VINSE Faculty News

  • Coffee-ring diagnostic offers hope in poorest regions

    Coffee-ring diagnostic offers hope in poorest regions

    The ring that an evaporating drop of coffee leaves on the counter might be the solution to saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Research accelerating at Vanderbilt offers new hope in diagnostics for malaria and other diseases. The interdisciplinary team is led by… Read More

    Oct. 24, 2014

  • James Crowe elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

    James Crowe elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

    James Crowe, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Director of Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Keep Reading>… Read More

    Oct. 20, 2014

  • VINSE Welcomes John Wilson, Assistant Professor in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

    VINSE Welcomes John Wilson, Assistant Professor in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

    John T. Wilson, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering B.S., Oregon State University, 2002 Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009 Wilson’s research interests focus on developing molecularly engineered materials for biomedical applications, with an emphasis on intracellular delivery of biologics, cancer immunotherapy and cell-based therapy for diabetes. Read More

    Oct. 4, 2014

  • VINSE New Faculty Member Anita Disney explores role of neurotransmitters in attention

    VINSE New Faculty Member Anita Disney explores role of neurotransmitters in attention

    When Anita Disney was growing up in Adelaide, Australia, friends and family assumed she would become a scientist. After all, her father was a biologist and one of the founding faculty members of Flinders University. But in what she admits may have been a bit of youthful rebellion,… Read More

    Sep. 30, 2014

  • VINSE Faculty Member Cary Pint named to ’20 under 40′ by American Society for Engineering Education

    VINSE Faculty Member Cary Pint named to ’20 under 40′ by American Society for Engineering Education

    Cary Pint, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Nanomaterials and Energy Devices Laboratory at Vanderbilt University, was named to the American Society for Engineering Education’s Top 20 Under 40 last week. KEEP READING »  … Read More

    Sep. 23, 2014

  • Bolotin and McCabe receive VINSE Distinguished Service Awards

    Bolotin and McCabe receive VINSE Distinguished Service Awards

    Kirill Bolotin and Clare McCabe were each awarded a VINSE Distinguished Service Award at the VINSE fall faculty celebration.  Kirill was recognized for his vision and creation of the VINSE summer nanoseminar series.  Clare was recognized for her continued leadership and commitment to the VINSE REU. Read More

    Aug. 29, 2014

  • Craig Duvall receives NSF Early Career Award

    Craig Duvall receives NSF Early Career Award

    Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Craig L. Duvall has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development grant. The five-year, $500,000 grant – Polythioketal Hydrogel For SiRNA-Enhanced Regenerative Cell Therapies – will allow Duvall to continue research on advanced drug delivery systems designed to enhance the performance… Read More

    Aug. 28, 2014

  • Three researchers receive EAGER awards

    Three researchers receive EAGER awards

    Three Vanderbilt researchers have received an award designed to better understand how complex behaviors emerge from activity on brain circuitry as part of President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative. Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Donna Webb, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Deyu Li and Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering… Read More

    Aug. 22, 2014

  • Professor touts faster, cheaper way to test for explosives

    Professor touts faster, cheaper way to test for explosives

    A Vanderbilt University professor has come up with a faster and less expensive way to test for explosives residue on surfaces. Prof. Sharon Weiss has modified white gold leaf paper so that its surface provides signal amplification of 100 million times – so that a laser and detector… Read More

    Jul. 28, 2014

  • Liberating devices from their power cords

    Liberating devices from their power cords

    Imagine a future in which our electrical gadgets are no longer limited by plugs and external power sources. This intriguing prospect is one of the reasons for the current interest in building the capacity to store electrical energy directly into a wide range of products, such as a laptop whose… Read More

    May. 19, 2014