Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center
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Voluntary exercise and energy balance
Non-exercise physical activity has a measurable energy expenditure, which goes down when animals engage in voluntary exercise, Vanderbilt researchers have discovered. Read MoreMar 23, 2018
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Phenotyping center a global resource for investigators
This summer the Vanderbilt Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center (MMPC) began its 17th year of continuous operation and federal support with a $5.5 million, five-year renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read MoreNov 16, 2017
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Study spots possible new approach to prevent obesity
An international research team that included scientists from Vanderbilt University Medical Center has found a novel way to counteract obesity in mice — by stimulating the growth of blood vessels in fat tissue. Read MoreApr 14, 2016
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Photo: Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center
(photo by Susan Urmy) David Wasserman, Ph.D., kicks off Wednesday’s ribbon cutting and open house to celebrate the newly renovated Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center (MMPC) on the eighth floor of Light Hall. The center, founded in 2001, provides novel techniques for studying mouse models of diabetes and other metabolic disorders. Read MoreJun 25, 2015
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VUMC research cores speed pace of discovery
Progress against America’s most intractable health challenges, among them heart disease, cancer and diabetes, requires the best minds, the latest tools and the easy collaboration demanded by 21st century science. Read MoreJan 22, 2015
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Matrix remodeling and insulin resistance
The extracellular matrix that surrounds cells plays a role in the development of insulin resistance. Read MoreApr 10, 2014
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Relaxin combats insulin resistance
The hormone relaxin may offer a novel approach for treating diet-induced insulin resistance. Read MoreOct 16, 2013
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Matrix member key to insulin resistance
A component of the extracellular matrix that surrounds cells plays a role in insulin resistance and may be a good therapeutic target. Read MoreJun 6, 2013