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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 […]

The Sharma Lab celebrates the end of 2017 with our BME Family at the annual Holiday Celebration.     Jahnelle and Shree take home gold in the Christmas card game – the first one to move the card to hang on the side of the table without using their hands win. Shannon and Madison participate […]

   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 Halloween, the Sharma Lab secured the “Most kid friendly” award for the second year in a row! This year’s theme, “Sharma’s Web”, is a spin-off of the classic story “Charolette’s Web”. The idea came from Jessica Hornyak, an undergraduate in the lab. The farm included Isaac (Charolette), Jahnelle (the mouse), Shannon (the cow), Dr. […]

The Sharma Lab celebrates the recent accomplishments of lab mates Shree and Olivia!   Olivia Liseth, an undergraduate Sharma Lab researcher, was recently awarded the Gerald and Elaine L. Gibson Scholarship, a $1000 award from the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Shreedevi Kumar started as an MS student in the lab and is now entering […]

Dr. Isaac Adjei, a post-doc in the Sharma Lab, was awarded the “2017 Postdoctoral Associate Excellence Award” yesterday at the UF BME Fall Welcome event. This is the first time in UF BME’s history that a post-doc is being recognized in the BME Departmental Excellence Awards. The postdoctoral Associate Excellence Award is given to a […]

Students, researchers, faculty, and staff take a break to observe the solar eclipse today! People gathered in the health sciences courtyard to watch this rare event, try out home-made viewing tools, and take photos.         Lab equipment (discarded ThermoFisher box, foil, tape) was converted to make pinhole cameras to view the eclipse. Thanks for […]

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 […]

The Sharma Lab celebrates the end of the summer and the work of our Student Science Training Program (SSTP) student, Nikhil Deshmukh! 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. Thank you for […]