FEATURING Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey Karp, Ph.D. – Associate Professor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Principal Faculty at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and affiliate faculty at MIT

  Professor Kevin W. Powers passed away on January 15, 2015. He was 63. Dr. Powers was the site director of the National Science Foundation’s Center for Particulate and Surfactant Systems (CPaSS) at UF, and the associate director for the… Read More

January 2015 Congratulations to Dr. Josephine Allen for receiving the National Science Foundation CAREER award, entitled “CAREER: Biomolecular Engineering Approach to Controlling Cell Processes”.  In this work, Dr. Allen focusses on developing strategies to control cellular functions, which is critical… Read More

Congratulations to Dr. Jon Dobson who was just elected as a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). This is a distinct honor that is awarded to the upper 2% of all bioengineers who have excelled in the biomedical and… Read More

Dr. Jack Mecholsky was selected for the 2014 William R. Jones Outstanding Mentor Award from the Florida Education Fund (FEF). He received the award at a special ceremony during the Annual McKnight Doctoral Fellows Conference in Tampa, Florida, on November… Read More

Dr. Manuel Research group featured in article, “7 Orthopedic Breakthroughs you should Know About” for surgical pin made from magnesium that can degrade in the body at controlled rates over time http://www.qmed.com/mpmn/medtechpulse/how-magnesium-could-make-better-ortho-implants

Aaron Lind Ph.D. Graduate Student working with Prof. Jones won The Outstanding Student Presentation Award at the 20th International Conference on Ion Implantation Technology. The conference was held in Portland Oregon in early July 2014. Aaron’s talk was entitled “Effect… Read More