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Congrats to Ally on being awarded the MPower Graduate Fellowship for 2024!

Congrats to Dr. Moore for being elected Co-Vice Chair and Co-Chair for 2026 and 2028 GRC ImmunoEngineering!

Dr. Moore is an invited speaker at GRC Immunoengineering 2024 in Italy!

Dr. Moore is an invited speaker at CMBE 2024 in San Juan, Puerto Rico!

Aakanksha's NSF-funded paper investigating the role of IKVAV on macrophage function is out in Matrix Biology Plus!

How does metformin effect macrophage function? Check out Justin's latest paper in Tissue Engineering where we quantify metformin effect on macrophages!

How does glycosylation of FC receptors dictate function? Check out our paper with Dr. Kevin Chandler (FIU) where we try to investigate glycosylation differences!

Lara is now on the Lupus Research Foundation’s DC Outreach Committee! She’s so excited to get more involved in Lupus Outreach!

Dr. Moore is helping UMD BIOE help execute on our MARC T34! She’s leading financial literacy seminars for students in the MARC program.  

Congrats to Aakanksha for winning first place 1st place for her poster in the 2023 UMD Postdoc Research Symposium!

Congrats to DOCTOR Aakanksha Jha who successfully defended her PhD from UF BME! 

Congrats to Michele and Justin for  Honorable Mention STAR Awards at Society for Biomaterials Conference! 

Dr. Moore was awarded the Early Career EDGE in Tech Athena Awards! 

Dr. Moore has been named an Emerging Scholar, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education’s!

Dr. Moore at the Cardiovascular Healthcare Disparities: Physiological Gaps in Knowledge for the American Physiological Society Physiology Summit!

Holly presents updates on her work at UF's CTSI Research Day!

Alison, Holly, Justin, and Michele presented their work at the Society for Biomaterials Conference in San Diego, CA!

Holly and Justin presented their work at the Department of Rheumatology's grand rounds!

Aakanksha, Holly, Alison, Michele, and Michael on their presentations at UF SFB Biomaterials Day! 

NSF CAREER Award!! Congrats to Dr. Moore and the entire lab! 

Dr. Moore's 3M Non-Tenure Faculty Award is renewed by 3M!

Our paper introduces our "Preclinical in vitro model of monocyte influence on microvessel structure in systemic lupus erythematosus" is out in Lupus Science and Medicine!

BME UNITE trails forward to provide a 6-Step Roadmap to Diversify Faculty Hiring in STEM! Read the article highlight from UMD here!

Aakanksha's paper focused on the use of SOCS-1KIR Peptide mimetic to direct macrophage function is out! Congrats Aakanksha!

Michele's paper entitled "Generation and characterization of two immortalized dermal fibroblast cell lines from the spiny mouse (Acomys)" is OUT in PLOSOne! AMAZING WORK, Michele! 

Dr. Moore's postdoctoral contribution to understanding Helminth egg derivatives as pro- regenerative immunotherapies is published in PNAS! Congrats David!

Ally and Lara join the lab!  We're so excited to have two more PhD students!

Dr. Moore is interviewed by DoubleShelix Podcast, focusing on "who can afford access to higher education?"

Dr. Nana Owusu-Boaitey joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow! We are so excited to have Nana join the group! 

Dr. Moore gives seminar at UIUC for the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology!

With Dr. Nesma Ibrahim, Dr. Moore co-organized a special session at BMES 2023 on alternative careers in BME beyond academia. 

Lara leads the lab in supporting Lupus Research by organizing our lab's participation at the 2023 Walk to End Lupus Now in Washington DC! 

Working with Christine Horejs, Editor of Nature Reviews Bioengineering, Dr. Moore helped coordinate a BMES seminar on writing Abstracts! Check it out here!

Aakanksha and Alison volunteers to lead tours for Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers students!

Welcome Miriam! We are so excited to have her 20+ years of clinical sample experience in the lab!

The Moore Lab celebrates 3 years of EXISTENCE!

Michele and Paulina secured internships at United Therapeutics! We are so excited for their impact!

The Moore Lab celebrates the end of the semester by painting ceramics at the Reitz Union! 

This Summer we welcomed Lara Larson as a UF SURF Student for a 10-week summer research program! More information about the UF SURF program can be found here. Lara is a third-year undergrad in biosystems engineering at the University of Kentucky. Read more here!

Dr. Moore co-lead the PowerHour for the GRC for ImmunoEngineering Conference! With Dr. Ruda, they focused on finances in academia!

Aakanksha volunteers with the NSF Multidisciplinary Research Experiences for Teachers (MRET) program, leading lab tours for local teachers!

As a Keystone Fellow, Dr. Moore spent her birthday at the Keystone Scientific Advisory Board meeting!

Congrats to Alison for receiving the Jonathan Hack Departmental Award!

Dr. Moore becomes the FIRST Black woman to be awarded the BMES Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award! 

Congrats to Michele for being awarded a Travel Award for the 3rd international Conference on Tissue Repair, Regeneration, and Fibrosis!

Congrats to Justin who has been awarded training on a T32 Regenerative Medicine Training Grant (532DK074367-04)! 

Dr. Moore was awarded the 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award! She is the first UF HWCOE faculty to receive this award!

Congrats to Dr. Moore for being awarded the 2021 Constellation Prize for Financial Literacy and Equity!

Dr. Moore shared our work at the GRC for ImmunoEngineering! Ancestry matters in immunology!

Dr. Moore and Aakanksha presented their work at the Society for Biomaterials Conference in Baltimore, MD!

Congrats to Dr. Moore and Aakansha on their oral presentations at the Society for Biomaterials Conference in Baltimore, MD! 

Congrats to Talia and Jessica for presenting their work at the UF Undergraduate Research Symposium!

Dr. Moore and Dr. Allen share why ancestry must be considered in our biomedical science endeavors! Hear their perspectives in the UF "From Florida" podcast! 

Aakanksha received high praise for her clear and engaging presentation of her work at NC State! This was her first public oral presentation! 

Justin published his article in Cells Tissues Organs! Talia and Jessica helped to write this paper!

Holly's article focuses on mouse models of systemic lupus erythematosus to understand cardiovascular disease in lupus. 

Dr. Moore publishes a commentary in Science on her debt and her motivation to empower other students. 

Erika volunteers at the SACNAS panel titled, "Grant Writing for Graduate Students." You can view the video here!

Holly volunteers to lead tours for Miami Dade transfer students in collaboration with HWCOE engineering extension and outreach programs

Holly volunteers to lead tours for Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers students

Dr. Moore and Aakanksha toured students from the UF Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers in Jan. 2022.  

Dr. Moore volunteers at Littlewood Elementary to speak with 5th graders about following their passions and studying biomaterials!

Dr. Moore is interviewed by Forbes about advice for students with student loans! Her work was also featured in the Gainesville Sun!

Congrats to Holly for coming in 2nd place in the BME Art of Research Photo Contest for her entry "Baskets of Roses"!

Congrats to Michael and Jessica who have been selected as University Scholars! 

Dr. Moore and Dr. Allen are featured in the From Florida podcast where they shared their perspectives on increasing diversity in biomedical sciences through cell ancestry! 

Congrats to Dr. Moore for being selected as a KeyStone Fellow! She will join  Scientific Advisory Board meetings for 2022!

Dr. Moore becomes the first UF HWCOE faculty member to receive the 3M Non-Tenure Faculty Award! 

The Moore Lab was awarded the NIH NIGMS R35 Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators! This $1.8 million grant will support our efforts in ancestry-centered work in wound healing!

Dr. Moore is awarded the Lupus Research Alliance Career Development Award. This $600,000 work focuses on understanding ancestral contributions to monocyte function in lupus!

Dr. Moore gets awarded private funding to create a bridge in collaboration between UF-FIU. Click here for more details.

Congratulations to Holly for being awarded the UF-FIU research fellowship. Check out the press release here.

UF Highlights the Moore Lab in a cool video! Check out the video on Twitter or Youtube.

‘Rising Star’ shines: Forbes names UF researcher someone to watch for groundbreaking lupus research 

The Moore lab’s first review article titled “Modeled vascular microenvironments: immune-endothelial cell interactions in vitro” was published!

Read Justin Silberman’s first published review article titled “Macrophages in microgravity: the impact of space on immune cells”.

Graduate students at HWLEE formed WEBiO (Wertheim Engineers’ Biotech Organization).

When the students become gurus! Justin, Holly and Aakanksha teach Biomaterials and what the Moore lab does to K-5 Elementary school teachers as part of The University of Florida Multidisciplinary Research Experiences for Teachers (MRET) program.

Dr. Moore was an invited speaker at the National Academies of Engineering, Sciences and Medicine Forum.

Dr Moore does a panel for CRS GDGE Focus Group on ‘Establishing an academic research program during COVID and beyond’.

Inaugural Black Voices in Research Storytelling Event  from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST. The UF CSTI Diversity and Cultural Competence Council (DC3) are providing a platform for black biomedical researchers to amplify their stories and enrich UF’s diverse research community. 

Dr. Moore served as a conference chair for AfroBioTech!

The Moore Lab presented at BMES 2021! Dr Moore was an invited speaker.

Congrats to Holly and Aakanksha for receiving Travel grants for BMES 2021!

Justin, Holly and Aakanksha will be presenting their work at the 10th Annual Biomaterials Day research symposium!

UF Highlights the Moore Lab in a cool video! Check out the video on Twitter or Youtube.

Congrats to Justin for being selected as the MSE department representative for the college student council.

Congrats to Aakanksha for receiving the Outstanding Achievement Award for international students!  

Congratulations to Justin for being selected for the NextProf Pathfinder program!

Congrats to Talia and Jessica who have been selected as University Scholars! 

Moore Lab celebrates its One Year Anniversary!

Dr. Moore was awarded the KL2 grant through UF C.T.S.I.! She is the 3rd engineer and first M.S.E. faculty to receive this award!

Read Dr Moore’s chat with Gator Nation News after being named to Forbes magazine’s 30 Under 30 health care experts to watch in 2021: A “RISING STAR’ SHINES IN FORBES

Dr. Moore and Dr. Elisseeff’s review, titled “The immune system and its contribution to variability in regenerative medicine" was published! Read why it’s critical to consider immunity in all regenerative products!

Dr. Moore and Dr. Allen are awarded a Space Research Initiative grant to study the interactions of macrophages and endothelial cells in microgravity!

Read about Dr. Moore’s position and the goals of the Moore Lab! Dr Moore was interviewed about her position at UF!