Sarah Vandal

Moseley lab

Sarah received a bachelor's degree in biology with a concentration in Neuroscience from Colby College. After her undergraduate studies, she worked at as a Research Technician at the University of Vermont. She is a recipient of the E.E. Just Liftoff Graduate Fellowship and an MCB award at Dartmouth. In the Moseley lab, she studies how fission yeast control their size prior to division through the accumulation of key cell cycle proteins, which serve as volume and surface area sensors. In addition, to her research she also serves as a Dartmouth Science Day and MCB TGIF co-organizer. In her free time, she enjoys trail running, hiking, baking bread and cross-country skiing. 

Contact

Sarah.E.Vandal.GR@dartmouth.edu
5083400269
HB Hinman Box 7200

Selected Publications

  • Kucharski, T. J., Hards, R., Vandal, S. E., Abad, M. A., Jeyaprakash, A. A., Kaye, E., Al-Rawi, A., Ly, T., Godek, K. M., Gerber, S. A., & Compton, D. A. (2022). Small changes in phospho-occupancy at the kinetochore-microtubule interface drive mitotic fidelity. The Journal of Cell Biology, 221(9), e202107107.

    Marquis C, Fonseca CL, Queen KA, Wood L, Vandal SE, Malaby HL, Clayton JE, Stumpff J. Chromosomally unstable tumor cells specifically require KIF18A for proliferation. Nature communications. 2021 Feb 22;12(1):1-4. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21447-2

    Vandal SE, Zheng X, Ahmad ST. Molecular genetics of frontotemporal dementia elucidated by drosophila models—defects in endosomal–lysosomal pathway. International journal of molecular sciences. 2018 Jun;19(6):1714. doi: 10.3390/ijms19061714