New Center Unites Efforts To Dvelop Novel Vaccines
Posted May 14 2010 7:15pm
Vaccine science at Vanderbilt has taken a major step forward with the recent formation of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center.
The center, directed by James Crowe Jr., M.D., professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology, was created from a core of existing programs to allow for development of vaccines from the “ground up.”
The center’s grant requests have built a portfolio of about $20 million. Recent hiring has strengthened support staff to allow for continuous application of grants and to staff labs.
Disciplines across campus are collaborating to streamline work in areas of basic science research, including microbiology, chemistry and immunology, in the pursuit of developing candidate vaccines.
Vaccine science at Vanderbilt has taken a major step forward with the recent formation of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center.
The center, directed by James Crowe Jr., M.D., professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology, was created from a core of existing programs to allow for development of vaccines from the “ground up.”
The center’s grant requests have built a portfolio of about $20 million. Recent hiring has strengthened support staff to allow for continuous application of grants and to staff labs.
Disciplines across campus are collaborating to streamline work in areas of basic science research, including microbiology, chemistry and immunology, in the pursuit of developing candidate vaccines.