News
Lab News
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Karen became an NIH Basic Microbiology and Infectious Disease T32 Fellow!
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Tanmayee graduated with her BS in Biomedical Engineering! We will miss her!
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Marcos, Josh, and Zahra presented posters at the Annual BMES Meeting in Baltimore!
Profe Ana accepted the Biomedical Engineering Society Diversity Lecture Award on behalf of LatinXinBME!
Profe Ana participated in a panel on virtual exchange and co-led a workshop on leveraging ChatGPT to build global competencies in the classroom at the AACU Conference on Global Learning
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Karen, Sam, and Zahra presented posters at the Society for Biomaterials Southeast Regional Meeting!
Profe Ana is awarded a Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at NIH!
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We published our first paper (yay Tia and Josh) in collaboration with the Kima lab! This paper reviews in vitro models to study parasitic tropical infections.
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Karen and Sam presented posters at ASM!
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Profe Ana accepts the Society for Biomaterials Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award on behalf of LatinXinBME!
Sam and Zahra pass the department comprehensive examination - their first milestone towards the Ph.D.!
Marcos is accepted into the University Scholars Program! -
Alejandro and Tanmayee defend their honors thesis!
Karen wins Best Graduate Poster at our Local Society for Biomaterials Day and Josh wins Best Poster at the SHPE Engineering Research Symposium! -
We welcome visiting Ph.D. student Katherine Bauer Estrada from UniSabana in Colombia!
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Profe Ana receives the AAAS Early Career Public Engagement with Science Award!
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Zahra presented her first poster at the Advances in IBD Conference!
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Josh presented his first poster at ABRCMS!
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Karen and Sam presented their work at BMES!
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Alejandro wins the Attributes of a Gator Engineer Award for Service to the Global Community!
In the Press
Profe Ana’s statue at the Smithsonian makes the local and international news!
“UF engineers make strong showing at UF International Center awards”. University of Florida. November 20, 2025.
“Prestigious academy names three Rising Stars from UF engineering”. University of Florida. November 7, 2025.
“A virtual exchange in global health technology”. UniCollaboration. May 1, 2025.
“UF biomedical engineering professor receives NIH award to uncover microbiome’s role in tissue health”. University of Florida. December 4, 2024.
“In-vitro modeling reveals how Leishmania affects liver tissues”. UF Emerging Pathogens Institute (UF EPI). July 31, 2024.
“Personajes al Servicio de la Ciencia y la Educación en Bucaramanga”. Vanguardia Liberal. December 21, 2022.
“3D Statues Celebrate Women in STEM – including Six Cornellians” by Beth Saulnier. Cornellians. April 26, 2022.
“Ana Maria Porras, la Científica Colombiana que Deja Huella en el Mundo de la Ciencia”. Noticias Caracol. April 5, 2022.
“Ana María Porras, una Santandereana Líder en Ciencia Mundial”. Vanguardia Liberal. March 8, 2022.
“Una Colombiana entre las Científicas Exaltadas en el Smithsonian” by Alejandra López Plazas. El Tiempo. March 8, 2022.
Interviewed for the “Mujeres Científicas” Episode. Radio Nacional – Jóvenes con Actitud.March 7, 2022.
“Ana Maria Porras, la Ingeniera Biomédica Colombiana que Inspira a Jóvenes Científicas”. La W Radio. March 7, 2022.
“Ana Maria Porras, la Colombiana que Tendrá una Estatua en el Smithsonian” by Leonardo Botero. Colombia Visible. March, 2022.
Featured in “How ‘Spam’ Helped women in STEM to Top Colombian Twitter for Days” by Andrew Wight. Forbes #SpamDeCientificas. February 22, 2022.
