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Dr. Sharma was recently named a recipient of the NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award, one of the NSF’s most prestigious awards for junior faculty. According to Dawn Tilbury, the head of the NSF’s Engineering directorate, “With NSF CAREER awards, junior STEM faculty have the opportunity to tackle important and unique research challenges and […]

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 […]

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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” […]

Research conducted by Drs. Allen and Sharma was highlighted in a recent issue of the CrossLink magazine. This research, conducted in collaboration with the UF Veterinary Medicine program and Dr. Adam Biedrzycki, a veterinary surgeon, gives insight into orthopaedic diseases and potential therapeutic and diagnostic tools. To read the full magazine issue, click here. The […]

Congratulations to Dr. Isaac Adjei, a post doc in the Sharma lab, for his recent recognition by the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)! He was awarded the BMES Career Development award which supports his travel to the 2018 BMES Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA, including a complimentary registration and a travel stipend. This award supports BME […]

This summer, the Sharma lab welcomed two high school students to get first hand experience in an academic research setting. These students, Saagar Patel and Kelly Tran, are participants in the UF’s Student Science Training Program (SSTP) class of 2018. According to the SSTP website, “the UF SSTP creates an environment that promotes the academic […]

Congratulations to Sharma Lab PhD student Jahnelle Jordan, who recently was elected to be the Philanthropy Chair of the BME Graduate Student Council (BME GSC) officer team. In the past semester, the Philanthropy Chair position was voted in as a new officer position in the BME GSC officer board. As the Philanthropy Chair, Jahnelle will […]

Dr. Blanka Sharma and her collaborators Dr. Kyle Allen, BME associate professor, and Dr. Wendy Liu, associate professor of biomedical engineering at UC Irvine, were recently awarded an R01 research grant from the National Institutes of Health. This grant seeks to investigate a multi-modal approach to osteoarthritis therapies. Osteoarthritis, a complex disease that involves the destruction of […]

Congratulations to Olivia Lanseth, an undergraduate researcher in the Sharma Lab, for her recent acceptance to the NSF- and Intel-supported Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Sciences (S.U.R.E.) program. According to their website, “SURE is a 10-week summer research program designed to attract qualified under-represented minority and women students into graduate school in the fields of engineering […]

This evening, three members of the Sharma Lab were elected to officer roles in the Florida Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the nation’s second oldest engineering honor society. Tau Beta Pi was founded at Lehigh University in 1885 to, according to their mission statement, mark in a fitting manner those who have conferred honor […]

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.”  

The Sharma Lab got together today to support the Alachua County Humane Society by participating in their Chipolte fundraiser! For the fundraiser, 50% of the proceeds went the Humane Society.

Congratulations to Jessica Hornyak, an undergraduate Sharma Lab member, for becoming a 2018-2019 University Scholar! University Scholars is a competitive program that funds a research project for undergraduate students. In this program, scholars work one-on-one with UF faculty, and are introduced to the exciting world of academic research. The award includes a $1,750 scholarship and scholars […]

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 […]