Researcher Highlight: Marsalas Whitaker
Jan. 5, 2023—Marsalas Whitaker, 2nd year Biomedical Engineering graduate student in the Giorgio Lab The level of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation is reflected in subpopulations of extracellular vesicles (EVs) originating from cancerous tissue that contain EGFR. Such EVs can be assessed using methods like immunoblots and flow cytometry. One pitfall of current EV purification techniques is reliance...
VINSE Community Picnic
Jan. 5, 2023—Join us for an afternoon of games, food, drink, and fun! Family and friends are welcome (encouraged!) to attend. Please RSVP here. When: April 15 from 11:00-1:00 | Egg Toss Competition at 11:30 | Tug-O-War starts at noon What: Bubble soccer, corn hole, tug-o-war, egg toss, trivia, and more!! Raffles and Prizes What (will there be to eat?): Burgers, chicken...
Spring 2023 VINSE Short Courses – Register Now!
Jan. 5, 2023—VINSE will offer the Atomic Force Microscopy, Electron Microscopy, and Microfluidic Device Fabrication short courses in the spring 2022 semester. Courses will be capped at 16, so don’t wait too long to register. Details and pricing can be found below! Electron Microscopy Short Course June 12-13 Electron microscopy is a critical component for the characterization...
New VINSE Faculty: Mona Ebrish
Jan. 5, 2023—We are excited to welcome Dr. Mona Ebrish as our newest VINSE faculty member! Ebrish, who is joining Vanderbilt’s Electrical & Computer Engineering Department this spring, received her Bachelors from University of Tripoli in Electrical Engineering. In 2009, she received the Fulbright Fellowship and attended University of Minnesota for her Masters and PhD. Before coming to...
Analytical Lab Open House
Jan. 5, 2023—Interested in learning more about the VINSE Analytical Lab and how our tools could impact your research? Bring your samples to the VINSE Analytical Open House on February 1, 2023 from 1:00-4:00 and use any tool… at no cost! This event is open to everyone, both current and potential new users. VINSE staff will also be available...
Immersion and Outreach with VINSE
Jan. 5, 2023—Immersion Vanderbilt is one of the more unique aspects of attending the university, aiming to help students seek out work that they are passionate about. VINSE is a leader in Immersion Vanderbilt, and has developed numerous hands-on activities to train the next generation of scientists and engineers. The immersive process goes hand in hand with VINSE’s...
“Tunable, ferroelectricity-inducing, spin-spiral magnetic ordering in monolayer FeOCl” published in Nano Letters selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
Jan. 5, 2023—About the author: Deliang Bao is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics and Astronomy under the direction of Dr. Sokrates T. Pantelides. In recently published work, by employing density-functional-theory calculations, he demonstrated a non-collinear magnetism, namely spin spiral, in the monolayer FeOCl, which features tunability with uniaxial strain and electron/hole doping. The...
VINSE 2023 Calendar
Jan. 3, 2023—Download your VINSE 2023 Calendar, featuring the some of the winners in the VINSE image competition. The VINSE team looks forward to supporting your impactful research discoveries in the year ahead!
VINSE graduate students Alyssa Nelson and Jeremy Espano teach a course in nanoscience/nanotechnology as part of Vanderbilt’s SAVY program
Dec. 20, 2022—VINSE graduate students Jeremy Espano and Alyssa Nelson taught a class in nanoscience and nanotechnology to a group of 8th and 9th graders as part of the Saturday Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young (SAVY) program. Students started the morning learning about nanomaterials, quantum confinement and how it effects materials at the nanoscale, the size regime of...
VINSE Director’s Coffee Hour
Dec. 14, 2022—Join VINSE Director, Sharon Weiss to discuss new initiatives, pilot funding, tech crew, and other ways VINSE can help support your research. Friday, February 3, 2023 2PM | 226 ESB VINSE Conference Room