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Our recent study on engineering an “infectious” Treg via chemoselective conjugation of TGF-beta1 to biomaterial surfaces has been published in the journal Biomaterials.  Congrats to the fantastic team, including lead author Ethan, volunteer med school student Josh, Research Assistant Scientist Kerim, and our fantastic immunology collaborator Allison Bayer! Engineering an “infectious” Treg biomimetic through chemoselective tethering of TGF-β1 to […]

Congratulations to Jaime Giraldo on successful completion of his Ph.D! His thesis, entitled “PEGylation and Bioactive Modification of Pancreatic Islet Surfaces to Enhance Graft Survival in Cell Therapy for Type I Diabetes”, explored the PEGylation of islets to complement short-course immunotherapy in preclinical models, as well as the conjugation of bioactive motifs for directing immunological responses. […]

Our recent study on designing a biomaterial implant for local drug release using dexamethasone as the model agent has been published in the journal Tissue Engineering.  Congrats to the fantastic collaborative team, including lead author Jessica, Ph.D students Song and Yang, and our DRI collaborators Drs Antonello Pileggi, Camillo Ricordi, and Peter Buchwald! Controlled Release of Dexamethasone from […]

Dr. Stabler, along with her collaborator Dr. Andrés Garcia (Georgia Institute of Technology), were awarded a 3-year grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) on their collaborative project entitled “Engineered Bioactive Hydrogel Macrodevices for Islet Transplantation”. This grant, which provides over $1 million in funding, uses bioactive biomaterials capable of protecting cells from immune rejection, supplementing oxygenation, […]

Congratulations to Ethan Yang on successful completion of his Ph.D! His thesis, entitled “Development of immunomodulatory biomaterials for the islet transplant niche”, explored the tethering of proteins or nanoparticles to biomaterial coatings for active modulation of innate and adaptive immune responses. Now, he is back to Medical School!  

With the lab up and running, the Stabler lab hosted their Welcome Lab party! We learned that a lot of our members excel not just in lab work, but party planning! With a Mad Scientist theme, we had fun with decorating the lab and making chocolate gators, “NOD”, “islet” cookies, watermelon brains, and biohazard cupcakes.

Our recent study on designing a self-renewing antioxidant encapsulating biomaterial using cerium oxide nanoparticles has been published in the journal Acta Biomaterialia. Congrats to the lead author Jessica Weaver! Antioxidant cerium oxide nanoparticle hydrogels for cellular encapsulation by Weaver, JD and Stabler, CL Link to article: here

Our collaboration with Dr. Peter Buchwald’s group on characterizing the effect encapsulation has on the insulin response of pancreatic isletshas been published in the journal Biomed Eng Online.  Congrats to the collaborative team, including lead author Dr. Peter Buchwald and his team, and our student Jessica Weaver! Experimental evaluation and computational modeling of the effects of […]

JDRF has recently funded a student exchange program between our laboratory at the University of Florida and Dr. Aart van Apeldoorn at the University of Twente in The Netherlands. We look forward to exchanging more students between these 2 institutions!  

After 8 years at the University of Miami and the Diabetes Research Institute, the Stabler Lab has moved to the University of Florida! We are excited to expand our research opportunities and collaborators, while maintaining our great current collaborators. We will continue our focus on translational research in Type 1 Diabetes.