Course Descriptions
Glucose Clamping the Conscious Mouse: A Laboratory Course
20th Annual Course: Oct. 2-6, 2023
E-mail mmpc@vanderbilt.edu to enroll in future courses.
This course is intended for investigators and staff who wish to make clamping a regular component of their research program.
Isotope Tracers in Metabolic Research: Principles and Practice of Kinetic Analysis
15th Annual Course: Nov. 13-17, 2023
Theory and practice of isotope tracers to study metabolism in man and animals using mass spectrometry and NMR, including isotopomer analysis for metabolic flux rates.
E-mail isotope.tracer@vanderbilt.edu to receive future course announcements.
Course details and information regarding registration can be obtained on the Tracer Course website.
Isotope Tracers in Metabolic Research: 3-Part Webinar Series
Access recordings of the 3-part webinar series.
- Part 1: Sept. 15, 2020 | 2-3 PM CST
- “Use of lipid tracers to track fatty acid flux in humans and animal models of NAFLD”
Elizabeth Parks, PhD, University of Missouri School of Medicine
- “Use of lipid tracers to track fatty acid flux in humans and animal models of NAFLD”
- Part 2: Oct. 20, 2020 | 2-3 PM CST
- “Tracing hepatic glucose and glycogen metabolism in metabolic disease”
Owen McGuinness, PhD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- “Tracing hepatic glucose and glycogen metabolism in metabolic disease”
- Part 3: Nov. 17, 2020 | 2-3 PM CST
- “Central metabolism is a target of Pioglitazone action”
Matt Merritt, PhD, University of Florida College of Medicine
- “Central metabolism is a target of Pioglitazone action”
E-mail isotope.tracer@vanderbilt.edu with any questions.
Experimental Techniques in Mouse Kidney Injury Workshop
A five-day training course for renal scientists. This is a hands-on workshop designed to teach surgical and phenotyping techniques for commonly used mouse renal injury models. More information can be obtained here.