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Matthew Merritt, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, recently published research in the journal Cells Report Medicine that describes a novel method for detecting metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD.
Congratulation to Dr. Rob McKenna & Dr. Mario Mietzsch! Their paper titled “The Structure of Spiroplasma Virus 4: Exploring the Capsid Diversity of the Microviridae” has been selected as an Editor’s Choice Article in Viruses. Learn more at MDPI.
The Glycobiology Significant Achievement Award was established in 2016 by Oxford University Press (publisher of Glycobiology) and the Society for Glycobiology for new and mid-career scientists that have made a key discovery during their early careers with the potential to have a substantial impact on the glycoscience community. This Award is presented at the…
Jose Abisambra, M.S., Ph.D., and Ramon Sun, Ph.D., have been named to new associate director positions at the McKnight Brain Institute. Abisambra, deputy director of the Brain Injury, Rehabilitation, and Neuroresilience Center, will serve as associate director for research programs, and Sun, director of the Center for Advanced Spatial Biomolecule Research, will serve…
Dr. Lauren Douma discusses the role of the circadian clock in regulating our daily rhythms and its impact on our health, particularly blood pressure. She emphasizes the importance of aligning our lifestyle with our circadian rhythms to optimize health and well-being, and provides practical strategies to maintain this harmony.
The University of Florida Research Foundation has named 34 of the university’s most productive and promising faculty members as UFRF Professors for 2024.
Science and health educators from more than 20 counties across the state recently gathered at the University of Florida to meet College of Medicine experts and experience lab demonstrations, participate in hand-on activities and learn about the latest research advances, gaining knowledge and skills to bring back to their students…
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected 12 faculty from the University of Florida to its newest class, including two from the College of Medicine.
UF College of Medicine graduate students present their thesis research to an audience of peers and mentors during the Medical Guild Research Symposium, held at the Harrell Medical Education Building.
Every academic year, the University of Florida Graduate School’s Graduate Student Mentoring Awards (GSMA) spotlight UF graduate students who go the extra mile by mentoring fellow graduate students, undergraduate students, students in kindergarten through 12th grade, or teachers in kindergarten through 12th grade.
