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Recent Publications

Dr. Barbara Battelle, Whitney Lab Professor publishes on ‘What the Clock Tells the Eye’

Battelle BA. What the Clock Tells the Eye: Lessons from an Ancient Arthropod. Integr Comp Biol 2013. PMID:23639718

Graduate Student, Sofia Beas is first author on Neurobiology of Aging publication

Beas BS, Setlow B, Bizon JL. Distinct manifestations of executive dysfunction in aged rats. Neurobiol Aging 2013.PM:23601673

Cristina Banuelos is first author on publication in Neurobiology of Aging

"Age-related changes in rostral basal forebrain cholinergic and GABAergic projection neurons: relationship with spatial impairment." Cristina is a graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. Jennifer Bizon.

Bizon & Setlow labs publish in March, 2013 European Journal of Neuroscience

"Prefrontal cortical-striatal dopamine receptor mRNA expression predicts distinct forms of impulsivity". Simon NW, Beas BS, Montgomery KS, Haberman RP, Bizon JL, Setlow B.

Graduate Student, Kim Hawkins, first author in Molecular Brain article

Hawkins KE, Demars KM, Yang C, Rosenberg GA, Candelario-Jalil E. Fluorometric immunocapture assay for the specific measurement of matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity in biological samples: application to brain and plasma from [...]

News Updates

UFRF Professorship Award

Dr. Tom Foster has been selected to receive a University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship Award.  These 3 year professorships were created to recognize faculty who have established a distinguished [...]

UF study uncovers key factor in Alzheimer’s progression

Dr. David Borchelt gives update on Alzheimer’s progression in a show called Front Page on Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM

Dr. Sooyeon Lee presents at the Postdoc Research Symposium at UF

Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Sooyeon Lee, recently was selected to give an Oral Presentation for judging at the Postdoc Research Symposium at Emerson Alumni Hall on Monday, April 8th.  Sooyeon is [...]

BrightFocus Foundation awards grant to Dr. Paramita Chakrabarty

Dr. Paramita Chakrabarty has received notification that the BrightFocus Foundation has approved funding of her Alzheimer’s grant application entitled “Innate immune system and tauopathy” for three years.  Dr. Chakrabarty is [...]

Dr. Louis Ritz appointed as a Dunlevie Honors Term Professor

The University Honors Program has appointed Dr. Louis Ritz as an Elizabeth Wood Dunlevie Honors Term Professor for the academic year 2013-2014.  In the duties of this appointment, in the spring [...]

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