater:
University of Tennessee (BS)

Trainees (Current)

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Ariana VonLersner – Graduate Student
Program in Cancer Biology
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

 

 

fernandesFiabiani Fernandes – Undergraduate Student
Hogeschool Arnhem-Nijmegen 

 

 

CieriMiriam Cieri – Pathology Resident
University of Naples Federico II

 

 

Graduate Students (Alumni)

Loomans

Holli Loomans

Department of Cancer Biology

 

 

Katie Hebron
Department of Cancer Biology

Alma Mater:
Montclair State University
Upper Montclair, New Jersey

Contact: katie.hebron@vanderbilt.edu

 

William Ashby (Graduated 2012)
Program in Chemical and Physical Biology

Alma Mater:
Brigham Young University
Salt Lake City, UT

Amanda G. Hansen (Graduated 2012)
Department of Cancer Biology

Alma Mater:
Wheeling Jesuit University
Wheeling, WV
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

 

Trenis D. Palmer (Graduated 2013)
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Alma Mater:
Savanna State University
Savanna, GA

 

 

Celestial Jones-Paris
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Alma mater:
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN