@rafatlab.bsky.social
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University Tumor and tissue microenvironment, breast cancer, engineering disease models my.vanderbilt.edu/rafatlab/
Here is a great spotlight of our work! www.vanderbilt.edu/vinse/2026/0...
11.02.2026 23:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Excited to highlight our published paper in Proteomics! Grad student Greg Berumen Sanchez showcased the importance of carefully selecting isolation protocols and quantitative methodologies for robust extracellular vesicle proteomics: analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
12.01.2026 20:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Congratulations to Dr. Greg Berumen Sanchez for successfully defending his PhD! We are proud of his accomplishments!
19.12.2025 22:32 — 👍 19 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
Lab costume contest with Kim Possible, pirate, popeye, a coach, a narwhal, and Pennywise
Happy Halloween!
31.10.2025 16:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NEW WRITING:
It's aimed at students, with some specific examples for astro/physics folks, but I think other people may find it useful too. 🔭⚛️🧪
"Knowledge is worth your time because of how it shapes your mind. And the authoritarians may take many things from us, but they cannot take our minds."
We are so proud of grad student Shannon Martello who has just been awarded an NIH/NCI F31 fellowship!
www.linkedin.com/posts/vinse_...
We just concluded another successful summer of undergraduate research! #SMART #REU #VUSRP
08.08.2025 22:19 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Dr. Kevin Corn presenting his acknowledgments slide at the end of this defense presentation
The Rafat Lab members pose
The Rafat Lab members pose with double peace signs
Cake that says Congratulations Dr. Corn!
Another momentous occasion for our lab: Congratulations, Dr. Kevin Corn! Kevin successfully defended his impressive thesis today. We are amazed by his persistence, initiative, creativity, and dedication!
08.07.2025 21:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Grad student Shannon Martello excitedly presenting her poster
Grad student Shannon Martello giving a flash talk about her poster
Dr. Rafat and grad student Shannon Martello at the Jordan Hotel at Sunday River
Maine lobster dinner
Only a little late: grad student Shannon Martello and Dr. Rafat thoroughly enjoyed being immersed in cutting-edge research at the Mammary Gland Biology Gordon Research Conference!
07.07.2025 22:01 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We have a lot to celebrate!
09.05.2025 23:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Congrats to Dr. Tian Zhu and Dr. Logan Northcutt! We are proud of your accomplishments!
09.05.2025 23:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Not pictured: graduating seniors Abtin Ghelmansaraei, Kara Simmons, and Tatiana Eason who all did amazing work in the lab. Congrats to all!!
09.05.2025 22:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Preston Crase (Biochem '25!) defended his honors thesis and is heading to Yale for a clinical research position in the Knauert Laboratory! Congrats to all!
09.05.2025 22:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Holden Korbey (MCB '25!) showcased his work in poster and oral presentations--he will be missed as he moves on to a Research Assistant position in the Wainger Lab at MGH!
09.05.2025 22:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Long overdue post: Bridget Stevenson (BME) and Kirsten Stubenrauch (ChBE) presented awesome work at their respective undergraduate poster sessions
09.05.2025 22:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Not pictured: triple berry pie made by McKenzie and Ava!
14.03.2025 12:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A strawberry lemon pie and purple sweet potato pie cool on the kitchen counter
Happy pi day!
14.03.2025 12:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Excited to share our new publication: Body composition as a potential biomarker of recurrence risk in patients with triple-negative breast cancer
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Congratulations to Dr. Tian Zhu for successfully defending her PhD thesis! Her hard work and dedication have paid off, and we are proud of her accomplishments!
26.02.2025 04:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Grad student standing in front of their qualifying exam proposal title slide, smiling because they passed
Congrats to our newest PhD candidate, McKenzie Mayeaux!
31.01.2025 21:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
See the profile of grad student Shannon Martello's Theranostics paper! This work was done w/ @cfcaskey.bsky.social 's lab!
Ultrasound imaging of breast cancer tumors offers non-invasive monitoring of radiation and immunotherapy response effectiveness
engineering.vanderbilt.edu/2025/01/28/u...
Check out the profile of grad student Tian Zhu's Biomaterials paper!
In aggressive form of breast cancer, response to therapy may contribute to tumor regrowth, according to Vanderbilt-led study engineering.vanderbilt.edu/2024/11/14/i...
Congrats to all the winners of the 2024 VINSE NanoDay! Poster competition, including Rafat Lab graduate student Shannon Martello who won 1st place! bit.ly/49oTqve
13.12.2024 13:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our first time poster presenters did a wonderful job at the BME and ChBE undergraduate research symposia!
05.12.2024 14:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In case some mentors may want to read this. #Nature #PhD #scisky #student #mentor
Source:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Among the Cancer-related Starter Packs currently available, I didn’t find one on Tumor Microenvironment.
Here, the list of who I found until now… If you want to be added, please reply below!
go.bsky.app/CtQMJyW
Happy labsgiving from our lab to yours!
27.11.2024 19:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Rotation student Katie Derr and grad student Shannon Martello presented great posters at VINSE NanoDay! Congrats to Shannon for winning the best poster award!!
26.11.2024 18:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Living Materials & Tissue Engineering community continues to grow on Bluesky. So great to see more colleagues over here AND to met new/rising stars in our community.
Lets keep growing & sharing our work.
And let me know others to add including self-nominations!
go.bsky.app/AeG8FWr
👋would love our lab to be added!
26.11.2024 17:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
