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Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center

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Multiscale Imaging | Translational Biophotonics | Advanced Microscopy

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#VBCSeminar Alert Join us on Tuesday, Oct 22nd at 12 PM in Stevenson 5326 as we welcome Dr. Daniel Gonzales from Vanderbilt University #BME! 🔬 Topic: Flexible, transparent neural interfaces for combined electrical + optical recordings in vivo. 🍽 Lunch provided #Neuroscience #BME #STEM

#VBCSeminar Alert
Join us on Tuesday, Oct 22nd at 12 PM in Stevenson 5326 as we welcome Dr. Daniel Gonzales from <a href="/VanderbiltU/">Vanderbilt University</a> #BME!
🔬 Topic: Flexible, transparent neural interfaces for combined electrical + optical recordings in vivo.
🍽 Lunch provided
#Neuroscience #BME #STEM
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🏆 VBC wins their **2nd consecutive championship at BME volleyball**! Huge shoutout to Joseph for serving **15 times in a row** to win the final set **15-0**! #VBC #Champions #Victory #Teamwork #Unstoppable

🏆 VBC wins their **2nd consecutive championship at BME volleyball**! Huge shoutout to Joseph for serving **15 times in a row** to win the final set **15-0**! 
 #VBC #Champions #Victory #Teamwork #Unstoppable
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Congrats to Han Dong and Seth Crawford! They’ve been awarded a microgrant after participating in the Sullivan Family Ideator Program at Vanderbilt’s Wond'ry—an NSF Regional I-Corps program! #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Vanderbilt

Congrats to Han Dong and Seth Crawford! 
They’ve been awarded a microgrant after participating in the Sullivan Family Ideator Program at Vanderbilt’s Wond'ry—an NSF Regional I-Corps program!   #Entrepreneurship #Innovation  #Vanderbilt
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Join Us for the VBC Seminar Series! 🔹 Date: Tuesday, October 29th 🔹 Time: 12:00 PM 🔹 Location: Stevenson 5326 🔹 Speaker: Dr. Ethan LaRochelle, CEO & Co-Founder of QUEL Imaging 🔹 Topic: Standardization in Fluorescence Imaging: From Academics to Industry #FluorescenceImaging

Join Us for the VBC Seminar Series!
🔹 Date: Tuesday, October 29th
🔹 Time: 12:00 PM
🔹 Location: Stevenson 5326
🔹 Speaker: Dr. Ethan LaRochelle, CEO &amp; Co-Founder of QUEL Imaging
🔹 Topic: Standardization in Fluorescence Imaging: From Academics to Industry
#FluorescenceImaging
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2024 VBC Halloween party brought laughs, creativity, and Halloween magic—with pumpkin carving, costumes, a bonfire, and tasty treats! 🎃 Congrats to Joseph Afreh and Eric Tkaczyk on winning the carving contest! Grateful for our exceptional team, in the lab and beyond. #VBC

2024 VBC Halloween party brought laughs, creativity, and Halloween magic—with pumpkin carving, costumes, a bonfire, and tasty treats! 🎃 Congrats to Joseph Afreh and Eric Tkaczyk on winning the carving contest! Grateful for our exceptional team, in the lab and beyond. #VBC
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Join us for the next #VBCSeminar! 🗓 Nov 5 🕛 12:00 PM 📍 Stevenson 5326 We’re excited to welcome Dr. Vasan Venugopalan from UC Irvine for a talk on: Pulsed Laser Microbeams for Cellular Mechanotransduction & Microrheology Don’t miss it! #STEM #Research #Engineering

Join us for the next #VBCSeminar!

🗓 Nov 5
🕛 12:00 PM
📍 Stevenson 5326
We’re excited to welcome Dr. Vasan Venugopalan from <a href="/UCIrvine/">UC Irvine</a> for a talk on:
Pulsed Laser Microbeams for Cellular Mechanotransduction &amp; Microrheology

Don’t miss it! #STEM #Research #Engineering
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Happy Birthday to Dr. Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, director of Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center! 🎉 We’re so grateful for your mentorship and the inspiration you bring every day. VBC thrives on your leadership. Cheers to you! #Mentor #Leader #HappyBirthday

Happy Birthday to Dr. Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, director of <a href="/VU_Biophotonics/">Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center</a>! 🎉 We’re so grateful for your mentorship and the inspiration you bring every day. VBC thrives on your leadership. Cheers to you! #Mentor #Leader #HappyBirthday
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VBC Seminar Alert! Join us on Nov 12 at 12 PM (Stevenson 5326) for a talk by Dr. Laura Marcu from UC Davis! Topic: Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging in the Operating Theater All are welcome & lunch provided! 🥪 #BiomedicalEngineering #CancerResearch #VBCSeminar

VBC Seminar Alert! Join us on Nov 12 at 12 PM (Stevenson 5326) for a talk by Dr. Laura Marcu from UC Davis!

Topic: Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging in the Operating Theater

All are welcome &amp; lunch provided! 🥪 #BiomedicalEngineering #CancerResearch #VBCSeminar
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Mark your calendars! Join us on Nov 26th at 12 PM in Stevenson 5326 for the next VBC Seminar Series featuring Dr. Loïc Royer from Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network. Topic- Future of Bioimaging: Next Generation Instruments & AI Don't miss this exciting talk on the future of life sciences! 🔬

Mark your calendars! 
Join us on Nov 26th at 12 PM in Stevenson 5326 for the next VBC Seminar Series featuring Dr. Loïc Royer from <a href="/czbiohub/">Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network</a>.

Topic- Future of Bioimaging: Next Generation Instruments &amp; AI

Don't miss this exciting talk on the future of life sciences! 🔬
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VBC Seminar Alert! Join us on Tuesday, Dec 3rd, at 12 PM in Stevenson 5326 for a talk by Dr. Gracie Vargas (UTMB). Topic: Multiphoton Microscopy & Widefield Fluorescence Imaging: A Platform for Early Oral Cancer Detection & Neuroinfection Monitoring See you there!

VBC Seminar Alert! 

Join us on Tuesday, Dec 3rd, at 12 PM in Stevenson 5326 for a talk by Dr. Gracie Vargas (UTMB).

 Topic: Multiphoton Microscopy &amp; Widefield Fluorescence Imaging: A Platform for Early Oral Cancer Detection &amp; Neuroinfection Monitoring

See you there!
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Excited for #SPIEPhotonicsWest 2025! The Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center team has an incredible lineup of presentations this year. Don’t miss the chance to connect, learn, and collaborate! Let’s make it a conference to remember. See you there! #Biophotonics #ResearchCommunity #Innovation

Excited for #SPIEPhotonicsWest 2025!

The <a href="/VU_Biophotonics/">Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center</a> team has an incredible lineup of presentations this year. Don’t miss the chance to connect, learn, and collaborate!

Let’s make it a conference to remember. See you there! 

#Biophotonics #ResearchCommunity #Innovation
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Applications are open (again) for VIBES 2025! Dates: May 27–Aug 1, 2025 For non-Vanderbilt undergrads to explore optics via hands-on research. Apply: Jan 15–Feb 1, 2025 Spread the word + check out the flyer! #Biophotonics #STEMInternship #UndergradResearch

Applications are open (again) for VIBES 2025!

Dates: May 27–Aug 1, 2025
For non-Vanderbilt undergrads to explore optics via hands-on research.
Apply: Jan 15–Feb 1, 2025
Spread the word + check out the flyer! 
#Biophotonics #STEMInternship #UndergradResearch
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We’re thrilled to host Dr. Changhuei Yang (Caltech) as he presents: Computational Microscopy & Deep Learning for Improving Pathology Analysis 📅 Tues, Feb 4 | ⏰ 12:00 PM | 📍 Stevenson 5326 Don’t miss it! #AI #Pathology #MedTech #VBCSeminar

We’re thrilled to host Dr. Changhuei Yang (Caltech) as he presents: Computational Microscopy &amp; Deep Learning for Improving Pathology Analysis
📅 Tues, Feb 4 | ⏰ 12:00 PM | 📍 Stevenson 5326

Don’t miss it! #AI #Pathology #MedTech #VBCSeminar
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Join us for the next VBC Seminar Series! Date- Feb 18 | 12 PM Venue- Stevenson 5326 Speaker- Dr. Wesley Legant (UNC-Chapel Hill) Topic- Lattice Light Sheet Microscopy – Innovations, Applications & Future Directions #VBCSeminar #Microscopy #BiomedicalEngineering

Join us for the next VBC Seminar Series!

Date- Feb 18 | 12 PM
Venue- Stevenson 5326
Speaker- Dr. Wesley Legant (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Topic- Lattice Light Sheet Microscopy – Innovations, Applications &amp; Future Directions
 #VBCSeminar #Microscopy #BiomedicalEngineering
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New year, new lectures, new ideas… but first, fun! What’s happening at VBC this February? Valentine’s Party – because a little celebration never hurts! Women in Science Day lunch – honoring brilliance over good food.

New year, new lectures, new ideas… but first, fun! 
What’s happening at VBC this February?
Valentine’s Party – because a little celebration never hurts!
Women in Science Day lunch – honoring brilliance over good food.
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The Perfect Fluids Lab Friday Night… with Liquid Nitrogen! A leaky LN2 tank tried to test us, but the VBC team wheeled it into the freezing cold—while keeping our cool Thanks to teamwork, quick thinking, and the A-L Gas rescue squad! Another day of handling chaos with a smile.

The Perfect Fluids Lab Friday Night… with Liquid Nitrogen! 

A leaky LN2 tank tried to test us, but the VBC team wheeled it into the freezing cold—while keeping our cool
Thanks to teamwork, quick thinking, and the A-L Gas rescue squad! Another day of handling chaos with a smile.
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Join us for the next VBC Seminar! March 4 | 12 PM Stevenson 5326 We’re hosting Dr. Yuankai Huo (CS, ECE - Vanderbilt) for a talk on AI-driven virtual microscopy—integrating spatial omics & computer vision for cutting-edge pathology analysis.

Join us for the next VBC Seminar! 

March 4 | 12 PM 
 Stevenson 5326

We’re hosting Dr. Yuankai Huo (CS, ECE - Vanderbilt) for a talk on AI-driven virtual microscopy—integrating spatial omics &amp; computer vision for cutting-edge pathology analysis.
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Celebrating Innovation! We’re proud to share that Ezekiel Haugen, VBC grad student, has been awarded the 2025 Provost’s Pathbreaking Discovery Award! This prestigious honor recognizes groundbreaking doctoral research tackling global challenges. Congrats, Zeke!

Celebrating Innovation! 

We’re proud to share that Ezekiel Haugen, VBC grad student, has been awarded the 2025 Provost’s Pathbreaking Discovery Award! 

This prestigious honor recognizes groundbreaking doctoral research tackling global challenges.

Congrats, Zeke!
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Join us for the next VBC Seminar Series! March 18 | 12:00 PM | Stevenson 5326 Speaker- Dr. Narasimhan Rajaram (Univ. of Arkansas) Optical Imaging to Determine Long-term Tumor Fate Learn how optical imaging & spectroscopy predict tumor response to therapy! #OpticalImaging

Join us for the next VBC Seminar Series!

March 18 | 12:00 PM |  Stevenson 5326
Speaker- Dr. Narasimhan Rajaram (Univ. of Arkansas) Optical Imaging to Determine Long-term Tumor Fate
Learn how optical imaging &amp; spectroscopy predict tumor response to therapy!
 #OpticalImaging
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Join us tomorrow, April 1st, at 12 PM in Stevenson 5326 for the VBC Seminar Series! We're excited to host Dr. Nicholas Kavoussi from Vanderbilt UMC, speaking on Minimally Invasive Surgery in Urologic Diseases. #VBCSeminar #Urology #MedicalInnovation

Join us tomorrow, April 1st, at 12 PM in Stevenson 5326 for the VBC Seminar Series!

We're excited to host Dr. Nicholas Kavoussi from Vanderbilt UMC, speaking on Minimally Invasive Surgery in Urologic Diseases.

#VBCSeminar #Urology #MedicalInnovation