2025 Orthopaedic Research Society Conference

The Taylor Lab recently visited Phoenix, Arizona to attend the 2025 Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Conference. The event brought doctors, researchers, consultants, and musculoskeletal professionals together to discuss groundbreaking research in the field. Congratulations to Harrison Broadaway and Mariah Turner for presenting their posters and representing the lab internationally!

Mariah Turner wins first place at the 2025 AfroBioTech Conference!

Congratulations to Mariah Turner for winning the top poster and rapid talk award at the 2025 AfroBioTech conference! She presented her poster titled “Regenerative Spiny Mice Exhibit Reduced Achilles Tendon Mechanics: A Comparative Study with CD1 Mice.” We are so proud to have her in The Taylor Lab and celebrate her hard work and achievements!

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Junior Science Health Symposium (JSHS) Lab Tours

Last week, the Taylor Lab had a blast welcoming high school students for a behind-the-scenes tour! Led by our third-year graduate student Harrison Broadway, we were able to showcase our electrospinner, fluorescent microscope, and Instron. We hope to see some of these bright students in the lab again!

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Taylor Lab End of Semester Gathering Fall 24

Our end-of-semester gathering was a great success! The Taylor Lab celebrated with a delicious potluck, a fun White Elephant gift exchange, and insightful presentations from our undergraduates, including semester recaps and ‘Who Am I’ introductions. A wonderful way to wrap up the year and highlight everyone’s hard work and achievements!

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The Taylor Lab at BMES 2024 Annual Meeting!

The Taylor Lab proudly represented at the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2024 Annual Meeting, showcasing our latest research in musculoskeletal restorative engineering. Our lab members presented their cutting-edge work across podium and poster sessions, highlighting advancements in tendon biomechanics, rehabilitation, and scaffold development.

Presenters:

  • Kari Shama, 4th Year PhD Candidate, gave an oral presentation on “In Vitro Tendon Models to Investigate the Effect of Diseased Tendon Pathology on Extracellular Vesicle Profile.”
  • Mariah Turner, 3rd Year PhD Student, presented a poster titled “Reduced Tendon Biomechanics in Regenerative Spiny Mice: A Comparative Study with CD1 Mice.”
  • Harrison Broadway, 3rd Year PhD Student, gave an oral presentation on “Regenerative Rehabilitation for Tendinous Reparation via Electrospun Polycaprolactone Scaffolds” and also presented on behalf of Andrea McPherson on “MATLAB-Based Automated Analysis Tool for Evaluating Fiber Alignment in Tendinous Scaffolds,” as Andrea recently graduated with her bachelor’s degree.

Congratulations to all our presenters for their impactful contributions!

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BME Photo Contest

BME Dept. Art Photo Contest

Congratulations to Harrison on placing 3rd in the annual BME Art Photo Contest! He utilized post-imaging processing to create a color overlay on SEM micrographs of polycaprolactone scaffolds.

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Spring ’24 End-of-Semester Gathering

The Taylor Lab celebrated the end of the spring semester by playing laser tag at the arcade! We had a wonderful time having all the undergraduate students together under one roof and socializing as a lab before a busy summer. We also recognized our graduating lab members! Congratulations to Andrea (B.A.), Samhita (B.A.), Sebastian (M.S.), and the rest of 2024 graduates!

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The Taylor Lab celebrating the end of the semester!

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Harrison with his undergrad, Andrea.

Mariah and Samhita

Mariah with her undergrad, Samhita.

Grad Students

Our doctoral students say goodbye to Sebastian, the first graduate student from the Taylor Lab!

Who Says Halloween Needs to be Scary!

Taylor Lab Ramadan Iftar Event

We love a good department holiday party!

We love a good department holiday party!