University of Florida neuroscientists have developed a new assay, or test, to detect minute amounts of a protein called tyrosine hydroxylase in blood immune cells of Parkinson’s disease patients, a key finding to aid in the development of a blood test to help diagnose and guide treatment for the neurodegenerative disorder.
On May 29, Summer Neuroscience Internship Program (SNIP) students for the 2021 program arrived on UF’s campus. These interns will join active neuroscience research labs at the University of Florida (UF), one of the largest and most productive research universities in the United…
Barry Setlow, Ph. D. and Jen Bizon, Ph.D. co-edit an invitational special issue of the Behavioural Brain Research journal titled "Amygdala and value-based decision making," based on related previous work.
Last month, Rebecca Wallings, Post Doctoral Associate, received the Bright Focus Foundation fellowship for an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program award. This is a 2-year fellowship worth $200,000 where Wallings will be completing a project entitled “The role of the peripheral immune-system in FTD-GRN; increasing understanding for future therapeutic target…
This year, Brain Awareness Week was held March 15-19th through an entirely virtual format. Working with the Alachua County school system, lessons incorporated age-appropriate brain information with accompanying activities. These include making a pipe cleaner neuron or brain hat for the younger students, 5 brain tricks and the 5 senses,…
On Thursday, May 20, 2021, Douglas Miller, predoc fellow, will defend his thesis entitled “Differential sensitivity of the SNC and VTA dopaminergic networks.” The motivation behind the thesis, Miller says, was to better understand complex network properties of dopaminergic brain regions that make them sensitive to neuronal loss…
Congratulations to our very own Paramita Chakrabarty, Ph. D., who receives the Excellence Award for Assistant Professors from UF's Department of Academic Affairs for UF College of Medicine.
Associate professor, Jose Abisambra, Ph. D., and team researches how broad kinase inhibition mitigates early neuronal dysfunction in tauopathy.
Hear about our Neuroscience Ph. D. program from Latoya Allen, Ph.D., who graduated in 2020. Allen discusses the importance of diversity in neuroscience and related science fields. https://neuroscience.ufl.edu/wordpress/files/2021/05/latoya-diversity-video-website-version.mp4…
Neuroscientists today have a plague of resources by which they can communicate their science. From social media to the creation of internet content, there of numerous ways to participate in science communication with your peers and, most importantly, the lay public. When neuroscientists communicate effectively, it builds support for science and promotes a broader understanding that may increase diversity and inclusion.
