Category: BME News

By: Smit Patel, Ph.D. candidate in the Stabler Laboratory Smit Patel, Ph.D. candidate within the Stabler laboratory has recently published his lead-author paper in the journal Science Advances titled, Organoid Microphysiological System Preserves Pancreatic Islet Function within 3D Matrix. This work is supported by Human Islet Research Network (HIRN), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive […]

Dr. Meghan C. Ferrall-Fairbanks, assistant professor, was recently selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (GAFOE) 2021. The symposium will take place virtually March 17-19, 2021, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Ferrall-Fairbanks is one of 60 engineers chosen from across the United States and Germany. Since […]

The Washington Post By Elizabeth Anne Brown Forget the soul — it turns out the eyes may be the best window to the brain. Changes to the retina may foreshadow Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, and researchers say a picture of your eye could assess your future risk of neurodegenerative disease. Pinched off from the brain […]

Congratulations to BME undergraduate student, Gianna Sweeting, for being selected as a Fernandez Family Scholar by the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering for her excellent progress and interest in research and graduate studies. Her research focuses on multi-scale neuroimaging modeling and segmentation in the SMILE lab with Dr. Ruogu Fang. The Fernandez Family Scholars program supports Gator engineers […]

Congratulations to Dr. Cherie Stabler, who received a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) grant for her project, Engineering Bioactive Retrievable 3D Scaffolds for Improving Islet Transplantation. The development of treatment options for insulin-dependent diabetics that provide a highly regulated glucose-sensing and insulin-secreting closed loop system could result in dramatic improvements in quality of life and […]

Mr. George Harper of Boca Raton, Florida, has bequeathed $450,000 as a legacy gift to the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering to support graduate student fellowships. This substantial gift is a first of its kind for the department. While not an alumnus of UF, Mr. Harper credits biomedical engineering technology for saving […]

Congratulations to BME professor & Integra LifeSciences Term Professor, Dr. Cherie Stabler, who was elected to serve as President-Elect for the Americas Chapter of TERMIS (Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society). Dr. Stabler’s research centers on engineering translational biomaterial platforms for cell-based therapies, particularly Type 1 diabetes. Specifically, her research seeks to develop bioactive […]

Robert Accolla, Ph.D. candidate in the Stabler lab, received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship for his project titled, Engineering Modular Oxygen-generating, Pro-vasculogenic Biomaterial Platforms for Cell-Based Therapies. The prestigious fellowship covers full tuition, stipend, and educational expenses. Accolla’s mentor on the project is […]

Congratulations to Dr. Ruogu Fang (PI), assistant professor, Dr. Mingzhou Ding (Co-PI), distinguished professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Professor, and Dr. Andreas Keil (collaborator), professor of psychology for their project, “OR-DRD-AI2020: VCA-DNN: Neuroscience-Inspired Artificial Intelligence for Visual Emotion Recognition” being selected as an awardee from UF Research, Artificial Intelligence Research Catalyst Fund. Human emotions […]

Congratulations to the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering departmental award winners! Award winners were selected based on submitted nomination materials and faculty CVs/teaching evaluations. Winners were recognized during the department’s annual Holiday Party! Congratulations to the following outstanding BME faculty, staff and students! UF BME Faculty Research Excellence Award: Parisa Rashidi, Ph.D. […]