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Jane Hsi, a first year B&MB student in the COM BMS PhD Program, is a 2023 recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate research three-year fellowship. These fellowships are highly competitive, with annual acceptance rates of ~15% from among more than 12,000 applicants. It is a prestigious grant awarded…
The University of Florida Research Foundation has named 34 of the university’s most productive and promising faculty members as UFRF Professors for 2023.
Welcome to the relaunched BMB newsletter! In this issue you will hear from the Department Chair, Matthew Gentry, PhD, meet our new faculty, read about recent awards and events, and so much more! Don’t forget to subscribe to see the next newsletter in your inbox!…
Dr. Kilberg, congratulations on your retirement! We are very appreciative and grateful for your example to UF COM faculty, trainees, students, and staff over the last 42 years. Your nearly 50-year run of discoveries regarding amino acid biochemistry in human health and disease is truly remarkable. Coupled…
Dr. Zhipeng Li joins UF from UC Berkeley, where he has done some outstanding work in the laboratory of Dr. James Olzmann in the areas of cancer biology, redox biology, and lipotoxic damage. Dr. Li earned his Ph.D. under the guidance of Dr. Mark McNiven at Mayo Clinic, working on the regulation…
The American Physiological Society announced that winner of the 2022 APS-AJP Renal Paper of the Year award at the 2023 American Physiological Summit, April 20-23. Congratulation to Dr. Lauren Douma and Dr. Michelle Gumz! Kidney-specific KO of the circadian clock protein PER1 alters renal Na+ handling, aldosterone levels,…
Join us for our upcoming Social & Science on Thursday, April 27th from 5:30-7:30pm at First Magnitude Brewing (1220 SE Veitch St, Gainesville, FL 32601)! This session will feature Dr. Ramon Sun, Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. He will present: Is oxygen good or bad for lung cancer?…
The 3rd Annual BMB Undergrad Poster Symposium was held on April 6, 2023. We would like to thank all of those who presented posters and attended the event. A special thank you to the Office of Graduate Education and the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology for sponsoring this event!…
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology was represented at the 2023 College of Medicine Celebration of Research with over 20 posters from our students and faculty! Find a full list of posters and presenters below. Image Gallery Jane Hsi, Jacob Combs, and Alex Cantrell Mario Chang (Merritt Lab) and…
Dr. Chen Zhao comes to us from Rockefeller University where she completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Nobel Prize awardee, Dr. Roderick MacKinnon. Her Ph.D. training was at Yale University in the laboratory of Dr. Anna Marie Pyle where she she also gained extensive teaching experience in both…
