MacKenzie Bolen, a graduate student in Dr. Malu Tansey’s lab, was awarded a grant for her research through the Bryan W. Robinson Endowment. The award includes $4000 of support for Bolen’s research titled “A Gut-First Investigation of Parkinson’s Etiopathogenesis: Iron-Driven Mitochondria Dysregulation as a Function of Neuroimmune Cross-Talk…
The Department of Neuroscience has an open Faculty position. Click the link below for more information. https://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/526510/assistantassociateprofessor…
Overview of our local chapter: https://neuroscience.ufl.edu/outreach/sfn-north-central-fl-chapter/ Brain Awareness Week Chair- in charge of Brain Awareness Week (BAW) where chapter members visit public and private schools leading interactive games and hands-on demonstrations centered around neuroscience education. Duties include: organizing volunteers,…
Habibeh Khoshbouei, PhD, PharmD, professor in the department of neuroscience, authored an article in The Conversation that looks at the controversary surrounding the ADHD drug, Adderall. Adderall has been under renewed public scrutiny since fall 2022 when the nation experienced a shortage of the drug. Prescription holders of Adderall…
Sabrina Zequeira, a graduate student in the lab of Drs. Bizon and Setlow, has placed 2nd in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools in Tampa on March 4. The 3MT is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland, Australia…
