Chandni Rana, BME undergraduate student, was recently selected by the UF Center for Undergraduate Research (CUR) for the 2018 Summer Undergraduate International Research Program to attend the RIKEN Brain Science Summer Program in Japan. The RIKEN Brain Summer Program is… Read More
Humans possess the ability to walk in a variety of situations – from navigating through crowds to traversing tightropes. However, due to limitations in brain imaging technology, the inner workings of the brain during adaptation of walking patterns have largely… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Kyle D. Allen who has been invited to serve as a standing member of the Skeletal Biology Structure and Regeneration [SBSR] study section for the NIH Center for Scientific Review. SBSR study section reviews applications involving basic… Read More
Dr. Edward Phelps, assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, was selected by the Network of Pancreatic Donors with Diabetes (nPOD) as the 2018 recipient of its Young Investigator Award. The award is presented annually… Read More
February 27, 2018AxoGen Named Employee EngagementBest Practices Award Winner byDecisionWise International ALACHUA, Fla., Feb. 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AxoGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:AXGN), a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for peripheral nerves, today announced it has received… Read More
An interdisciplinary team of UF researchers have found in a recent study that following total knee replacement, 23 percent of patients 60 years and older suffered decline of activity in at least one of three brain networks investigated, each related… Read More
Dr. Benjamin Keselowsky, UF BME professor and Dr. Mark Atkinson, UF professor, Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics, were awarded a new five-year T32 grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) entitled, “Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Type 1 Diabetes and… Read More
Dr. Parisa Rashidi, an assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Engineering, has been named a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award winner. Rashidi’s achievement will allow her to advance her exploration… Read More
Assistant professor, Dr. Aysegul Gunduz will present “New Technologies Emerging from the BRAIN Initiative” at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting on February 17, 2018, in Austin. TX. This meeting has been called the “largest… Read More
The UF student chapter of the Society for Biomaterials (SFB) will be hosting its seventh annual Biomaterials Day on February 23, 2018, at the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. The theme this year is “Breaking Barriers in Biomaterials Research” to reflect… Read More