UF News By: Jill Pease Local 10 News WCJB The Alligator University of Florida researchers studying the use of a noninvasive brain stimulation treatment paired with cognitive training have found the therapy holds promise as an effective, drug-free approach for… Read More
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering would like to welcome our Fall 2021 Ph.D. class! Welcome to: Allison Campbell Lab: Schmidt Camara Casson Lab: Ferrall-Fairbanks Cameron Celeste Lab: Parker Robin Chen Lab: Vaillancourt Adriana Del… Read More
Science becomes art in the winning and notable photographs from the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering 2020 Art of Research Photo Contest. Thank you to all who submitted their images! This annual event celebrates the art of… Read More
Physical tuning of galectin-3 signaling Dr. Gregory Hudalla, Dr. Edward Phelps, and lab members’ recent work, “Physical tuning of galectin-3 signaling,” has been published by the National Academy of Sciences Proceedings of Sciences the United States of America (PNAS). Team members:… Read More
Yan Carlos Pacheco Lab: Dr. Kyle Allen Hometown: Havana, Cuba Research focus: My research direction over the past 4 years under Dr. Kyle Allen have focused upon various aspects of osteoarthritis. Areas of specific interest to me have included histological… Read More
Congratulations, UF BME Class of 2021! “On behalf of the department, I extend sincere congratulations and best of luck to the Class of 2021. We are immensely proud of your work and accomplishments! Best wishes to each of you, and… Read More
Dr. Parisa Rashidi (Contact PI), Dr. Azra Bihorac (Co-PI), and several other UF researchers were awarded an NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) grant for their project titled ADAPT: Autonomous Delirium Monitoring and Adaptive Prevention. Delirium is… Read More
Angelie Rivera-Rodríguez, Ph.D. candidate in the Rinaldi-Ramos Lab, received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship for his project titled, Tracking Adoptive T Cell Therapy Using Magnetic Particle Imaging. She… Read More
Renae Burke Lab: Dr. Kevin Otto’s Neuroprostheses Research Lab Hometown: Orlando, FL Research focus: Developing a bidirectional brain-machine interface to provide sensory feedback from prosthetic hands relies on the chronic performance of neuroprostheses in both recording and stimulation. I am testing… Read More
Pablo Luna Lab: None (But a special shoutout to Ian Malone under Dr. Kevin Otto, and Amanda Studnicki under Dr. Daniel Ferris for helping me find my passion) Hometown: Bogota, Colombia Research Focus: After spending some time working in the… Read More