Big congrats to Robert Accolla, Ph.D. candidate in the Stabler lab, for his recent award of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship for his project titled, Engineering Modular Oxygen-generating, Pro-vasculogenic Biomaterial Platforms for Cell-Based Therapies! The prestigious fellowship will support Robert’s […]
Congratulations to Dr Nicholas Abuid on the successful defense of his PhD dissertation entitled “Engineering Cerium Oxide Nanoparticle Coatings for Antioxidant/Anti-inflammatory Protection of Biomaterials and Tissue Grafts”! His work generated antioxidant coatings using cerium oxide nanoparticles and evaluated their modularity and capacity to protect encapsulated cells. Thank you Dr Abuid […]
Congratulations to Dr Jiapu Liang on the successful defense of his PhD dissertation entitled “Engineering a Favorable Microenvironment for Islet Transplantation within an Extrahepatic Site”! His work enhanced our PDMS scaffold platform by integrating novel drug and oxygen delivery approaches, as well as evaluated oxygen generating materials for stem cell […]
Two new PhD students joined the lab this term: Edgar Cubillo and Taylor Lansberry! Edgar, an NSF GRFP recipient, earned his undergraduate degree in BME from California State University. Taylor, a UF GRF recipient, earned her undergraduate degree in BME from West Virginia University. We are so excited to have […]
Congratulations to Dr Ying Li on the successful defense of her PhD dissertation entitled “The Mechanistic Study of Host Adaptive Immune Responses to Microencapsulated Cellular Grafts using an Antigen-Specific In Vitro Model”! Her work provides a platform to investigate and manipulate immune responses to encapsulated cells, which can provide insight […]
Ying Li, along with fellow doctoral students Anthony Frei, Ethan Y Yang, and Magdalena Samojlik, MS researchers Chuqiao Sun and Yanan Rong, lab manager Irayme Labrada-Miravet, and in collaboration with Dr Bayer, recently published our findings on investigating the role of the adaptive arm of the immune system in the […]
A BIG congratulations to, Jiapu Liang, who will be awarded the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Outstanding Student Award during the upcoming 2020 TERMIS-AM Conference. The TERMIS-AM Outstanding Student Award recognizes a student “who has shown outstanding research accomplishments within the tissue engineering and regenerative medicine field.”. The nomination is based […]
We have recently published our highly collaborative work on the use of PEG grafting of islets to improve transplant outcomes. This work establishes the significant benefits of linking single chain polymers to the islet surface, with significantly improved islet survival and function long term. This manuscript, lead by Dr Stabler […]
Sydney Wiggins, along with fellow doctoral student Nicolas Abuid, research assistant scientist Kerim Gattás-Asfura, and masters student Saumadritaa Kar recently published their review article on nanotechnology approaches in Type 1 diabetes technologies. This review highlights use of nanotechnologies, from nano-scale coatings to nanoparticles for improving beta cell replacement. Congrats to […]
We are pleased to share our recent review, a collaborative effort with Dr Keselowsky and our doctoral students Ying Li and Joshua Stewart, on the use of immunomodulatory materials in type 1 diabetes, This review highlights use of materials for both prevention and treatment of diabetes, from engineering vaccines to […]
