Gallant Lab » Awards

Laura Blanco awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

ngallant — Tue, 06 May 2014 15:43:50 +0000

Laura Byrnes-Blanco was awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. The highly competitive NSF Graduate Fellowship Research Program will support Laura in her phD program starting next Fall.

Laura headed to NIST again

ngallant — Tue, 06 May 2014 15:24:26 +0000

Laura Blanco was invited to the NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program for the second time!

Asma wins College of Engineering Research Week Best Poster Award

ngallant — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 21:19:17 +0000

Congratulations to Asma Sharfeddin for winning a Travel Grant for her presentation on the “Effects of Elastomer Stiffness and Thickness on Fibroblast Cell Adhesion and Morphology”.

Kemi awarded UNCF-Merck Fellowship. Congratulations!

ngallant — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:00:43 +0000

Olukemi Akintewe was awarded a UNCF-Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowship. Kemi was one of 12 students nation-wide granted this Fellowship through a highly competitive selection process for her work on modular building block tissue fabrication.

Cooper awarded NSF Fellowship. Congratulations Joel!

ngallant — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:00:41 +0000

Joel Cooper was awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. The highly competitive NSF Graduate Fellowship Research Program will support Joel’s research on using acoustic waves to manipulate the spatial organization of cells.

Congratulations Laura!

ngallant — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:00:41 +0000

Laura Blanco was invited to the NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program!

Dr. Gallant receives Outstanding Faculty Award

ngallant — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:31:44 +0000

Dr. Gallant was recognized with an Outstanding Faculty Award by USF President Judy Genshaft.

Lab funded by NIH Moffitt PS-OC

ngallant — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:37:43 +0000

The Gallant Lab was awarded a Pilot Project grant from the NIH National Cancer Institute Physical Sciences-Oncology Center on The Physical Microenvironment in Cancer Biology and Therapy to study tumor microenvironmental regulation of cell adhesion strength in collaboration with researchers at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center.

Dr. Gallant receives BMES-SPBRM Rising Star Award

ngallant — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:20:26 +0000

Dr. Gallant was recognized at the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)-Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine (SPRBM) Conference on Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering with a “Rising Star Award”. He was invited to present the lab’s work on Regulation of Adhesion Strength by Cell Shape and Focal Adhesion Position in a special session.

Dr. Gallant receives NSF CAREER Award

ngallant — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:03:33 +0000

Dr. Gallant received the NSF CAREER Award to investigate combinatorial biomaterials for mechanobiology.