Research Centers
- Center for Matrix Biology: An interdepartmental group of basic and clinical scientists, whose research involves different aspects of biology of the extracellular matrices
- Vanderbilt O'Brien Kidney Center: The mission of the VOKC is to provide technical and conceptual support to understand mechanisms and identify potential therapies for acute and chronic kidney disease.
- The Kidney Project: A long-term effort to engineer an implantable artificial kidney to improve the lives of patients with renal failure
Research Labs
- Bock-Pozzi-Zent Kidney Cell Biology Laboratory: From extracellular matrix receptors to signaling and cell structure.
- Devika Nair Lab, Vitality Research Group: Developing Independence, Prognostic Awareness and Life Quality for chronologically and physiologically older adults with kidney disease and its comorbid conditions.
- Gohar Lab: Identifying the role of renal estrogen signaling in the regulation of blood pressure and renal sodium handling.
- Haase Lab: The laboratory of Dr. Volker Haase studies hypoxia response pathways in erythropoiesis and iron metabolism, chronic kidney injury and ischemic pre-conditioning, inflammation, kidney development and tumorigenesis.
- Matt Wilson Lab: Engineering cell and gene therapies for kidney disease.
- Vanacore Lab: Structural, chemical and functional studies of basement membranes in health and disease.
- Woodard Lab: We use design principles of engineering to guide our experiments as we develop new medicines for the most common illnesses in nephrology.
Spotlight on the Kidney Project
The Kidney Project focuses on Artificial Kidney Development, as Dr. William H. Fissell describes in the video.