Category: Research

This February, undergraduate Sharma Lab researcher Jessica Hornyak presented her work at the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC) at the University of North Florida. According to the FURC organizers, “FURC is one of the nation’s largest multi-disciplinary research conferences. It is an annual event open to all undergraduate researchers in the state of Florida to present […]

Congratulations to Phoebe Nimocks, who successfully defended her undergraduate honor’s thesis on Monday, November 26, 2018! The title of her defense was “Engineering Three-Dimensional PEG-Based Models to Study Natural Killer Cell Migration” and reflected her work conducted as an undergraduate researcher in the Sharma Lab. Phoebe has been a member of the Sharma lab since […]

The Biomedical Engineering Society celebrated it’s 50th anniversary at the annual meeting this year in Atlanta, Georgia. Ten Sharma Lab members traveled to Atlanta to participate in the conference. Together, the Sharma Lab delivered three podium presentations and three poster presentations, gathered for a lab dinner, and explored Atlanta and the Georgia Aquarium.  [ngg_images source=”galleries” […]

This evening, undergraduate Sharma Lab researcher Olivia Liseth presented her work at the Undergraduate Research Seminar. This symposium hosted students form across UF, representing a variety of disciplines. Olivia discussed her research on Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), its role in osteoarthritis, and manganese dioxide as a potential scavenging agent to ameliorate the effects of ROS […]

This Saturday, April 14, 2018, Shreedevi Kumar will be delivering an oral presentation at the annual Society for Biomaterials conference in Atlanta, GA! Join her at 11am in the Nanomaterials section (room 204/205) for her talk, “Manganese dioxide nanoparticles protect cytokine-challenged cartilage from oxidative stress.”  

Olivia Liseth, an undergraduate researcher in the Sharma Lab, presented her research on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at the Undergraduate Research Symposium! This annual symposium allows undergraduate students from all disciplines across UF to present their research projects. This year, Olivia presented a poster of her work that she conducted as a University Scholar, titled […]

Shreedevi Kumar, a first year PhD student in the Sharma Lab, presented her work at the 7th Annual UF Biomaterials Day on February 23rd, 2018. The theme of this year’s Biomaterials Day was “Breaking Barriers in Biomaterials Research.” Shree’s work titled “Manganese dioxide nanoparticles protect cytokine-challenged cartilage from oxidative stress” was one of six student […]

  A job well done to PhD students Shreedevi Kumar and Madison Temples who presented their work at the 2017 Pruitt Research Day! The goals of Pruitt Research Day are to recognize the research efforts of UF BME students and their faculty mentors by showcasing the diversity and growth of research pursuits in the biomedical engineering community, and to honor Dr. J. Crayton Pruitt, […]

This Friday, July 28, 2017, Nikhil Deshmukh gave a poster presentation of his research done as a part of the Student Science Training Program (SSTP). Nikhil joined the lab mid June as a part of this 6-week research program for high school students. Over the summer, Nikhil researched the effects of formulation techniques on nanoparticle properties. The […]

PhD candidate Shannon Brown presents a poster titled “Nanocarrier Interactions with Synovial Fluid: Implications for Delivery to Cartilage” at the Osteoarthritis Research Society International 2017 world congress in Las Vegas. Check it out on the BME Twitter Feed.