{"id":2,"date":"2022-01-06T16:45:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/lockelab\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-25T10:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:09:29","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/lockelab\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Locke Biosensing Lab!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Info Text &#8211; Right Hand Column Placeholder<br \/>Refresh After Saving to Remove<\/h2>\n  <figure id=\"attachment_739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-739\" style=\"width: 3024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/lockelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2026\/03\/IMG_5031.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna&#8217;s Defense Summer 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_740\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-740\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/lockelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2026\/03\/RadnorHike_SBreak_2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spring Break Hike at Radnor Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-741\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/lockelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2026\/03\/image-20250126-202839-d44bd298.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photonics West 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-742\" style=\"width: 2226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/lockelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2026\/03\/PXL_20250320_2105583892.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2226\" height=\"2305\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Welcome new CHEM &amp; BME lab members<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n        <p>The <strong>Locke Biosensing Lab <\/strong>is a part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/vbc\/\">Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center<\/a>. We aim to develop novel optical biosensing platforms to address current clinical diagnostic challenges at the point-of-care. We explore the use of various nanoplasmonic structures incorporated paper- or micro-fluidic platforms to create rapid diagnostic tools that are simplistic and user-friendly.<\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n    <figure>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2026\/03\/h2.png\" alt=\" \" \/>\n    <\/figure>\n        <p><strong>Research Focus Areas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) The design and synthesis of novel bioassays for sensing of bioanalytes within complex biological fluids<\/p>\n<p>2) The development and application of various portable Biophotonics-based spectroscopic tools for point-of-care sensing: surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, Fluorescence spectroscopy, colorimetry, etc.<\/p>\n<p>3) The design of low-cost, fluidic platform: paperfluidic, microfluidics, 3D printing, microencapsulation<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please email <a href=\"mailto:andrea.locke@vanderbilt.edu\"><em>andrea.locke@vanderbilt.edu <\/em><\/a><\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n    <figure>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2026\/03\/NEWS-banner.png\" alt=\" \" \/>\n    <\/figure>\n        <p>We are thrilled to announce that Anna Rourke Funderburg has successfully defended her dissertation, &#8220;Rapid, Culture-Free Platform for Detecting Bacteria using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and its Application Toward Detection of Vaginal Microbes,&#8221; on July 25, 2025. Anna&#8217;s hard work and dedication have culminated in research that advances the use of Raman spectroscopy for bacterial detection while contributing to the development of new technologies that address critical challenges in field of women&#8217;s health. <\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n    <figure>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2026\/03\/IMG_0925-scaled-e1753984416596.jpeg\" alt=\" \" \/>\n    <\/figure>\n        <p><em>Please join us in celebrating this important milestone and congratulating <strong>Dr. Funderburg<\/strong> on her exceptional achievement.<\/em><\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Info Text &#8211; Right Hand Column PlaceholderRefresh After Saving to Remove The Locke Biosensing Lab is a part of the Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center. 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