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We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Andrea Merchak has been awarded the prestigious Young Scientist Award at the International Scientific Conference on Probiotics, Prebiotics, Gut Microbiota, and Health. This remarkable achievement recognizes her outstanding contributions to the field and her dedication to advancing our understanding of gut microbiota and…
Ricardo Diaz-Rincon will be presenting his abstract titled, “AI for Personalized Medication Management in Parkinson’s Disease” at the International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders in Philadelphia, PA, September 27 – October 1, 2024.
For the first time, UF College of Medicine doctoral candidates who have successfully passed their qualifying exams will celebrate advancing to candidacy with a white coat ceremony. Congratulations to our students who received their lab coat: Cristina Besosa Mack Bolen Rachel Gunraj Julian Mark Tala Ortiz Lexi Riley-DiPaolo Zach Simon…
We would like to thank the Bryan W. Robinson Endowment Board who awarded Stephan Quintin the 2024 Fred Q. Vroom, MD Neuroscience Endowment Grant and Anna Fusco the 2024 Dr. Frank M. Davis, MD Chairman Emeritus Grant at the annual Award Ceremony on June 5, 2024. Congratulations to Stephan and Anna.
The Bryan W. Robinson endowment grant for neurosciences received a record total of twenty-eight (28) grant applications. This year, the Endowment is awarding financial support for the seven top ranked grant submissions along with three honorable mentions. This year’s grant recipients are listed below in alphabetical order: Anna Fusco, Axonal…
Congratulations to Hannah Staley on her first, first-author publication titled, “Alzheimer’s disease-associated protective variant Plcg2-P522R modulates peripheral macrophage function in a sex-dimorphic manner and confers functional advantage in female mice”. To read the full article click the link below. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.28.596275v1…
Congratulations to Dr. David Borchelt on receiving the College of Medicine Faculty Council Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Borchelt has been at the University for 19 years. This award, from the UF College of Medicine Faculty Council, recognizes the college’s most outstanding, active peers for providing extraordinary service to the UF…
We are thrilled to announce the results of the 2024-25 election for The North Central Florida Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (NCF SfN). Meet the 2024-25 NCF SfN Officers: President: Sarah Sniffen, PhD candidate, Dept of Neuroscience Treasurer: Ignacio Gallardo, PhD student, Dept of Pharmacology & Therapeutics Secretary: Maria Ramirez, PhD student,…
We are thrilled to announce the publication of a groundbreaking study from Dr. Eduardo Candelario-Jalil’s lab titled, “Pharmacological Inhibition of Receptor-Interacting Protein Kinase 2 (RIPK2) Elicits Neuroprotective Effects Following Experimental Ischemic Stroke.” This remarkable research sheds new light on potential therapeutic avenues for ischemic stroke, one of the leading causes…
