Marjan Rafat

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

At the recent School of Engineering End of the Year Social, Dean Krish Roy presented several awards. Four faculty members from the Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) were honored for their outstanding contributions to research. Rising Star Research Award: Marjan Rafat Marjan Rafat, Assistant Professor of… Read More

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

A yearly forum for members of the VINSE community engaged in nanoscience and nanotechnology research. Registration closed Schedule Student Life Center 11:30 LUNCH begins 12:00 POSTER SESSION 2:00 Opening Remarks Dr. Sharon M. Weiss 2:20 Modeling the irradiated breast microenvironment to evaluate tumor and immune cell interactions Dr. Marjan Rafat… Read More

Tian Zhu, 5th year Chemical and Biomedical Engineering graduate student in the Rafat Lab While radiation therapy (RT) is an efficient treatment for patients with triple negative breast cancer, patients continue to experience recurrence after RT. The extracellular matrix (ECM) in the tumor microenvironment plays a major role in… Read More

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering The Rafat Lab combines engineering and cancer biology concepts to examine the mechanisms driving tumor recurrence and metastasis. We study the relationship between tumor cells, normal tissues, and the immune system as a means of understanding the microenvironment to determine how each… Read More