Order a Test

 
 

Submit a request for services to discuss your study design and receive a quote.

 

General process for requesting services

  1. User inquires about services, receives consultation on study design (send an e-mail)
  2. VMMPC sends quote and paperwork (e.g., agreement, animal transfer form, IACUC form)
  3. User completes paperwork
  4. Studies are scheduled once the agreement is fully-executed
  5. Mice are purchased or shipped to Vanderbilt.
       Note: Mice from external institutions, with the exception of approved vendors, must undergo quarantine and testing prior to release into the colony.)
  6. Mice are released from quarantine (3-4 weeks), if applicable.
  7. Mice are screened, aged, fed a special diet, and/or undergo treatment
  8. Study is performed
  9. Raw and analyzed data are sent to User
  10. Consult about the results, data interpretation, or analysis
  11. VMMPC invoices User via iLab; User completes payment

“VMMPC is an incredible resource. They’ve provided us with high quality, cost-effective, and highly specialized services that have been essential for several high-impact projects from our group.”

– Michael W. Schwartz, MD, Robert H. Williams Endowed Chair in Medicine and Professor of Medicine, University of Washington

“The outstanding research quality, rigor, ethics, and attention to detail by an outstanding scientific staff and world-class scientific leaders and innovators have been the foundation of my work in the space of drug discovery to treat type 2 diabetes.”

– Nick Giannoukakis, PhD, Associate Professor of Immunology and Biological Sciences, Allegheny Health Network and Carnegie Mellon University

“My laboratory has used the VMMPC to conduct hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamps to test whether FGF21 is involved in the improved overall and tissue-specific insulin sensitivity adaptations to dietary methionine restriction. These studies required that mice be maintained on a custom diet upon arrival at the VMMPC. VMMPC was well equipped to accommodate the custom diet and the studies. Studies showed that FGF21 is a key mediator in linking sensing of the reduction in dietary methionine in the liver to its effects on insulin sensitivity. Our experiences with the VMMPC have been extremely positive.”

– Thomas W. Gettys, PhD, John Henry Hernandez Endowed Professorship in Health Promotion
PI, Pennington Center of Biomedical Research Excellence Professor


“VMMPC is an invaluable resource to investigators around the country by providing detailed phenotypic characterization, complex instrumentation, and state of the art training to new investigators. As a user of the Vanderbilt MMPC on multiple occasions, I have benefited greatly from their services and have been quite pleased with the results and service we received.”

– Brian Finck, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis