{"id":5131,"date":"2022-02-21T14:39:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T14:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bme.ufl.edu\/labs\/schmidt\/?p=5131"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:49:06","slug":"welcome-to-the-lab-gopal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/schmidt\/2022\/02\/21\/welcome-to-the-lab-gopal\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the lab, Gopal!"},"content":{"rendered":"

February 18, 2022<\/p>\n

The Schmidt Lab is excited to welcome our newest postdoc, Dr. Gopal Agarwal, to the team. We celebrated his arrival with a lab lunch at Bahama Breeze. It was great to see everyone in person again.<\/p>\n

Dr. Agrawal recently received his PhD in Biotechnology from the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research in Ahmedabad, India. His thesis was entitled: \u201cCell guided and Immuno-modulatory nerve conduit for the repair and regeneration of spinal cord\u201d. The main aim of his research project was to fabricate a supermacroporous hydrogels that can promote axonal regeneration and support cellular therapy at the injured site. He developed biomimetic-scaffolds based of collagen type I and characterized its features in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo suitable for spinal cord injury.<\/p>\n

Here at UF, Gopal will be pursuing research to evaluate natural-based injectable hydrogel biomaterials for SCI applications.

Welcome to the Schmidt Lab Gopal!<\/p>\n

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