One of the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific societies, the AAAS also publishes the Science family of journals.

The NIH is the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research. VUSM, which received $586 million in direct and indirect NIH grant support in FY24, has been among the top 10 recipients of NIH funding among U.S. medical schools for nine of the past 15 years.

Watch the video to hear Jennifer Sucre, MD, talk about how this study upends what people are taught about how the lung develops. Using a four-dimensional microscopy technique, researchers at Vanderbilt have created 3D video images of mouse lung tissue grown in the laboratory.

The funds will support Justin Balko’s research on breast cancer and Kathleen DelGiorno’s research on pancreatic cancer.

Vanderbilt researchers used advanced imaging techniques to detail the microscopic structure of intestinal tuft cells, highlighting their unique organization of the structural protein actin.

The study seeks to understand the mechanisms of colorectal cancer and builds on recent Vanderbilt research.