We are pleased to announce that Ph.D. student Adriana Del Pino Herrera, as first author, and Dr. Meghan Ferrall-Fairbanks have recently published their article, “A War on Many Fronts: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches for Novel Cancer Treatment Strategies,” in Frontiers in Genetics,… Read More
Ph.D. student awarded McKnight Dissertation Fellowship
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering is proud to announce that David Johnson, Ph.D. student in the department, has been awarded the prestigious McKnight Dissertation Fellowship from the Florida Education Fund. The McKnight Doctoral Fellowship program aims… Read More
BME Ph.D. candidate awarded NIH F31 NRSA Fellowship
Skylar Stolte, Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Fang’s SMILE Lab, received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) for her project “Mechanism, connectivity, and outcome prediction of anxiety intervention… Read More
UF BEAT Cancer Lab Publishes Research on Cell Migration Assay in GEN Biotechnology
Dr. Meghan Ferrall-Fairbanks, alongside alumna Kathleen Trang (first author) and Ph.D. student Adriana Del Pino Herrera, has achieved a significant milestone for the University of Florida’s BEAT Cancer Lab. Their newly published paper, “Development of an Automated Machine Learning-Driven Assay… Read More
STRONGER internship program provides students with valuable exposure to cancer research
UF Health News A new immersive summer internship at UF Health Cancer Center is helping science students from across the country explore cancer research. The STRONGER program invited UF graduate students to lead the summer research projects and mentor the interns, while they benefited… Read More
A new data biorepository at UF may help move the needle on pain
By Dave Schlenker One of the most data-dense biospecimen repositories in the world is currently being developed at the University of Florida, which could transform the way chronic pain is studied and treated. UF scientists are asking the question: Why… Read More
Gong awarded NIH R01 grant to develop AI methods for PET imaging
Kuang Gong, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been awarded a prestigious R01 grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). This grant will support his research… Read More
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Nichols and collaborators awarded NIH R01 to study the biomechanics contribution to rotator cuff tear symptoms
The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) has awarded Dr. Jennifer Nichols and Dr. Federico Pozzi a multi-Principal Investigator R01 grant for a research project entitled “Biomechanics Contributions to Symptoms and Joint Health in Individuals with… Read More
How our brains learn new athletic skills fast
UF News, Eric Hamilton You join a swing dance class, and at first you’re all left feet. But – slowly, eyes glued to the teacher – you pick up a step or two and start to feel the rhythm of… Read More