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
Cherie Stabler awarded $1M grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
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
IHMC Robotics team takes 2nd place in DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals
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
AxoGen, Inc. Announces Completion of a Pilot Clinical Study Assessing Cavernous Nerve Reconstruction with Avance® Nerve Graft Following Radical Prostatectomy
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
Dr. Sitaram invited to serve on Editorial Board of NeuroImage: Clinical
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
IHMC Heads To DARPA Robotics Challenge
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
Lin Yang serves as general chair for 8th International Workshop on High Performance Computing for Biomedical Image Analysis
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
DARPA to award UF up to $5.4 million for neuroprosthetics research
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
3rd Annual Lake Wauburg Networking Event
Earlier this month, faculty, staff and students from the UF BME community came out to celebrate the end of the academic year at our 3rd Annual Lake Wauburg Networking Event. It was a beautiful day on the lake for paddle… Read More
Two BME students awarded Health Physics Society fellowships
The Health Physics Society (HPS) has awarded fellowships for continuing graduate studies in health physics to BME graduate students Michelle Sands and Heather Petroccia. In addition to receiving $5,000 for the purpose of supporting their graduate work at the University… Read More