Nathan Lawson awarded NIH grant to study vascular anomalies

Nathan Lawson, PhD, has received NIH funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to investigate the role of Rasa1 in embryonic development. Using zebrafish as an animal model, the grant aims to provide valuable insight into the role of Rasa1, a negative regulator of the Ras GTPase, in embryonic development and how its deficiency contributes to formation of vascular and lymphatic anomalies—defects that appear at birth and can have major negative health impacts.