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Agriculture: Control of Insect Populations via Wolbachia or Bacteriophage Tools

The insect microbiome is a rich resource that can explored to control insect reproduction and insect populations at large. Vanderbilt University has a collection of technologies available for such purposes, including bacteriophage therapies, Wolbachia genomic editing techniques and tools, and transgenic insect approaches.


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Cameron Sargent

615.343.2430

Anti-human Myeloid Cell Nuclear Differentiation Monoclonal Antibody

The antibody is a rat IgG1 monoclonal, clone 3C1.


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Seema Sinha

615.343.2430
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Antibody

GluN2B Floxed Mice (also called NR2B, glutamate receptor 2B)

Allows for targeted deletion of the GluN2B subunit of NMDA receptors in specific cells or at specific times during development, juvenile, or adult stages. C57BL6/J background


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Seema Sinha

615.343.2430

Inventors

Eric Delpire
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Animal Model
Neuroscience/Neurology

Scn1a Knockout Mouse Genetic Model of Epilepsy

This is a unique genetically modified strain ofmice that models Dravet syndrome, a severe infant-onset epileptic encephalopathy. They are maintained on apure 129S6/SvEvTac genetic background to facilitate genetic studies.


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Seema Sinha

615.343.2430
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Animal Model

Endothieal Nitric Oxide Synthase Null Mice (db/db background)

This research targets eNOS.


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Seema Sinha

615.343.2430

Inventors

Raymond Harris
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Animal Model
Cardiovascular

Rabbit-Anti-mouse Pancreatic and Duodenal Homebox Gene-1 Antibody

This research targets Pdx-1.


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Seema Sinha

615.343.2430

Inventors

Christopher Wright

Immortalized Mouse Epididymal Epithelial Cell Lines

These cell lines are useful for studying the regulation of tissue-specific gene expression, and may also be used to identify epididymal-specific transcription factors involved in expression of specific proteins in the epididymis.


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Seema Sinha

615.343.2430
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Cell Line

A Novel Organs-On-Chip Platform

Vanderbilt researchers have created a new multi-organs-on-chip platform that comprises Perfusion Control systems, MicroFormulators, and MicroClinical Analyzers connected via fluidic networks. The real-time combination of multiple different solutions to create customized perfusion media and the analysis of the effluents from each well are both controlled by the intelligent use of a computer-operated system of pumps and valves. This permits, for the first time, a compact, low-cost system for creating a time-dependent drug dosage profile in a tissue system inside each well.


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Ashok Choudhury

615.322.2503

New Insect Repellants Disrupt Olfactory Cues: A Strategy for Pest Protection

A multinational research team, led by Dr. L. J. Zwiebel of Vanderbilt University, has identified new compounds with potential as insect repellents. These compounds work by capitalizing on knowledge of how insect odorant receptors detect and respond to scents. Medicinal chemistry efforts have yielded a number of novel compounds that could short-circuit the insect olfactory system, essentially by over-stimulation, to effectively mask attractive odors. These compounds could be used to repel nuisance and disease-carrying insects away from humans and animals, as well as repel agricultural pests from crops or food storage facilities. Vanderbilt University is seeking commercial partners to develop the technology for agricultural uses.


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Seema Sinha

615.343.2430

Lipoxygenase Proteins and Nucleic Acids

Isolated and purified lipoxygenase proteins and nucleic acids are described. Particularly, a novel human 15(S) lipoxygenase (15-Lox-2) protein and cDNA and a cDNA for mouse 8S-lipoxygenase are described. Recombinant host cells, recombinant nucleic acids and recombinant proteins are also described, along with methods of producing each. Isolated and purified antibodies to 15-Lox-2 and 8-Lox, and methods of producing the same, are also described.


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Seema Sinha

615.343.2430