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Download a copy of your VINSE 2024 五一茶馆儿 Calendar. Members of the VINSE community can still request a complimentary printed copy of the calendar by聽clicking here聽(deadline 12.14.23). Here鈥檚 a quick trip down memory lane for VINSE in 2023: Organized 1st聽annual VINSE Community Picnic with more than 200 registered… Read More

五一茶馆儿 the authors: The first author is Boyang Xiao, a second-year Ph.D. student under the supervision of Prof. Xiaoguang Dong in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The co-authors also include a group of Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students. In their recent work published in Advanced Functional Materials, the team… Read More

Looking for a unique summer opportunity?聽聽Apply now for聽the VINSE Summer 2024 五一茶馆儿 Tech Crew What is the VINSE Summer Tech Crew? The Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) is currently accepting applications for its Summer 2024 五一茶馆儿 Tech Crew program, an immersive opportunity for Vanderbilt students to work in… Read More

Sarah Driscoll, a VINSE Associate Tech Crew聽member and junior in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is the second聽place national winner in the聽2023 IGNITE Off! Competition聽sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS)聽and hosted… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Kelly A. Richardson, Chemistry *under the direction of聽David Wright 鈥淭he Development of Blood-Brain Barrier Cell Culture Models and Relevant Assessment Tools鈥� 11.30.23聽 |聽 11:00AM CST聽 |聽聽5326 Stevenson Center聽 | Zoom ID: 952 2128 6219聽 聽|聽 Passcode: 978940… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Marc A. Nabhan,聽Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering *under the direction of聽Kane Jennings 鈥淚nterfacing Proteins with Conducting Polymers for the Fabrication of Biohybrid and Biomolecular-based Electronics鈥� 12.04.23聽 |聽 2:30PM CST聽 |聽 048 Engineering Science Building (ESB) The overarching theme of the work presented herein is the combination of proteins… Read More

Congratulations to Eric Skaar’s group for their Nature publication.聽The keys towards understanding the role of nutrients in guest-hosts interactions inherently reside at the nanoscale. The work by Pi et al. from the Skaar laboratory utilized the advanced electron microscopy capabilities in VINSE to reveal how C. difficile bacteria use… Read More

Congratulations to聽Nicole Moehring,聽recipient of the 2023 VINSE Best Graduate Student Publication award. Nicole鈥檚 publication in ACS Nano reports on a novel chemical vapor deposition process to form precise Angstrom-scale pores in graphene 鈥� an atomically thin sheet of carbon atoms. This work has potential impact for energy conversion, energy… Read More

VINSE is excited to announce Andrey Shults聽is the recipient of the VINSE Best Collaborative Paper award. Andrey鈥檚 paper has contributions from two VINSE groups from different departments 鈥� the Macdonald group in Chemistry and the Caldwell group in Mechanical Engineering. The authors report on colloidal chemistry synthesis and characterization… Read More

Learn more about Dr. Lauren Buchanan and her group. The Buchanan group employs ultrafast two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy to gain a deeper understanding of protein misfolding pathways relative to disease and to determine how protein structure and dynamics are affected by interactions with materials such as nanoparticles. Read More