Nirja presented over Zoom her Undergraduate Honors Thesis titled, “A 3D Hydrogel Model to Assess Endothelial Cell-Macrophage Interactions in Simulated Microgravity” on April 23rd, 2020. Nirja has been mentored by graduate student Chris Ludtka. Her project was part of the… Read More
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Congratulations to Gantt Meredith for completing his undergraduate studies in Biomedical Engineering
Gantt completed his undergraduate studies this Spring 2020 in Biomedical Engineering. He participated in the Allen Research Group and was the Secretary for the UF Chapter of the Society For Biomaterials during 2019-2020. Now, Gantt is heading to The George… Read More
Sophia Saenz accepted into UF Undergraduate Scholars Program
Congratulations BME Undergraduate Sophia Saenz for being accepted to the prestigious University of Florida Undergraduate Scholars Program! https://scholars.ufl.edu/
Dr. Josephine Allen Elected to AIMBE College of Fellows
“Josephine Allen, Ph.D., associate professor and Genzyme Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, was elected to The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows on March 24, 2020. Dr. Allen was recognized for her outstanding contributions in advancing… Read More
Bryan James has paper published in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate/NIH F31 Fellow Bryan James for his research article, “Oligomer Length Defines the Self-Assembly of Single-Stranded DNA–Collagen Complex Fibers,” being published in the journal, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b01435 This work was made possible by contributions… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Allen and Dr. Moore for being awarded a Space Research Initiative grant!
Congratulations to Dr. Allen and Dr. Moore for being awarded a research grant from the Space Research Initiative (SRI), entitled “A 3D hydrogel model to assess endothelial cell-macrophage interactions in simulated microgravity”. In this work, Drs. Allen and Moore will… Read More
The Allen Lab goes and returns from Space!
After several years of planning, optimizations and numerous launch attempts, the Allen lab has successfully launched their research on cardiovascular cells to the International Space Station (ISS). Dr. Josephine Allen and her “space team”, Dr. Marina Scotti and Bryan James… Read More
Allen Lab Research is going to SPACE!
Congratulations to the Allen Lab for being selected for the Space Research Initiative and the Florida Space Institute to conduct research aboard the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory. The award is supported by the joint UF-CASIS (Center for the… Read More
The Allen Lab receives NASA funded GeneLab Innovation Award for Translational Systems Biology
The Allen lab is proud to announce that we were awarded the NASA funded GeneLab Innovation Awards for Translational Systems Biology. This 2 year award is based upon open-access spaceflight research data available via NASA’s GeneLab to understand how living… Read More