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Sharma Lab Retreat 2024
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…
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Nicholas Ossi Completes UF’s Student Science Training Program
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…
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Suzanne is awarded ‘Best Poster’ at 2024 GRC STEEM
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…
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Dr. Sharma attends the 12th World Biomaterials Congress in Daegu, South Korea
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,…
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The Sharma Lab celebrates our 2023-2024 undergrads
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…
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Guten Tag from Vienna, Austria
In April, Jessica Aldrich, a PhD student in the Sharma Lab, presented her work at the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) World Congress in Vienna, Austria! OARSI is the premier international organization for scientists and health care professionals focused on the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis. At this conference, Jessica shared her research on the…
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Jessica is awarded Attributes of a Gator Engineer
The Attributes of a Gator Engineer Awards are bestowed annually to graduate and undergraduate students who best exemplify the attributes that Gator Engineers are charged with having upon the completion of their degrees. Attributes are among the highest honors within the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering and are open to all students within the college.…
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Sharma lab hits the ground running at the BME Field Day
In the Spring, Sharma Lab Master’s students, Tomas Clavijo-Garcia and Matthew Rexroad, coordinated a BME Field Day through the BME Graduate Student Council. The field day had a wide range of events, including cornhole, volleyball, and tug-of-war, showcasing our student’s many talents. In addition, it allowed faculty, students, and staff to connect and have a…
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New paper alert!
Be sure to check out the newest paper from our group, Natural Killer Cell Mechanosensing in Solid Tumor, an invited review published in Bioengineering. In this review, we detail the mechanisms by which NK cells, a promising cell source for cancer immunotherapy, receive mechanical signals and explore key findings regarding the impact of the physical characteristics…
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Sharma Lab at UF Biomaterials Day 2024
On Thursday, March 28th, Jessica Aldrich, a fifth year PhD student, and Gabriella Flinn, a senior undergraduate, disseminated their research at the 13th Annual UF Biomaterials Day. The theme of this year’s Biomaterials Day was “Assembling Interfaces for Innovation.” Jessica’s and Gabby’s work titled “Manganese Dioxide Nanozymes as a Chondroprotective Therapy for Osteoarthritis“ and “Engineering 3D…