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Congratulations Summer Graduates

The Department of Neuroscience is pleased to announce our summer graduates. Ph.D. program graduate is Grace Lloyd. Dr. Lloyd’s mentor was Benoit Giasson, Ph.D. The In-Person Master’s program graduates are Emely Gazarov who’s mentor was Barry Setlow, Ph.D. Emely’s dissertation title was “Pharmacokinetics of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol following acute cannabis smoke…

June Grant Awards

  Drs. Habibeh Khoshbouei and Benoit Giasson were awarded a new R21 from NINDS entitled “The interactions between myenteric macrophages and enteric neurons shape the development and spread of enteric synucleinopathy”.     Dr. Jake Streit is a co-Investigator on an R01 awarded to the University of Miami…

Sara N. Burke, Ph.D., promoted to full professor

Sara N. Burke, Ph.D., has been promoted to full professor in the Department of Neuroscience. Dr. Burke is also the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory and the founding director of the Summer Neuroscience Internship Program (SNIP). Dr. Burke’s research looks into how diet and metabolic function…

SENDCon

October 10th-12th 2023Location: Atlanta, Georgia and Online SENDCon For More Information…

Mackenzie Bolen awarded Bryan Robinson Endowment

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…

Open Position

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…