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From October 12-15, 2022, the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) held its annual meeting in the vibrant multicultural city of San Antonio, Texas. Four Sharma Lab members traveled to San Antonio to participate in the conference. Together, the Sharma Lab delivered three poster presentations and one podium presentation, visited the Alamo, and ate their fill of […]

Congratulations to Tiffany Conklin, who successfully defended her Master’s thesis on Friday, October 7th, 2022! The title of her defense was “Particle Delivery Systems to Mitigate Macrophage-Induced Inflammation in Osteoarthritis” and reflected her work conducted as a researcher in the Sharma Lab. Tiffany has been a member of the Sharma Lab since December 2018. As […]

The University of Florida Health Cancer Center has selected Dr. Blanka Sharma as one of three researchers to receive 2022 Shared Resource Pilot and Exploratory Study Awards. These projects are designed to collect preliminary data required to test novel ideas with the goal of creating innovative methodologies or strategies to use shared resources at the […]

Matthew Rexroad, a first year Master’s student, in the Sharma Lab was featured by UF BME during National Hispanic Heritage Month this September. Matthew is inspired by his family stating “There is no way I would be where or who I am without them, and I am forever grateful for their love and support.” In […]

This fall, Suzanne passed her qualifying exam in September by presenting her thesis proposal, titled “3D Models for Interrogating the Effects of Solid Tumor Barriers on Natural Killer Cells.” Many thanks to her committee members, Dr. Ferrall-Fairbanks, Dr. Murfee, and Dr. Siemann for their support and feedback. Over the next several years, Suzanne’s research will […]

The 2022 Gordon Conference (GRC) on Musculoskeletal Biology and Bioengineering, themed “Accelerating Discovery in the Musculoskeletal System,” featured ideas and emerging technologies that explore our progress in understanding the integrated function of the musculoskeletal system in development, at homeostasis, and in aging and disease. This interdisciplinary conference aimed to increase the diversity of our field […]

The Sharma Lab banded together with the Allen Lab and the Murfee Lab to form Team Shallenee. Together, we dominated dodgeball, kickball, tug of war, egg on spoon race, three-legged race, and water balloon catch, but fell short in the sack race. Overall, Team Shallenee placed second, narrowly losing to the Otto Lab. We are […]

Congratulations to Nahis Cruz-Delgado for completion of the University of Florida’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) through the Department of Chemical Engineer, with the support of the National Science Foundation. Nahis is studying Chemical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico and was one of fourteen students selected to participate in this program. Participants in […]

On July 28th 2022, Justin Wu presented his summer research completed as a part of the Student Science Training Program (SSTP). Justin joined the lab mid-June as a part of this 6-week research program for high school students. Over the summer, Justin investigated chemically engineered manganese dioxide nanoparticles in the treatment of osteoarthritis under PhD student Jessica […]

With the University of Florida allowing students to return to campus, our undergraduate students hit the ground running to complete their studies, resume their research, and graduate at the end of the Spring Term. While this was a time to celebrate being back together on campus, our undergraduate students had to stay vigilant and take […]