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APPLY NOW for Summer 2024 Tech Crew
Dec. 1, 2023—Looking for a unique summer opportunity? Apply now for the VINSE Summer 2024 Tech Crew What is the VINSE Summer Tech Crew? The Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) is currently accepting applications for its Summer 2024 Tech Crew program, an immersive opportunity for Vanderbilt students to work in a Class 100 cleanroom and learn...
VINSE Associate Tech Crew member places second in DOE competition for national lab summer interns
Nov. 28, 2023—Sarah Driscoll, a VINSE Associate Tech Crew member and junior in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is the second place national winner in the 2023 IGNITE Off! Competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) and hosted by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)....
Dissertation Defense: Kelly Richardson, Chemistry
Nov. 21, 2023—DISSERTATION DEFENSE Kelly A. Richardson, Chemistry *under the direction of David Wright “The Development of Blood-Brain Barrier Cell Culture Models and Relevant Assessment Tools” 11.30.23 | 11:00AM CST | 5326 Stevenson Center | Zoom ID: 952 2128 6219 | Passcode: 978940
Dissertation Defense: Marc Nabhan, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Nov. 21, 2023—DISSERTATION DEFENSE Marc A. Nabhan, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering *under the direction of Kane Jennings “Interfacing Proteins with Conducting Polymers for the Fabrication of Biohybrid and Biomolecular-based Electronics” 12.04.23 | 2:30PM CST | 048 Engineering Science Building (ESB) The overarching theme of the work presented herein is the combination of proteins with conducting polymers for the investigation...
“Clostridioides difficile ferrosome organelles combat nutritional immunity” published in Nature, selected as Spotlight Publication
Nov. 17, 2023—Congratulations to Eric Skaar’s group for their Nature publication. The keys towards understanding the role of nutrients in guest-hosts interactions inherently reside at the nanoscale. The work by Pi et al. from the Skaar laboratory utilized the advanced electron microscopy capabilities in VINSE to reveal how C. difficile bacteria use iron storage organelles to manage large...
Nicole Moehring recipient of the 2023 VINSE Best Graduate Student Publication Award
Nov. 15, 2023—Congratulations to Nicole Moehring, recipient of the 2023 VINSE Best Graduate Student Publication award. Nicole’s publication in ACS Nano reports on a novel chemical vapor deposition process to form precise Angstrom-scale pores in graphene – an atomically thin sheet of carbon atoms. This work has potential impact for energy conversion, energy storage, and separations applications. During this...
Andrey Shults recipient of VINSE Best Collaborative Paper Award
Nov. 15, 2023—VINSE is excited to announce Andrey Shults is the recipient of the VINSE Best Collaborative Paper award. Andrey’s paper has contributions from two VINSE groups from different departments – the Macdonald group in Chemistry and the Caldwell group in Mechanical Engineering. The authors report on colloidal chemistry synthesis and characterization that provides key insights for the...
Episode 9 | Meet Our Faculty | Lauren Buchanan
Nov. 7, 2023—Learn more about Dr. Lauren Buchanan and her group. The Buchanan group employs ultrafast two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy to gain a deeper understanding of protein misfolding pathways relative to disease and to determine how protein structure and dynamics are affected by interactions with materials such as nanoparticles. Watch on YouTube | Hear more from Lauren Buchanan...
Rogers elected President of the American Vacuum Society
Nov. 7, 2023—Bridget Rogers has been elected President of the American Vacuum Society (AVS). She will serve a three-year term as President-elect for 2024, President for 2025, and Past President for 2026. AVS is comprised of approximately 4,500 members and supports networking and camaraderie among academic, industrial, government, and consulting professionals involved in emerging interdisciplinary research related to materials,...
Harrison Walker receives an Oak Ridge National Laboratory scholarship for two years
Nov. 2, 2023—Harrison Walker, a 2nd year Ph.D. candidate in the Interdisciplinary Materials Science at Vanderbilt University, has received a scholarship from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to work across several projects for the next two years. This unique opportunity enables him to advance his research in Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy, a technique pivotal in probing low-energy...