In a new study, Gopal Agarwal, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher in the Schmidt Lab, has made a key contribution to central nervous system (CNS) regeneration. As the lead author, Agarwal helped develop a new injectable hydrogel made from decellularized human nerve… Read More
Ruogu Fang, Ph.D., associate professor, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Endowed Faculty Fellow, and associate director of the Intelligent Clinical Care Center at the University of Florida’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded the 2024-2025 Herbert Wertheim College… Read More
Congratulations to the two UF BME alumni who were recognized on the University of Florida‘s 2025 40 under 40 list! Since 2006, the University of Florida has honored Outstanding Young Alumni whose achievements positively impact The Gator Nation®. 40 Gators… Read More
Nikolaos Pipis, a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Josephine Allen’s lab (Allen Research Group), recently co-authored a review article published in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. The paper, titled “Multifunctional DNA-Collagen Biomaterials: Developmental Advances and Biomedical Applications,” explores the emerging potential of… Read More
UF NEWS Three University of Florida faculty members recently received one of the highest honors bestowed upon scientists by the U.S. government, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The UF faculty members who were recipients of… Read More
The University of Florida’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering congratulates Chaoyue Sun, a Ph.D. candidate in the Smart Medical Informatics Learning & Evaluation (SMILE) Lab, on receiving the Certificate of Outstanding Merit from the UF International Center.… Read More
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering is pleased to announce that Dr. Christine Schmidt has been appointed to the National Advisory Council for the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) at the National Institutes of… Read More
University of Florida Distinguished Professor Christine Schmidt has been recognized with three major honors: election to the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Engineering, along with the 2024 BMES Athanasiou Medal of Excellence in Translational Bioengineering. These… Read More
Three junior faculty members from UF’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering have earned prestigious NIH High-Risk, High-Reward awards for their groundbreaking research. These awards, which support innovative approaches in health and disease, will enable each researcher to… Read More
By Dorothy Hagmajer GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A horse, a scientist, an engineer, and a physiologist walk into a doctor’s office. At first, it sounds like the setup of a good joke. But the four co-investigators spearheading a National Institutes of… Read More