Malaria

The "Extractionator" is a sophisticated little device that automates the diagnostic sample collection and preparation process so it can be operated by individuals in remote environments with minimal training. Read More

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Vanderbilt researcher and Gabon, Africa, native is working to discover ways to kill malaria-spreading mosquitoes. Read More

Last week when the Nashville Scene’s annual Innovations Issue hit the newsstands, three of its ten “forward-thinking ideas that are pushing Nashville – and the world – into the future” came from Vanderbilt. The three campus projects that impressed the Scene editors were: Digging for Drugs:… Read More

Discovery of a new class of insect repellant raises the possibility of formulations that are thousands of times more effective than current repellants. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers are using a variety of approaches to hasten the beginning of the end of malaria. Read More

Jonas King, a member of the research group of Julián Hillyer, assistant professor of biological sciences, captured the image as part of the group's research on the circulatory system of Anopheles gambiae, a mosquito that spreads malaria. Read More