Rafat Lab
@rafatlab.bsky.social
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University
Tumor and tissue microenvironment, breast cancer, engineering disease models
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Tumor and tissue microenvironment, breast cancer, engineering disease models
my.vanderbilt.edu/rafatlab/
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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."
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."
Knowledge is Worth Your Time
Folks who hang out on Bluesky/Twitter may have caught bits and pieces of the discussions amongst academics about what to do about today's university students...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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."
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!
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Shannon Martello, a graduate student in Dr. Marjan Rafat’s lab, has been awarded an #NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship, a prestigious award designed to support promising doctoral candidates in biomedical...
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August 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We are so proud of grad student Shannon Martello who has just been awarded an NIH/NCI F31 fellowship!
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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!
July 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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!
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!
July 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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!
Congrats to Dr. Tian Zhu and Dr. Logan Northcutt! We are proud of your accomplishments!
May 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Congrats to Dr. Tian Zhu and Dr. Logan Northcutt! We are proud of your accomplishments!
Long overdue post: Bridget Stevenson (BME) and Kirsten Stubenrauch (ChBE) presented awesome work at their respective undergraduate poster sessions
May 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Long overdue post: Bridget Stevenson (BME) and Kirsten Stubenrauch (ChBE) presented awesome work at their respective undergraduate poster sessions
Excited to share our new publication: Body composition as a potential biomarker of recurrence risk in patients with triple-negative breast cancer
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Body composition as a potential biomarker of recurrence risk in patients with triple-negative breast cancer - Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
Background Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients are at increased risk for recurrence compared to other subtypes of breast cancer. Previous evidence showed that adiposity may contribute to wor...
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March 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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...
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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!
February 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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!
Congrats to our newest PhD candidate, McKenzie Mayeaux!
January 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Congrats to our newest PhD candidate, McKenzie Mayeaux!
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
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Ultrasound imaging of breast cancer tumors offers non-invasive monitoring of radiation and immunotherapy response effectiveness
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Ultrasound imaging of breast cancer tumors offers non-invasive monitoring of radiation and immunotherapy response effectiveness
In the ongoing battle against triple negative breast cancer, Vanderbilt researchers have uncovered a promising non-invasive method to track how tumors respond to radiation and immunotherapy, which use...
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January 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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...
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...
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...
In aggressive form of breast cancer, response to therapy may contribute to tumor regrowth, according to Vanderbilt-led study
A recent study by a team of researchers at Vanderbilt University found that response to radiation therapy for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC)—one of the most aggressive forms of the disease—may c...
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December 13, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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...
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
2024 NanoDay! Poster Award Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 VINSE NanoDay! Poster Competition! The 24th annual Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Forum Welcomed over 250 registered participants, representing 24 departme...
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December 13, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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
Our first time poster presenters did a wonderful job at the BME and ChBE undergraduate research symposia!
December 5, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Our first time poster presenters did a wonderful job at the BME and ChBE undergraduate research symposia!
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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!
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Here, the list of who I found until now… If you want to be added, please reply below!
go.bsky.app/CtQMJyW
November 19, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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
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!
November 27, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Happy labsgiving from our lab to yours!
Rotation student Katie Derr and grad student Shannon Martello presented great posters at VINSE NanoDay! Congrats to Shannon for winning the best poster award!!
November 26, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Rotation student Katie Derr and grad student Shannon Martello presented great posters at VINSE NanoDay! Congrats to Shannon for winning the best poster award!!
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The 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!
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Lets keep growing & sharing our work.
And let me know others to add including self-nominations!
go.bsky.app/AeG8FWr
November 26, 2024 at 5:22 PM
The 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
Lets keep growing & sharing our work.
And let me know others to add including self-nominations!
go.bsky.app/AeG8FWr
Incredibly late post, but we gave a lot of great presentations at conferences this year! First, Dr. Rafat kicked off our tour at #BMES2024
November 26, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Incredibly late post, but we gave a lot of great presentations at conferences this year! First, Dr. Rafat kicked off our tour at #BMES2024
In our first post here, I'm highlighting our recently published paper in Theranostics! Grad student Shannon Martello drove our collaborative paper with the Caskey Lab at VUMC home to show how ultrasound can be used to non-invasively track tumor response to therapy: www.thno.org/v14p6883.htm
Ultrafast power doppler ultrasound enables longitudinal tracking of vascular changes that correlate with immune response after radiotherapy
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November 25, 2024 at 5:29 PM
In our first post here, I'm highlighting our recently published paper in Theranostics! Grad student Shannon Martello drove our collaborative paper with the Caskey Lab at VUMC home to show how ultrasound can be used to non-invasively track tumor response to therapy: www.thno.org/v14p6883.htm