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Researcher Highlight: Emily Fabiano
Jan. 22, 2024—Emily Fabiano, 3rd year Biomedical Engineering PhD student in the Reinhart-King Lab Research Summary: My research focuses on understanding the intersection of cell migration and bioenergetics in breast cancer. Specifically, I investigate the role that cell-matrix adhesions play in regulating bioenergetics, aiding in more efficient cancer cell migration that enables cancer cells to metastasize. Upon...
Researcher Highlight: Payton Stone
Jan. 22, 2024—Payton Stone, 4th year Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate in the Wilson Lab Summary of Research: Peptides, proteins, and nucleic acids make up many of the recently developed cancer immunotherapies, which function by activating intracellular pathways to elicit downstream signaling cascades, which in turn result in robust anticancer immune responses. However, the clinical success and efficacy...
REGISTER NOW: Electron Microscopy Short Course
Jan. 19, 2024—Electron microscopy is a critical component for the characterization of material and biological specimens at the nanoscale. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) both use electron beams to reveal structure, but in very different ways. Although these instruments have been made very accessible with the help of software, users must understand the...
REGISTER NOW: Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
Jan. 19, 2024—AFM is an advanced multi-parametric imaging technique. It delivers very high-resolution 3D images of the topography of the sample. It also enables the characterization of the nano-mechanical, nano-electrical, and nano-magnetic properties of the surface. Users will learn about the theory of AFM as well as practical applications, operational tips for many of the various AFM...
REGISTER NOW: Microfluidic Device Fabrication
Jan. 18, 2024—Microfluidics devices are critical for understanding and controlling fluid flow on the micrometer scale. Applications include portable sensors for point-of-care analysis, particle and cell sorting, nanoparticle synthesis, and organ-on-chip systems. This short course will introduce the techniques behind the fabrication and testing of microfluidic devices through a blend of lectures and hands-on experiences in the...
New VINSE Faculty: Dr. Daniel Gonzales
Jan. 18, 2024—We are excited to welcome Dr. Daniel Gonzales as our newest VINSE faculty member! Dr. Gonzales is joining Vanderbilt’s Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Vanderbilt Brain Institute in January 2024. He attended university in his hometown of San Angelo, Texas and graduated from Angelo State University in 2013 with a BS in Physics. He then attended Rice University...
Congratulations to Owen Meilander for completing the first 5 incentives for NanoGuides
Dec. 19, 2023—VINSE NanoGuides program is a new initiative launched in Fall 2023. This program formalizes the group of student volunteers who lead many of VINSE’s STEM outreach activities and now receive formal recognition for their passion for science outreach. Among all inaugural NanoGuides, Owen Meilander, a second-year Ph.D. student in the Interdisciplinary Material Science program, is...
2023 Nanoday! Poster Award Winners
Dec. 14, 2023—Congratulations to the 2023 NanoDay! poster competition winners! The 23rd annual Nanoscience/Nanotechnology Forum attracted more than 250 registered attendees. In total 66 posters were presented during the event, including 3 high school students from the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt or Research Experience for High School Students (REHSS) programs. The winners are listed below. 1st Place: Theodore Anyika,...
2023 VINSE NanoDay! Jacket Drawing Winners
Dec. 13, 2023—Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 NanoDay! jacket drawing! This is the fourth year that attendees had the opportunity to win a VINSE jacket, and it has quickly become a highly anticipated part of the event. Check out this year’s winners below! De-en Jiang (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) Adam Dodson (Physics and Astronomy) Andrew...
2023 NanoDay t-shirt design winner: Parker Friedli
Dec. 13, 2023—Congratulations to Parker Friedli, winner of the 2023 NanoDay! t-shirt design competition. Parker Friedli is a sophomore majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Digital Fabrication. She joined VINSE as a tech crew in the Fall of 2023. The winning designer receives a $300 cash prize. Prior winners: 2022 – Zezhou Yang 2021 –...