Aspirnaut

02/25/2026

Congratulations to Billy Hudson on being named a 2026 Ellis Island Medal of Honor recipient! We are thrilled for you to receive this prestigious honor and celebrate your many achievements.

Leaders in government, business, military, media and technology will be honored with the prestigious Ellis Island Medals of Honor on May 16.

12/18/2025

10/02/2025

Applications for Aspirnaut™ 2026 Summer Research Internships are OPEN. Please visit our website for information. www.aspirnaut.org

08/01/2025

We are incredibly proud of former Aspirnaut Undergraduate Researcher, Amber Crabtree!! She is helping pave the way for so many students and is truly working to change the world. Her perseverance is inspiring! Way to go, Amber!!!

CBS News' Nicole Valdes visits Vanderbilt University, where an autistic researcher is finding creative ways to fund her work amid federal rollbacks to diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

08/01/2025

The Aspirnaut Undergraduate Summer Interns had a fantastic last day. Poster session, bowling, pizza, friends, and fun!!!

07/29/2025

We are so proud of the Aspirnaut Undergraduate interns. They are finishing up their 10-weeks with their oral and poster presentations.

07/24/2025

Colton Miller and Abbie Grant working in Hudson Lab under the mentorship of Dr. Elena Pokidysheva. They are working through a series of homogenization and centrifugation in order to isolate NC1 domain from collagen IV.

07/24/2025

Thank you to our amazing resident counselors!! We are so grateful for their dedication to providing the Aspirnaut high school interns a welcoming and fun community.

07/23/2025

Annual ice cream party to celebrate the Aspirnaut undergraduate intern’s last fitness workout.

07/17/2025

Undergraduate Aspirnaut research intern, Raoul Mukiza, from Berea College, working in the lab. He was applying a primary antibody to his samples as a part of the immunofluorescent staining technique to observe the kidney, and quantify the amount of cells that are proliferating.

07/04/2025

Happy 4th of July from Aspirnaut!! BBQ, volleyball, board games, and hanging with friends.