John Wilson

  • Vanderbilt University

    2024 NanoDay! Poster Award Winners

    Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 VINSE NanoDay! Poster Competition! The 24th annual Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Forum Welcomed over 250 registered participants, representing 24 departments at Vanderbilt and partner institutions and 14 of industry collaborators.  A total of 66 posters were presented, highlighting the wide range… Read More

    Dec. 6, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    VINSE Recognizes Faculty Accomplishments in the 18th Annual Fall Faculty Celebration

    On October 1, 2024, the VINSE Fall Faculty Celebration took place to honor and celebrate the remarkable achievements of our community. This annual event not only highlighted individual accomplishments but also fostered a sense of camaraderie among colleagues. WELCOME TO VINSE Daniel Gonzales | Janell Lees… Read More

    Oct. 2, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    New nanoparticles boost immune system in mice to fight skin, breast cancer

    Contact: Lucas Johnson, lucas.l.johnson@vanderbilt.edu Vanderbilt researchers have developed a set of nanoparticles that stimulate the immune system in mice to fight cancer and may eventually do the same in humans. John T. Wilson The research led by John T. Wilson, associate professor of… Read More

    Jul. 31, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Spotlight Publication: “Engineering endosomolytic nanocarriers of diverse morphologies using confined impingement jet mixing” published in Nanoscale

    Co-first author Hayden Pagendarm is a 4th year PhD student in Biomedical Engineering program advised by Dr. John T. Wilson. His research is focused on the development of novel technologies to induce antigen-specific immune tolerance, with a focus on engineered proteins and extracellular vesicles. Co-first author Payton Stone is… Read More

    Feb. 15, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Researcher Highlight: Payton Stone

    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. Read More

    Jan. 22, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    VINSE Recognizes Faculty Accomplishments in the 17th Annual Fall Faculty Celebration

    The 17th annual VINSE Fall Faculty Celebration was held on October 10, 2023, recognizing accomplishments of our community and celebrating faculty promotions. WELCOME TO VINSE Xiaoguang Dong | Mona Ebrish | Marjan Rafat | Krishnendu (Krish) Roy | René Colehour | Jasmine Zhang FACULTY PROMOTIONS… Read More

    Oct. 11, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    Dissertation Defense: Jessalyn Baljon, Biomedical Engineering

    DISSERTATION DEFENSE Jessalyn Baljon, Biomedical Engineering *under direction of Dr. John Wilson “Engineering Nanocarriers with Synergistic Adjuvants to Enhance Responses to Cancer Vaccines” 2.27.23  |  1:00PM CST  |  Buttrick Hall 101  |  Zoom Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has revolutionized cancer treatment and has led to complete and durable… Read More

    Feb. 20, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    VINSE NanoDay! Jacket Drawing Winners

    Congratulations to the winners of the NanoDay! jacket drawing! This is the third year that registered attendees had the opportunity to win a VINSE jacket, and it has quickly become a highly anticipated part of the event. Check out the winners below! Katja Diaz-Granados Madeleine Fort Chloe Frame Matthew Galazzo… Read More

    Nov. 7, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    VINSE recognizes faculty accomplishments in 16th annual fall faculty celebration

    Please join in welcoming new members of the VINSE community and congratulate the VINSE faculty on recent accomplishments and promotions. WELCOME De-en Jiang  |  Megan Dernberger  |  Jamie Kuntz  |  Benjamin Schmidt FACULTY PROMOTIONS We celebrate the recent promotions of the following faculty: Endowed Chairs John T. Wilson – named Chancellor Faculty… Read More

    Sep. 27, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    VINSE to recognize faculty accomplishments at 16th annual Fall Faculty Celebration

    The 16th annual Fall Faculty Celebration will be held on September 26th. At the event, which is by invitation only, VINSE will recognize the accomplishments of our community, celebrate faculty promotions, and welcome new VINSE members.  … Read More

    Aug. 26, 2022