Carly Logan, Ph. D. has been selected as the Thomas H. Maren Junior Investigators Fund 2021 Postdoctoral Awardee. Carly Logan, Ph. D, The Thomas H. Maren Junior Investigators Fund provides seed money for promising postdoctoral fellows in the College of Medicine. The award amount is $25,000 per year…
UF neuroscience associate professor, Eduardo Candelario-Jalil, Ph. D. and his team find emerging neuroprotective strategies for the treatment of ischemic stroke in an overview of clinical and preclinical studies. This research provides an update on recent advances in the development of novel stroke therapeutics.
Assistant professor of neuroscience at UF, Jeremy McIntyre, Ph. D., and his team find neuron‐specific cilia loss differentially alters locomotor responses to amphetamine, a central nervous stimulant, in mice.
New research from UF professor of neuroscience, David Borchelt Ph.D., explores how novel SOD1 monoclonal antibodies working against the electrostatic loop preferentially detect misfolded SOD1 aggregates.
UF neuroscientist and associate professor, Jose Abisambra, Ph. D., makes considerable contributions to research exploring how chronic PERK (protein) induction promotes Alzheimer-like neuropathology in Down syndrome, leaving insights for therapeutic intervention.
An image from the review “Genetic and environmental factors in Parkinson’s converge on immune function and inflammation” is featured on the cover of the January edition of the journal Movement Disorders. Dr. Malú Gámez Tansey and the January 2021 cover of the journal Movement Disorders. The review, co-authored by Malú…
In a new perspective piece in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, UF neuroscientist Andrew Maurer, Ph.D., and University of psychologist Lynn Nadel, Ph.D., highlight the role of the hippocampus in spatial cognition and episodic memory. Andrew Maurer, Ph.D. (center). [This image was taken prior to national guidelines of…
UF neuroscientist, Dr. Karina Alviña who specializes in the neurobiology of stress, takes part in newly released review from the Journal of Neuroscience Research on the long terms effects of stress on hippocampal function, specifically with emphasis on early life stress paradigms and potential involvement of neuropeptide Y.
In the past year, UF neuroscientist, Todd E Golde, Ph. D., contributed to useful research on the question of the role of infections in Alzheimer's disease (AD).
University of Florida neuroscientist Jennifer Bizon, Ph.D., an expert in brain aging, has been named chair of the UF College of Medicine’s department of neuroscience. Bizon, who has served as interim chair of the department since April 2020, succeeds longtime chair Lucia Notterpek, Ph.D., who is now associate…
