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Researcher Highlight: Alex Stoneman
Alex Stoneman, senior Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering & Chemistry undergraduate student in the Lang lab T-cells are key parts of the mammalian immune response, and T-cell receptors (TCRs) help them recognize their foreign targets. Previous lab work has shown that TCRs act as mechanosenors; piconewton-scale forces facilitate their… Read MoreJan. 5, 2023
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Researcher Highlight: Marsalas Whitaker
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… Read MoreJan. 5, 2023
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VINSE Community Picnic
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… Read MoreJan. 5, 2023
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Spring 2023 VINSE Short Courses – Register Now!
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… Read MoreJan. 5, 2023
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New VINSE Faculty: Mona Ebrish
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… Read MoreJan. 5, 2023
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Analytical Lab Open House
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. Read MoreJan. 5, 2023
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Immersion and Outreach with VINSE
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… Read MoreJan. 5, 2023
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“Tunable, ferroelectricity-inducing, spin-spiral magnetic ordering in monolayer FeOCl” published in Nano Letters selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
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… Read MoreJan. 5, 2023
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VINSE 2023 Calendar
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! … Read MoreJan. 3, 2023
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VINSE graduate students Alyssa Nelson and Jeremy Espano teach a course in nanoscience/nanotechnology as part of Vanderbilt’s SAVY program
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… Read MoreDec. 20, 2022