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L-POD is hosting two research proposal development workshops this fall focused on funding. L-POD, or Leveraged Proposal Organization and Development Program, is part of the Office of Research Development and Support.

Bile acids — gut compounds that aid in the digestion of dietary fats — reduce the desire for cocaine, according to a new study by researchers at Vanderbilt and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

On the heels of Immersion Vanderbilt’s formal launch, Design as an Immersive Vanderbilt Experience offers four DIVE Boot Camps this fall for students, faculty and staff.

Efforts to explore the landscape of small RNAs (sRNAs) — short RNA molecules that are poorly understood — often use high-throughput sequencing (sRNA-seq). These efforts are hampered by a lack of tools to identify, quantify and analyze all the different sRNAs in sRNA-seq datasets.

An international research team including scientists from Vanderbilt University has discovered how the diabetes drug metformin blocks glucose production by the liver. The discovery, reported Aug. 27 in the journal Nature Medicine, could lead to development of new ways to treat type 2 diabetes.

A Vanderbilt University engineering professor has been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering’s 24^th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium Sept. 5-7 in Lexington, Mass.

For the second year, the School of Engineering’s biomechanics and assistive rehabilitation labs have received top honors for an event that introduces young students to a dynamic field that includes exoskeletons, sports and prosthetics.

Three Vanderbilt technologies earned patent protection in August. 

Three Vanderbilt technologies earned patent protection in August.