Vanderbilt Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center (MMPC)

Overview of Services

The Vanderbilt MMPC was founded in 2001 to provide phenotyping services for mouse models of metabolic disease. The VMMPC provides expert experimental and surgical services to better understand mouse models of diabetes and metabolic diseases.

This iLab webpage is specifically for services provided by:

• The Metabolic Regulation Subcore (glucose clamps, tracer infusions, glucose tolerance, metabolic flux analysis)
• The Body Weight Regulation Subcore (energy balance, indirect calorimetry, food intake behavior, exercise, telemetry, body temperature)
• The Islet Phenotyping Subcore (islet isolation, islet perifusions, islet transplants)
• Self-use instrument reservation (study rooms, temperature-controlled cabinets, respirometry, treadmills, running wheels, telemetry room, surgical stations, anesthesia systems)

We offer many more services, and are happy to discuss custom services. We routinely work with scientists to develop or optimize phenotyping tests. Please email us for guidance regarding the strategy that will best serve your needs.

The MMPC offers customizable training in addition to educational services highlighted by our annual courses Glucose Clamping the Conscious Mouse and Isotope Tracers in Metabolic Research.

Visit our core website or contact our Program Manager Eann Malabanan (mmpc@vanderbilt.edu) for more information and general inquiries.

Leadership

 
Julio Ayala, PhD, Associate Professor
Director, MMPC
Body Weight Regulation Core Director
julio.e.ayala@vanderbilt.edu
 
Louise Lantier, PhD, Research Associate Professor
Scientific Director, MMPC - Office 823A Light Hall
Metabolic Regulation Core Director
(615) 936-4028
louise.lantier@vanderbilt.edu

David Jacobson, PhD, Professor
Islet Phenotyping Subcore Director
david.a.jacobson@vanderbilt.edu

Jamey Young, PhD, Professor
Metabolic Flux Analysis Subcore Director
j.d.young@vanderbilt.edu

Owen McGuinness, PhD, Professor
Associate Director, MMPC

Eann Malabanan
Program Manager, MMPC
(615) 343-1065
eann.k.malabanan@vanderbilt.edu

Caitlin Peters
Administrative Assistant, MMPC
(615) 343-3237
caitlin.peters@vanderbilt.edu

 

Hours of Operation and Location

 

Hours Open	Hours Staffed	Location
6 am to 6 pm	7 am to 4 pm	815 Light Hall Nashville, TN 37232-0615

 

Links and Resources

1. VMMPC.org
2. http://www.mmpc.org/

Contacts

Name	Role	Phone	Email	Location
Eann Malabanan	Program Manager, MMPC	(615) 343-1065	mmpc@vanderbilt.edu	815 Light Hall

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