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VINSE NSF-REU Poster Session Winners

Aug. 5, 2021—Faculty, post-docs, graduate and undergraduate students engaged in nanoresearch at Vanderbilt and partner institutions attended the 2021 VINSE NSF REU Summer Research Poster on Thursday, August 5, 2021. Posters were evaluated by both a panel of judges and the virtual poster session attendees for an opportunity to win travel grants to support the cost of presenting...

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VINSE Summer Research Poster Session

Jul. 21, 2021—The Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering will host an online Summer Research Poster Session on Thursday, August 5 from 10am-12pm. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS      

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VINSE Welcomes Summer 2021 Undergraduate Students

May. 10, 2021—Meet the Summer NSF REU Fellows and VINSE Tech Crew Members  

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Alyssa Livingood (VINSE NSF REU ’19) first author on ACS Photonics article

Jan. 22, 2021—Congratulations Alyssa Livingood, NSF REU fellow 2019, on being FIRST AUTHOR on a published paper in ACS Photonics!  Being a first author on a paper is a major accomplishment and we at VINSE are very proud of Alyssa’s accomplishment.  Alyssa is currently studying to receive her B.S. in Computer Engineering at the University of Kentucky. “Filterless...

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Spotlight Podcast Episode 14: Jenna Dombroski – progress toward a breast cancer vaccine!

Aug. 4, 2020—Episode 14 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Jenna A. Dombroski about progress toward a breast cancer vaccine!  Jenna’s paper “Fabrication and Characterization of Tumor Nano-Lysate as a Preventative Vaccine for Breast Cancer” was published in Langmuir.  Jenna is a prior VINSE REU student and current third year graduate student in Biomedical...

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Congratulations 2020 VINSE REU NSF GRFP Winners!

Apr. 22, 2020—Three prior VINSE REU students were awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships this year. NSF Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 allowance for tuition and fees for a research-based master’s or doctoral degree in in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. Annually, the NSF awards approximately 1,500 fellowships...

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