Congratulations to Dr. Gregory A. Hudalla, assistant professor, Dr. Benjamin G. Keselowsky, professor, and their team on their manuscript titled, “Locally Anchoring Enzymes to Tissues via Extracellular Glycan Recognition,” that has been published in Nature Communications. Their collaborative research seeks… Read More
7th Annual Pruitt Research Day
Thank you to everyone who participated in our 7th Annual Pruitt Research Day! This successful event included a full day of student talks, keynote speaker and poster presentations in celebration of the wonderful research being conducted in the department and… Read More
UF Engineer Improving Transplant Environment For Patients With Diabetes
Dr. Cherie Stabler, professor at the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received a $1.05M grant from JDRF (a leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research). Working with a collaborator, Dr Andres Garcia at Georgia… Read More
UF will help build 3D cellular map of the human body
University of Florida researchers along with BME professor Dr. Kevin J. Otto are helping the National Institutes of Health build a 3D cellular map of the human body showing how tissues and organs differ on a cellular level. Otto along… Read More
Ferris receives new NSF award to study how the brain functions during real-world mobile activities
NSF New Release: NSF funds new integrative approaches to cognitive science, neuroscience The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a total of $16 million in 18 awards to cross-disciplinary teams from across the United States to conduct innovative research focused on… Read More
Keselowsky and researchers new patent therapy for treatment of immune and/or autoimmune disorders
Congratulations to UF BME professor, Dr. Benjamin G. Keselowsky, and UF researchers Dr. Todd M. Brusko and Judit Cserny, on the patent issuance of their technology, “Materials and Methods for Modulating Immune Responses” by the University of Florida Office of… Read More
NIH grant awarded to Sharma to study a new two-pronged drug delivery strategy for treatment of osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis, or OA, is a complex disease marked by several harmful processes within the joint, such as cartilage damage and inflammation of the joint cavity’s inner lining. Current clinical options aim to address pain rather than these OA processes, which… Read More
Schmidt and Otto’s paper featured in special issue of Advanced Functional Materials
Drs. Jack. W. Judy, Christine E. Schmidt, Kevin Otto and co-workers paper entitled, “Neural Interfaces: Tissue‐Engineered Peripheral Nerve Interfaces,” was featured in the special issue of Advanced Functional Materials Solutions to Engineering the Neural Interface. Judy, Schmidt and Otto along… Read More