Category: BME News

Congratulations to industry partner, RTI Surgical! Awards Program Recognizes Outstanding Health and Medical Technology Products and Companies DEERFIELD, Ill., June 05, 2019 — RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RTIX), a global surgical implant company, today announced MedTech Breakthrough has selected TETRAfuse® 3D Technology as the “Best New Technology Solution – Orthopedics” in their 2019 Awards Program. MedTech Breakthrough is […]

Congratulations to BME doctoral students Sarah Long (Gunduz Lab) and Kyle See (Fang Lab) who were awarded an NIH CTSI TL1 Predoctoral Fellowship. The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) TL1 Predoctoral Training Program provides predoctoral trainees with the skills required to develop a career in multidisciplinary clinical and translational research. The program uses a […]

Dr. Jon Dobson, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Professor, and collaborators’ article, “Nanoscale synchrotron X-ray speciation of iron and calcium compounds in amyloid plaque cores from Alzheimer’s disease subjects” was one of the most impactful and highly cited articles in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Nanoscale journal over the last two years. Altered metabolism of biometals […]

Congratulations to Dr. Aysegul Gunduz, associate professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term Fellow,  who has been invited to serve as a standing member of the Emerging Imaging Technologies for Neuroscience (EITN) Study Section for the NIH Center for Scientific Review. EITN study section reviews applications to develop biomedical imaging for studying problems in neuroscience, […]

Dr. Lin Yang, associate professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, and researchers’ article, “Pathologist-level Interpretable Whole-slide Cancer Diagnosis with Deep Learning,” was recently published in Nature Machine Intelligence. Most carcinoma identification requires microscopy-level image assessment for early tumor discovery and for developing therapies based on diagnostic pathology. Diagnosing pathology slides […]

Dr. Cherie Stabler and Dr. Benjamin Keselowsky, professors in BME, co-authored the review paper, “Engineering Immunomodulatory Biomaterials for Type 1 Diabetes” recently published in Nature Reviews Materials. Co-authors also include Ying Li, IDP Ph.D. candidate and Josh Stewart, BME Ph.D. candidate. With their expertise in the prevention and reversal of Type 1 diabetes (T1D), as […]

The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention announced Anchor Biologics as the first place winner of its 2019 Cade Prize. Anchor Biologics is a collaboration of UF biomedical engineering researchers that aim to create a new treatment for inflammatory diseases. The Anchor Biologics team, Dr. Benjamin Keselowsky, professor, and Dr. Gregory Hudalla, assistant professor, accepted […]

The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering is proud to announce our newest industry partner, KLS Martin Group. KLS Martin Group develops and markets medical technology solutions such as implant systems, electrosurgery units, surgical laser systems, sterilization containers, OR lights, surgical instruments as well as individual OR solutions. The KLS Martin Group’s success […]

Congratulations to associate professor Dr. Walter Lee Murfee for being elected President of the Microcirculatory Society. Murfee’s objective as president is to increase opportunities and improve exposure for members. Murfee has served as Councilor, Secretary and currently as Chair of the Programs and Meetings Committee for the Microcirculatory Society. Murfee’s research is focused on making […]

On May 5, UF BME recognized the hard work of our students with a graduation reception and pinning ceremony at the UF Health Professions, Nursing and Pharmacy Complex to celebrate the new class of bachelors graduates. Faculty, staff, family and friends all gathered to recognize the 89 students in this year’s class. The program consisted […]