We are pleased to announce that Dr. Blanka Sharma has received a National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Grant on the topic of Collective Behavior, titled “Evolutionary Game Theory Models of Stem Cell Interactions in Tissue Engineering Systems: Achieving Control of… Read More
UF Team places 3rd at annual Society for Biomaterials Engineering Education Challenge!
A team of UF BME graduate students, Evelyn Bracho-Sanchez and Antonietta Restuccia, UF MSE graduate student, Laura Villada, UF ChemE undergraduate student, Elliot Mackrell, and UF BME assistant professor, Dr. Gregory Hudalla, recently competed in the Society for Biomaterials Engineering… Read More
UF BME Graduate Program ranked 10th in the nation by GraduatePrograms.com
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering’s graduate program has been ranked 10th in the nation by GraduatePrograms.com. Graduateprograms.com is an online resource for prospective graduate school students, written by their peers – current and recent graduate students.… Read More
BME student and affiliate faculty have paper published in PNAS
Congratulations to BME student, Srujana Neelam, who is the first author on a recent publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). In addition to Srujana, BME Affiliate Faculty Drs. Richard Dickinson and Tanmay Lele, are also… Read More
AxoGen, Inc. Announces Clearance from FDA to Proceed with New Multicenter Comparative Study for Avance® Nerve Graft
Study to compare Company’s proprietary processed human nerve allograft to hollow tubes for bridging gaps in peripheral nerve tissue. ALACHUA, FL, May 4, 2015 – AxoGen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN), a leading medical technology company dedicated to the $1.6 billion peripheral… Read More
Neural Engineering Day Poster Winners Announced
This year’s Neural Engineering Class presented their posters in the Biomedical Science Atrium to a keen crowd of students and faculty on April 24th. The Neural Engineering course, which is a project-based learning experience, teaches how to apply engineering techniques… Read More
“Women’s Radio Network Open Forum” To Feature AxoGen, Inc.
CMO Jill Schiaparelli Discussing Women Suffering from Nerve Injuries and Options for Repair Live Interview Airs April 23, 2015, Hosted by Lisa Singer,2:00pm ET | 1:00pm CT | 11:00am PT ALACHUA, FL, April 23, 2015 – AxoGen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN),… Read More
Carlos Rinaldi invited to speak at Gordon Research Conference on Cancer Nanotechnology
Congratulations to Professor Carlos Rinaldi for being selected as one of the invited speakers at the third Gordon Research Conference on Cancer Nanotechnology, to be held June 28 to July 3, 2015 in Mount Snow, VT. The conference is one… Read More
Event Celebrates BioD’s $1 Million Gift to BME
Originally published by UF News; April 2, 2015 New endowed professorship and research collaboration will focus on regenerative medicine The biotechnology company BioD has committed $1 million to the University of Florida J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering.… Read More
RTI Surgical™ Announces Agreement With Novation
ALACHUA, Fla. (April. 13, 2015) – RTI Surgical Inc. (RTI) (Nasdaq: RTIX), a leading global surgical implant company, announced a new agreement with Novation, a health care services company with more than 100,000 members and affiliates of VHA Inc., UHC,… Read More