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From October 23-26, 2024, the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) held its annual meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. Suzanne, Gabby, and Dr. Sharma traveled to participate in the conference. Gabby Once in Seattle, they were able to reconnect with former undergraduate students, Ethan To and Benjamin Kaufman! Gabby was a member of a team of biomedical engineering […]

On September 23rd, the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering held its annual graduate research day. This celebration holds special significance as it coincides with the birthdate of Dr. J. Crayton Pruitt Sr., whose vision and generosity were instrumental in founding our department. Dr. Pruitt was always passionate about student achievements and research, […]

On September 19th, Suzanne traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to present her research at the 2024 Society for Biomaterials (SFB) Southeast Symposium hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology. This two-day meeting showcased exceptional research presentations and plenary speakers from various parallel regional symposia. After presenting her research, Suzanne made a quick trip to the Atlanta […]

This fall, Tomas Clavijo-Garcia, a second-year Master’s student, worked part-time at Amend Surgical, Inc. as a Product Development Intern. Amend Surgical, Inc. is a medical device company in Gainesville, FL. They are dedicated to the discovery, development, and manufacture of breakthrough medical devices. Specifically, they are developing a platform of strong adhesive barriers. As a […]

Mattie McKinzie graduated with her Master’s degree this past August 2024. We look forward to following her work and impact in the upcoming years! Congratulations!

This year, the Sharma Lab trekked across campus to Herbert Wertheim Laboratory for Engineering Excellence to host a lab retreat. Our lab retreats comprise of scientific sessions where each lab member gives a presentation. This year, the focus was working in interdisciplinary teams to propose new projects that incorporated resources available at the university of […]

This summer, Nicholas Ossi disseminated his summer research through the Student Science Training Program (SSTP). Nicholas joined the lab in June as a part of this 6-week research program for high school students. Over the summer, Nicholas investigated colon cancer cell growth in hydrogels engineered to replicate aspects of the solid tumor microenvironment under PhD student Suzanne […]

The 2024 Gordon Conference (GRC) on Signal Transduction by Engineered Extracellular Matrices (STEEM), featured themes that included: ECM regulation of cell death mechanisms; co-evolution with cancer and neurodegeneration; the synthesis of living material environments and microphysiological systems; effects of sex and ancestry on cell-ECM signaling; and integration of systems biology, screening, and multi-scale modeling tools […]

On May 26th, Dr. Sharma traveled across the world to Daegu, South Korea to share our latest research findings in osteoarthritis. The World Biomaterials Congress is a world-wide event where the participating experts can gather and share the latest information and knowledge in the diverse areas of biomaterials research. The venue for the event, Daegu, […]

The Sharma Lab closed out the academic year with donuts and cookies to celebrate our undergraduate student’s many accomplishments. A huge congratulations to Angels Vasquez who was accepted into the University of Virginia’s Summer Research Internship Program, Gabriella Flinn who will be staying in the Sharma Lab to pursue her Master’s, and Rachel Griffin-Cohan who […]