The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering would like to welcome Dr. Parisa Rashidi, who has recently accepted an Assistant Professor position!   Dr. Rashidi is currently an Assistant Professor  in the Biomedical Informatics Division at the Feinberg… Read More

Nandini Shekhar, of BME Affiliate Dr. Tanmay Lele’s lab, has her work featured as one of four most outstanding cellular and molecular bioengineering papers at the 2013 BMES meeting. Her paper titled “Fluctuating Motor Forces Bend Growing Microtubules” investigates the… Read More

The Summer 2013 issue of the Explore Magazine highlights the research efforts of five faculty members from the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida: Drs. Wesley Bolch, Jon Dobson, Huabei Jiang, Christine Schmidt… Read More

Associate Chair and Associate Professor Hans van Oostrom was elected as an officer of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Biomedical Engineering Division (BED).  His position is Member-At-Large and his responsibility will be to participate on the BED Executive… Read More

Congratulations to BME Ph.D. student, Olga Gopan, who has been invited to the 2013 Young Investigator’s Award Symposium of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Annual Meeting this August in Indianapolis, Indiana!  Her presentation is entitled, “Molecular breast imaging… Read More

Congratulations to Associate Professor Benjamin Keselowsky who was invited to give a talk entitled, “Dendritic Cell Targeting Microparticle Vaccine for Type 1 Diabetes”, at the Federation of Clinical Immunological Societies (FOCIS) Annual Meeting this June in Boston. The full abstract… Read More

A biomedical engineering design team composed of undergraduate students from the University of Florida’s College of Engineering competed with 30 other universities in a design competition hosted by the American Society of Artificial Organs (ASAIO).   After two rounds of… Read More

Magnetic nanoparticles respond to applied alternating magnetic fields through a combination of physical particle rotation and internal dipole rotation, dissipating thermal energy to their surroundings. This thermal energy can result in a tissue temperature rise to the hyperthermia range (43-47°C),… Read More

UF BME is pleased to announce the launch of a new LinkedIn Group geared toward alumni! LinkedIn is the leading online professional network which allows you to find and leverage professional opportunities, now and throughout your career. It enables you… Read More

The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering would like to welcome Dr. Blanka Sharma, who has recently accepted an Assistant Professor position effective this January! Dr. Sharma’s research is focused on elucidating the microenvironmental cues that affect the… Read More