The Page-McCaw Lab

How do intestinal stem cells in Drosophila detect and repair basement membrane damage? A new study in @Dev_Cell by @aubrie_stricker, @PageMcCawLab, and @VanderbiltCDB sheds insight on tissue integrity and repair! doi.org/10.1016/j.devc…

If anyone saw my talk at #Dros23 and were curious about the next chapter in the Mthl10 story, this is it. Incredible work from stellar @VanderbiltU undergrad and incoming @PennMedicine medical student, Ivy Han!

Who would have thought epithelial cells set cortical tension using information from a cell surface receptor? See our bioRxiv preprint for details - biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

After wounding, a G-protein coupled receptor restores tension to epithelial cells in a dynamic inward-traveling wave biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_biophys

@DrEllenLeMosy @JamesOConnorPhD @VanderbiltCDB @VUBasicSciences Thanks Ellen!

So proud of my most recent graduate, @JamesOConnorPhD, for winning the international 2023 Sandler Award for the best dissertation using Drosophila. It was a joy to work with you, profoundly moving to see you soar now - Andrea #Dros23 @VanderbiltCDB @VUBasicSciences

@JulieBrill5 @JamesOConnorPhD @VanderbiltCDB @VUBasicSciences Thanks Julie - so nice to see you, even briefly. Maybe we can catch up at ASCB?

@PageMcCawLab @JamesOConnorPhD @VanderbiltCDB @VUBasicSciences Felt proud for you- fun to see friends’ scientific progeny doing well!

@MartinLabMIT @JamesOConnorPhD @VanderbiltCDB @VUBasicSciences Thanks Adam!

@PageMcCawLab @JamesOConnorPhD @VanderbiltCDB @VUBasicSciences Loved @JamesOConnorPhD 's talk. Congratulations @PageMcCawLab on a stellar project, publication, and the well deserved recognition!

@D_Melaniegaster @uvabio @WorleyLab Late congratulations to you Melanie! So glad to have you as a colleague and looking forward to all your discoveries!

Super excited to announce that I'll be starting my own research group at the University of Virginia in the Department of Biology! @uvabio Opening January 2023! The @WorleyLab will study regenerative growth and repatterning! And is currently recruiting!!!

@JamesOConnorPhD @VanderbiltCDB @VUBasicSciences James' "jump-the-gap" movie: Epithelial wounds release a signal that triggers calcium (green) in surrounding cells. The pink cells are deaf to the signal (Gq knockdown) but the outside cells can still hear it. @Dev_Cell @JamesOConnorPhD @mShaneHutson

Congratulations to Dr. James O’Connor for winning the 2023 Larry Sandler Award! #Dros23

@HarmitMalik @JamesOConnorPhD Jump-the-gap is my favorite movie! It took James days to get just the right one.

@PageMcCawLab @JamesOConnorPhD That calcium signaling jumping the gap was a truly mic drop moment!

Congrats to this year’s Larry Sandler award winner and all the finalists. New goal: a lab logo that is as cool as that of the Page-McCaw lab (congrats to the proud mentor as well) #dros23

@Hoosierflyman @JamesOConnorPhD James gave a wonderful talk!

Stunning work from Sandler Award winner @JamesOConnorPhD of @PageMcCawLab! #dros23

@HarmitMalik @JamesOConnorPhD Thank you Hermit! James gave such a great talk!

You can tweet your congrats to @JamesOConnorPhD and to @PageMcCawLab for a fantastic story; congrats to all involved!

@VanderbiltCDB @mShaneHutson @VUBasicSciences So great to work with Aaron Stevens and @mShaneHutson on this. Here's Aaron's model vs real data:

👀 collaborations continue in this paper @PageMcCawLab @mShaneHutson "A mathematical model of calcium signals around laser-induced epithelial wounds" @VUBasicSciences molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mb…. .

@VanderbiltCDB @aubrie_stricker @VUBasicSciences Great talk Aubrie! And such an engaged audience!

📢 join us for REx in 1220 today @ 4 pm when Aubrie Stricker @aubrie_stricker (@PageMcCawLab ) presents: "A new mechanism for detecting and initiating basement membrane repair" @VUBasicSciences

@AndreaCuentas91 @wormdoc1 @dacolon @Gould_Lab @VGamaLab Congratulations Andrea! I'm so proud to be one of your mentors.

Muy feliz de ser parte de la familia de #HannaGrayFellows Agradecida con todas las personas que se han cruzado en mi camino y de las que he aprendido tanto! Especialmente mis mentores @wormdoc1 @dacolon @PageMcCawLab @Gould_Lab @VGamaLab & Ege Kavalali. Gracias!

@urbano_pp @CABD_UPO_CSIC @VanderbiltCDB @SOMM_alliance @CSICAndalExtrem @pablodeolavide @postgradoUPO @SEBiolDev @mdmarber Thank you Pepe! It was an honor to be there.

@CABD_UPO_CSIC @PageMcCawLab @VanderbiltCDB @SOMM_alliance @CSICAndalExtrem @pablodeolavide @postgradoUPO @SEBiolDev @mdmarber One of the best talks I’ve listened to lately. Great story telling and better science!!!! It was an honor having her in our institute.

Today Andrea Page-McCraw @PageMcCawLab from @VanderbiltCDB gave a spectacular talk about ‘Mechanisms of epithelial wound detection’. 🪰 Andrea was hosted by Acaimo González Reyes! Thanks for the visit and discussion!