Congratulations to BME affiliate, Dr. Yong Huang, and team whose research on laser bioprinting of three-dimensional (3D) soft and living constructs was recognized to receive an Outstanding Paper Award on June 11, 2015 at the 43rd Society of Manufacturing Engineers… Read More
SPECIAL EVENT: “Geraldo Rivera Show” to Feature AxoGen, Inc. CEO Karen Zaderej on Helping Our Injured Military Members – First in a Series of Three Interviews Interview Airs June 16, 2015, Host Geraldo Rivera, 10:52 AM ET | 9:52 AM… Read More
This year, the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering implemented a new series of departmental awards to acknowledge our excellent faculty, students and staff. The BME Staff Excellence Award annually recognizes exemplary performance by a staff member who consistently excels in his… Read More
Dr. Cherie Stabler, along with her collaborator Dr. Andrés Garcia (Georgia Institute of Technology), were awarded a 3-year grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) on their collaborative project entitled “Engineered Bioactive Hydrogel Macrodevices for Islet Transplantation”. This grant,… Read More
Congratulations to the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC) Robotics team who finished in 2nd place during last week’s DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Finals! From DRC webpage: “May the best robot win” has been a frequently uttered phrase… Read More
Study demonstrates technical feasibility and promising ability to restore erectile function and reduce incontinence. ALACHUA, FL – June 9, 2015 – AxoGen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN), a leading medical technology company focused on the peripheral nerve repair market, announced results from… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Ranganatha Sitaram for a recent invitation to join the Editorial Board of NeuroImage: Clinical, the new online only, open access, peer reviewed journal in clinical neuroimaging. NeuroImage: Clinical, a journal of diseases affecting the nervous system, provides… Read More
BME External Advisory Board member, Kenneth Ford, is Founder and CEO of the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC) — a not-for-profit research institute located in Pensacola, Florida. IHMC has grown into one of the nation’s premier research… Read More
Dr. Lin Yang, together with Rutgers, Stony Brook, HTW-Berlin, and Ohio State, will organize the 8th International Workshop on High Performance Computing for Biomedical Image Analysis (HPC-MICCAI 2015) in Munich, Germany as a general chair. The International Conference on Medical… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Aysegul Gunduz who is part the UF neuroengineering team who was recently awarded up to $5.4 million for neuroprosthetics research! Originally published on May 27, 2015 by Capital Soup GAINESVILLE, FL – A group of… Read More