Wonderful to see UF BME graduate student Jessica Aldrich featured! Jessica works on a collaborative project between our lab and Kyle Allen. #WomenInSTEM

Congratulations to Tolu Ajayi for a great job on her PhD qualifying exam today! Many thanks to co-advisor Kyle Allen and committee members @CRinaldi_UF and Dr. Stan Kim in UF Vet Med. Looking forward to Tolu's work on nanoparticles for OA once we can get safely back to the bench.

Many thanks to the amazing students & our former postdoc for their hard work and dedication, as well as to my incredible mentors, colleagues, and collaborators for their support – it is a privilege to know and work with you!

Proud to have Dr. Lakiesha Williams, Dr. Ivana Parker & Dr. Brittany Taylor featured on the list of Inspiring Black Scientists in America! #BlackInSTEM 100 Inspiring Black Scientists: bit.ly/100Inspiring 100 More Inspiring Black Scientists: bit.ly/100MoreInspiri…

Very proud of Tolu and all she is accomplishing in my OrthoBME Lab and Blanka Sharma ‘s laboratory!

Madison Temples, Ph.D. candidate, received the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Attributes of a Gator Engineer Award for Professional Excellence! Blanka Sharma bme.ufl.edu/two-bme-studen…

Shreedevi Kumar, Ph.D. candidate, received the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Attributes of a Gator Engineering Award for Integrity! Blanka Sharma bme.ufl.edu/two-bme-studen…

I am privileged to work with such outstanding students. Congratulations to Madison and Shree! Very well-deserved.

Congrats Jessica Aldrich for passing her qualifying exam today! Looking forward to her work on intra-articular therapies for OA with OrthoBME Lab. Thanks to committee members @CRinaldi_UF, Brittany Taylor, PhD, Drs. Parvataneni (ortho) and McCarrel (vet med) for their valuable input.

So proud of these #womeninSTEM They showed tremendous dedication and leadership during such a difficult time. Congrats Dr. Kumar and Dr. Temples!!

Congratulations to Suzanne Lightsey for being awarded an #NSFGRFP!! Suzanne is a 2nd year PhD student in our group - given all the added challenges with starting a PhD in the midst of pandemic restrictions, it's especially exciting to see her hard work come together.

Exciting news! We have an open call for an Assistant Professor position focused on AI-research at UF BME UF Engineering. I’m running the search, so reach out to me with questions. #AI #Artificial_Intelligence Please spread the word! Link: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/5233… Boyd & Moore The Chronicle of Higher Education

Congratulations to UF BME PhD candidate Suzanne Lightsey for passing her qualifying exam! Looking forward to her work advancing 3D tumor models and NK cell immunotherapies. Many thanks to committee members Meghan Ferrall-Fairbanks Lee Murfee and Dietmar Seimann for their input!

Celebrating #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth with BME student, Matthew Rexroad. He is inspired by his family. “There is no way I would be where or who I am without them, & I am forever grateful for their love & support.” Blanka Sharma #HHM2022

Our lab has a post-doc opening! Direct message me or email me if you’d like to learn more. Our team is broadly interested in chronic musculoskeletal pain and joint diseases, like osteoarthritis. More details here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/cw/en-us/job/5…

Congrats Tiffany Conklin UF BME for an outstanding Master's thesis defense! Tiffany has been working on particles for mitigating macrophage activation in osteoarthritic joints. She's also presenting at #BMES2022 on Friday 8:30-9am in the Drug Delivering Biomaterials-2 Session.

Ben Kaufman from the Blanka Sharma Lab is presenting his work evaluating the effect of hyaluronic acid on lung cancer cell interactions in a 3D system to better understand how the extracellular matrix impacts tumor behavior.  #BMES2022

Suzanne Lightsey presenting her research on investigating the effect of hyaluronic acid on 3D migration and function of natural killer cells. ⁦Blanka Sharma⁩ ⁦Suzanne Lightsey⁩ #BMES2022

Congrats to Tiffany Conklin who presented her work on the delivery and anti-inflammatory effects of MnO2 nanoparticles on macrophages to mitigate their inflammatory signaling in osteoarthritis. #BMES2022 ⁦Blanka Sharma⁩

Arjun Panicker is presenting his work on evaluating manganese dioxide nanoparticle uptake in chondrocytes to better understand how these particles scavenge reactive oxygen species in cartilage to treat osteoarthritis. Blanka Sharma #BMES2022