Research Centers and Institutes

Cell Imaging Shared Resource (CISR)

• ​The CISR is an institutional core facility situated in multiple imaging suites that include all modern, established optical microscopy, as well as a full service EM facility.

Center for AI in Protein Dynamics (CAIPD)

• The Center for AI in Protein Dynamics fosters innovation, implementation, and adoption of artificial intelligence systems and machine learning technologies to advance the frontier of biomolecular dynamics, decipher the mechanisms of diseases, and improve human health.

Center for Computational Systems Biology (CCSB)

• Vanderbilt Center for Computational Systems Biology (CCSB) is a transinstitutional center between Vanderbilt University Basic Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and the Vanderbilt College of Connected Computing that aims to leverage team science and computational biology to turn biomolecular data into actionable insights.

Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC)

• The interdisciplinary DRTC facilitates the discovery, application, and translation of scientific knowledge to improve the care of patients with diabetes.

Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB)

• The VICB is a trans-institutional initiative between the College of Arts and Science and the School of Medicine. The Institute’s mission is to provide research and training in the application of chemical approaches to the solution of important biomedical problems.

Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS)

• The VUIIS supports advances in physics, engineering, computing, chemistry, and other basic sciences for the development and application of new and enhanced imaging techniques to address problems and stimulate new research directions in biology and medicine in health and disease.

Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation (VI4)

• Our Mission: To train the next generation of scientists and physicians and make fundamental discoveries in the areas of infection biology, immunology, and inflammation with the goal of increasing knowledge and improving human health.

Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education (VIIBRE)

• VIIBRE, the Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education, was created in 2001 with a $5 million, five-year grant from the Vanderbilt Academic Venture Capital Fund to foster and enhance interdisciplinary research in innovative systems biology and systems engineering at Vanderbilt, integrated with a strong focus on undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral education.

Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE)

• The Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) is a University institute focused on new science and technology based on nanoscale materials.

Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI)

• The Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI) oversees and facilitates the extensive neuroscience-related endeavors carried out at Vanderbilt University by promoting research, education and training.

Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research (VCAR)

• The VCAR was established in 2016 to facilitate multidisciplinary research into the underpinnings of addiction.

Vanderbilt Data Science Institute

• Vanderbilt Data Science is Advancing AI and Data Science through cross-disciplinary research, innovative education, and community impact.

Vanderbilt Center for Stem Cell Biology

• The mission of the Vanderbilt Center for Stem Cell Biology is to learn more about the biology of stem cells and mechanisms for directing their differentiation to specific cell fates.

Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology (CSB)

• The CSB is dedicated to enabling and proliferating research with the goal of determining the 3D structure of biological macromolecules at or near atomic resolution.

Vanderbilt Genetics Institute (VGI)

• The mission of the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute is to promote genomic discovery and advance understanding of the human genome.

Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center (VICC)

• The VICC conducts basic, translational and clinical research and offers adult and pediatric oncology treatment.