Associate Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at The University of Florida 🐊 The views expressed on this twitter account are my own.

Gainesville, FL
Joined March 2013
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Nikolaos Pipis, a BME Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Josephine Allen’s lab, co-authored a review in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. The paper explores DNA-collagen complexes as versatile biomaterials. Read more: bme.ufl.edu/nikolaos-pipis-p…
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Josephine Allen retweeted
Barbara Stewart present her work on Aptamer-functionalized nucleic acid collagen complexes and their function on promoting angiogenesis. ⁦@MSEJAllen⁩ ⁦@barbarastewartp⁩ #BMES2024
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The 5th annual Rising Black Scientists Awards are now open for submissions! cell.com/diversity/awards These awards are open to all sciences, and the deadline to submit your essay is October 31st. Brought to you by #CellPress @CellSignal & @ElsFoundation
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Josephine Allen retweeted
Read our latest #research on the material interaction between single-stranded DNA oligonucleotides and collagen, published with @SpringerNature in the Regenerative Engineering and Translational Medicine Journal! 🔗 rdcu.be/dJiw4 (PDF) 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10… (Web)
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Thrilled to announce I passed my PhD proposal defense and am now a PhD candidate @UFBME! Huge thanks to @MSEJAllen for her guidance and to my committee for their invaluable feedback. More exciting updates coming soon!
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A full circle moment when one of my outstanding graduate students lands their first faculty position! I am so proud of @bdbjames and am honored to be a part of his journey! Can’t wait for all the awesomeness that will come out of the James Lab! Congrats Bryan!! @UFMSE #proudPI
I’m ecstatic to share that I’ll be joining @NU_ChemE as an Assistant Professor starting January 2025!!! Thank you to my incredible mentors for their endless support, encouragement, and guidance @Chris__Reddy @MSEJAllen @sone_lab and those not on here Collin, Mark, Steve, & Yuri!
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🛰️ Extended exposure to #microgravity can subject astronauts to cardiovascular deconditioning. Dr. Josephine Allen (@MSEJAllen) and colleagues show that smooth muscle cells downregulate markers of the contractile, synthetic, and osteogenic phenotypes. go.nature.com/3IXcjJu
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Smarter material selection to tackle persistent plastic. Love this! ♻️ Great work by @ufmse alum and material scientist @bdbjames!
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Wow! Shout out to @bdbjames and the team at @WHOI for work on this important project! Great impact!
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Join us! We are hiring! Looking for faculty in the area of Biomaterials and in the area of Metallurgy!
WE'RE #HIRING! UF MSE is looking for multiple, full-time, tenure-track #faculty in biomaterials and metallurgy, a nuclear engineering program director, and a full-time instructional faculty member specializing in soft matter. More info 👉 mse.ufl.edu/were-hiring-at-u… #academicjobs
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Excellent Line up! Congrats again @Lola_UMich! Paving the way and leading by example! Love it!
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Fun times at the B-SURE networking event @ASGSRSpace Amazing interactions and incredible networking as always! @SeidlerRachael @MSEJAllen @adartiles #SpaceExploration #NASA
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Josephine Allen retweeted
Our latest paper is out-introducing a preclinical model of monocyte impact on microvessel structure in systemic #lupus erythematosus! 🧪 📄 paper link: dx.doi.org/10.1136/lupus-202… Thank you @LupusResearch, Holly Ryan, and Alison Veintimilla for making this happen!! #LupusResearch
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Excited to a #facultycandidate this year! My interdisciplinary lab will investigate next-generation #plastics (both polymer and additives) along with strategies to reduce their environmental impact, and create tools to inform green materials engineering and eco-design
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Join us! Please repost! It's a great time to be a UF Gator! 🤩 @NSBE @BlkInEngineerng @BlackInBME @LatinXinBME
We're Hiring at the Department of Materials Science & Engineering! Assistant/Associate/Full Professor positions for MSE and Instructional Faculty specializing in Soft Matter. #NowHiring #STEMjobs Find out more here 👉 mse.ufl.edu/were-hiring-at-u…
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UF is hiring instructional faculty in soft matter! Join us! Please repost @LatinXinBME @BlkInEngineerng @BlackInBME We are also hiring tenure track faculty in Biomaterials and Metallurgy! It's an exciting time to be a gator! 🤩
WE'RE HIRING Instructional Faculty in soft matter/biomaterials at the Department of Materials Science & Engineering. Join the best at UF! 👉 explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/j…
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Josephine Allen retweeted
Presented our DNA-collagen hydrogel research at #BMES2023. Thrilled to be back in Seattle, two years after graduating from @UWBioE. Reconnecting with old colleagues, meeting new faces, and representing @UFBME and the @MSEJAllen Lab – what an incredible experience!
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Excited to have 3rd year Ph.D. Candidate and future faculty ⁦@Soch_BME_MSE⁩ give a beautiful talk to my Biomaterials class about her work with biodegradable alloys! 🤩 She’s one to watch! #superstar ⁦@UFMSE⁩
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