Student Spotlight: Jean-Pierre Pierantoni

April 25, 2023

Jean-Pierre Pierantoni Lab: Dr. Benjamin Keselowsky Hometown: Tampa, FL Research focus: Biomaterials, Immune Engineering principles by utilizing glycosylation methods for modification of proteins Fun fact: I was born with 6 wisdom teeth What motivates you?  What gets my brain going is a feeling of being excited for something I do not know yet, whether it […]

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Student Spotlight: Marion Hagstrom

April 25, 2023

Marion Hagstrom Lab: Nino Research Group (MSE) Hometown: Pierson, FL Research focus: Connectomic Analysis of Aging in the Human Brain Fun fact: I toured the BME cell lab when I was a junior in high school! What motivates you? I want to help others acquire the means to gain independence and mobility. This led me […]

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Congratulations, UF BME Class of 2023!

April 25, 2023

Congratulations, UF BME Class of 2023! “On behalf of the department, I extend sincere congratulations and best of luck to the Class of 2023. We are immensely proud of your work and accomplishments! Best wishes to each of you, and please stay in touch.” Dr. Christine E. Schmidt   Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering  Graduation […]

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Ferrall-Fairbanks co-authors paper in Cell Systems

April 21, 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Meghan Ferrall-Fairbanks on co-authoring the article Modeling collective cell behavior in cancer: perspectives from an interdisciplinary conversation, in Cell Systems. From article: A group of researchers from diverse biological and quantitative fields recently gathered for a 5-day innovation lab facilitated by the National Cancer Institute titled “Modeling Emergent Cellular Behavior in Cancer” (February […]

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BME students selected for AI Scholars Program

April 20, 2023

Congratulations to Akshay Ashok and Grace Cheng on being selected to the UF Center for Undergraduate Research AI Scholars Program. This scholarship is part of the University Scholars Program and was established to introduce outstanding full-time undergraduate students to the exciting world of academic research. In this program, students work one-on-one with UF faculty on […]

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Undergraduate Research Day

April 17, 2023

On April 12, the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at UF hosted Undergraduate Research Day. Undergraduate Research Day is designed to showcase the quality of student research projects conducted during the academic year, as well as to inspire classmates in the biomedical engineering programs to pursue their research. We had thirty-two undergraduate […]

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Playing sports against robotic opponents makes our brains work harder

April 17, 2023

UF News by Eric Hamilton Captain of her high school tennis team and a four-year veteran of varsity tennis in college, Amanda Studnicki had been training for this moment for years. All she had to do now was think small. Like ping pong small. For weeks, Studnicki, a graduate student at the University of Florida, […]

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BME faculty and alum selected as UF’s 40 Under 40 Award

April 17, 2023

The annual Outstanding Young Alumni awards program was established in 2006 to recognize alumni under the age of 40 whose achievements positively reflect The Gator Nation. 40 Under 40 will continue the tradition of honoring Gators who are reflecting leadership and innovation in their communities and professions. Criteria for the competitive award include making a […]

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BME students and alums earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

April 10, 2023

Congratulations to UF BME’s outstanding students and alums who have been selected for the 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), which recognizes exceptional students who are pursuing full-time research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. We are so proud of our students and alumni being honored with […]

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GRiP awarded $1000 for the EPICS in IEEE Core Initiative: Access & Abilities

April 6, 2023

UF student group, GRiP (Generational Relief in Prosthetics), was awarded $1,000 in the EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service program) IEEE Access and Abilities global competition. EPICS asked that the Access and Abilities proposal should identify an accessibility problem in the local community and detail how the student team will attempt to solve the problem […]

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