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Vanderbilt selected to evaluate NSF-funded, high school engineering curriculum

Vanderbilt University is charged with evaluating a new, National Science Foundation-funded course for high school students on engineering principles and design. The $4 million pilot program, entitled Engineering For US All (E4USA), will test the effectiveness of a standardized educational curriculum across multiple states. The course is intended to lead to an eventual pathway for high school students to earn college credit.

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Engineering and Technology Research biomedical engineering Engineering NSF Stacy Klein-Gardener

Stretch, inflammation and hypertension

Monocytes are known to play an important role in hypertension, although the exact mechanism remains unclear. It is hypothesized that a potential source of monocyte activation originates from its interaction with the vascular endothelium.

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Health Medicine Research American Heart Association Cardiovascular David Harrison Department of Medicine Division of Clinical Pharmacology hypertension immune response NHLBI NIH

Mass spectrometry team earns grant to map body at the cellular level

A team of Vanderbilt University imaging experts won grants in the first round of the National Institutes of Health’s Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP) funding, aimed at developing an open, global framework to map the adult human body at the level of individual cells.

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Health and Medicine Research Basic Sciences Danielle Gutierrez department of biochemistry Jeff Scraggins Ken Lau Mark deCaestecker Mass Spectrometry Research Center Raf Van de Plas Raymond Harris Richard Caprioli School of Medicine

Quantum mechanics work lets oil industry know promise of recovery experiments before they start

With their current approach, energy companies can extract about 35 percent of the oil in each well. Every 1 percent above that, compounded across thousands of wells, can mean billions of dollars in additional revenue for the companies and supply for consumers.

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Engineering and Technology Research Sokrates Pantelides Arts and Science DOE electrical engineering Engineering NSF Physics

Cancer Moonshot award to help map tumor progression

A trans-institutional team of researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University has received an $11 million Cancer Moonshot grant.

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Cancer Moonshot Epithelial Biology Center grant Research Vanderbilt University Medical Center microbiome Colon Molecular Atlas Project Colon MAP cancer National Cancer Institute Division of Epidemiology cell and developmental biology

L-POD program takes faculty research to new heights

Learn from Provost Susan R. Wente about L-POD and its role in the Academic Strategic Plan and the Provost’s Initiative for Enhancing Research and Scholarship (PIERS).

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Leveraged Proposal Organization and Development Office of Research Development L-POD workshops Research National Science Foundation GEOPATHS program

Using light to fight GVHD

Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) is used to treat chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) — a complication of bone marrow or stem cell transplant that occurs when donor cells attack the recipient. How ECP works is unclear, and standardized treatment guidelines have not been established.

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Research Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation bone marrow cells Department of Medicine GVHD Madan Jagasia stem cell transplant Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center

Energetic gene switch

Energetic gene switch

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Research basic science department of biochemistry gene expression glycolysis histone larry marnett

Bowtie-funnel combo best for conducting light; team found answer in undergrad physics equation

Bowtie-funnel combo best for conducting light; team found answer in undergrad physics equation

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Engineering and Technology Research Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Engineering materials science photonics Sharon Weiss

Novel, ‘multiplexed’ diagnosis may better identify candidates for cancer immunotherapy

Novel, ‘multiplexed’ diagnosis may better identify candidates for cancer immunotherapy

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Anita Mahadevan-Jansen breast cancer cancer immunotherapy gold nanoparticles Raman spectra Rizia Bardhan chemical and biomolecular engineering Research