Fall Undergraduate Symposium Presentations
Come learn more about The Taylor Lab’s research from our lovely undergraduate students presenting at the 2025 Fall Undergraduate Symposium!
Celebrating a Milestone: Harrison Broadaway’s PhD Candidacy Success!
On May 6th, Harrison Broadaway successfully passed his doctoral thesis proposal and officially became the Taylor Lab’s second Doctoral Candidate! His research will develop in vitro and in vivo models of healthy and tendinopathic tendon in order to elucidate mechanisms underscoring tissue turnover, a key component in investigating the complex biomechanical interactions underlying tendon maintenance and disease progression. Now a Taylor Lab tradition, we celebrated his accomplishment with sparkling cider! Congratulations Harrison Broadaway!
Mariah Turner is awarded the Gator Engineer Leadership Award
This spring, Mariah Turner was awarded the Attributes of a Gator Engineer Leadership Award from the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering! Her commitment and dedication to the college continues to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. As always, Mariah makes the Taylor Lab proud!
Mariah Presents at the Pain Research Symposium
At this year’s inaugural symposium for the Pain Research & Integrated Neuroscience Center (PRINC), Mariah Turner presented her poster titled “Macrophage-Driven Modulation of Substance P Secretion in Tendon-Derived Cells: A Neuroimmune Mechanism Underlying Tendinopathic Pain.” We are so proud of Mariah for sharing her research with other experts in the field!
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!
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!
2024 World Biomaterials Congress
The Taylor Lab was well represented at the 2024 World Biomaterials Congress in Daegu, Korea from May 26th-31st! Harrison and Kari both had posters presented on their behalf by Dr. Taylor, who also served as the co-chair of the “New PI in Biomaterials Research” session. It was a wonderful opportunity to see all the biomaterials research being conducted internationally while having a chance to disseminate our work!
Harrison’s poster presented at WBC ’24!
Kari’s poster presented at WBC ’24!
