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Laurie Cutting honored with NIH Merit Award

Laurie Cutting, Vanderbilt educational neuroscientist, honored with NIH Merit Award


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.


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.


Team’s potential lung cancer therapy lands award from SBIR

A potential cancer drug aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of ionizing radiation in lung cancer patients is a step closer to development with funding support from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.


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).