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Keselowsky honored as Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering

In Honors & Awards, J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, NewsStory originally published on BME News

Dr. Benjamin Keselowsky has achieved the distinguished title of Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE), the highest honor bestowed upon outstanding biomaterials scientists by the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE).

UF researchers develop new CRISPR-based tool for cancer diagnosis

In J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, News, Research & InnovationBy Leah BulettiStory originally published on UF News

A team of University of Florida researchers led by Yong Zeng, Ph.D.,an associate professor in the department of chemistry, an affiliate faculty member in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family department of biomedical engineering and a UF Health Cancer Center member, has developed a promising new CRISPR-powered method for noninvasive blood tests that could help clinicians diagnose cancer at earlier stages.

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J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering announces new chair

In Featured, J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, NewsBy Shawn Jenkins

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering has selected Dr. Cherie Stabler as the new chair of the J. Crayton Family Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME). Stabler, Ph.D., is the Integra LifeSciences & UF Foundation Preeminence Term Professor in BME. She will succeed Dr. Christine Schmidt, who led the department since 2013.

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Celebrating Women’s History Month: UF researcher paving the way for Latinas in STEM

In Featured, Inclusive Excellence, J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, NewsBy Brittany Sylvestri Story originally published on UF News

Ana Maria Porras, Ph.D., a professor and researcher, heads the Tissue-Microbe Interactions lab in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering within the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.

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Engineering the Hi-Fi Brain

In Department of Chemical Engineering, Featured, J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, News, Research Grants

Through a $4.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), two researchers in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering are working to advance the therapeutic intervention known as “neuromodulation,” fine-tuning electronic stimulation inside the body by creating next-generation electrodes that will deliver the equivalent of high fidelity for the central nervous system. 

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Innovative Injectable Enzyme Crafted by UF Biomed Engineers Shows Promise for Liver Transplants

In Featured, J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, News, Research & Innovation

Ben Keselowsky Ph.D., professor, and Greg Hudalla, Ph.D., associate professor, both in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, are collaborating with UF College of Medicine researchers on a three-year, $2.6M R01 project funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) that will further develop a novel enzyme-based therapeutic that has shown early promise in the treatment of liver ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI).

UF Engineering Undergrads Advocate for Alzheimer’s Research in National Competition

In Engineering Education, Honors & Awards, J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, News

University of Florida Engineering undergraduates Marion Hagstrom and Parker Kotlarz were selected to present their research on AI in early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease at the Annual “Posters on the Hill” competition, hosted by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR). The two-day Posters on the Hill event is an advocacy outreach to promote federal legislative support of groundbreaking undergraduate research.