Center Events
Thank you to those who attended the V-CoM Research Social. Next event in February 2023!
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Save the date for a RESEARCH SOCIAL on Friday, January 20th, 2023
12:30-1:30pm Free Lunch! / Intro for graduate student and postdoc trainees
1:30-3:30pm Speed Research Match: discover peer research collaboration opportunities
3:30-4:30pm Wine and Cheese
Location: Alumni Hall 202 Memorial Hall
Learn what peers in other V-CoM departments are researching to jumpstart trainee-led, collaborative, cross-school proposal opportunities! This event is to facilitate proposal developement in the interest of The Vanderbilt Center of Mechanobiology funding multiple grants in the $5,000 - $20,000 range. Proposal opportunity details to be provided at the event.
RSVPs due to V-CoM's NEW Center Coordinator, Kate McAllister (katherine.mcallister@vanderbilt.edu) by MONDAY, JANUARY 9.
Thank you to everyone who make the inaugual V-CoM retreat a great success! We're reenergized to see what we can accomplish together.
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Vanderbilt Center on Mechanobiology Inaugural Retreat
Monday, August 15, 2022
Joe C. Davis YMCA Outdoor Center, Nelson Andrews Leadership Lodge, 3088 Smith Springs Road, Antioch, TN 37013
MECHANOBIOLOGY ACROSS SCALES
9:00am – 9:15am Welcome Address
9:15am – 10:30am Session I (Chaired by Beth Lawrence, Postdoc, Zanic Lab (CDB))
- Professor Matt Lang, Dept of Chemical and Molecular Engineering, 30-minute talk
- Nikki Rodgers, Zanic Lab (Cell and Developmental Biology) Graduate Student, 15-minute talk
- Steven Walker, Olivares Lab (Biochemistry) Graduate Student, 15-minute talk
- Jenna Mosier, Reinhart-King Lab (Biomedical Engineering), Graduate Student, 15-minute talk
10:30am – 10:45am Coffee Break
10:45am – 12:00pm Session II (Chaired by Katie Young, Postdoc, Reinhart-King Lab (BME))
- Professor Dave Merryman, Dept of Biomedical Engineering, 30-minute talk
- Joshua Greenlee, King Lab (Biomedical Engineering) Graduate Student, 15-minute talk
- Deronisha Arceneaux, Lau Lab (Cell and Developmental Biology) Graduate Student, 15-minute talk
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Caitlin McAtee, Research Instructor (Cell and Developmental Biology), 15-minute talk
12:00pm – 2:30pm Lunch / Outdoor Activities / Free Time
2:30pm – 3:45pm Session III (Chaired by Andy Rolong, Postdoc, Lau Lab (CDB))
- Professor Andrea Page-McCaw, Dept of Cell and Developmental Biology, and Professor Shane Hutson, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, 30-minute talk
- Tian Zhu, Rafat Lab (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) Graduate Student, 15-minute talk
- Wenjun Wang, Reinhart-King Lab (Biomedical Engineering) Graduate Student, 15-minute talk
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Gillian Fitz, Tyska Lab (Cell and Developmental Biology) Graduate Student, 15-minute talk
3:45pm – 4:00pm Coffee Break
4:00pm – 5:30pm Catered Poster Session
5:30pm – 6:30pm Dinner
6:30pm – 7:00pm Closing Remarks and Awards
More events to be announced soon!