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Leslie Galloway

Social & Science Apr. 27 with Dr. Ramon Sun

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?…

3rd Annual Undergrad Poster Symposium

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!…

Celebration of Research Poster Session!

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…

Welcome Chen Zhao, Ph.D.

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…

Joanna Long Receive 20 Year of Service Recognition

Dr. Joanna Long was recognized for 20 years of service at the recent College of Medicine Spring Faculty Awards ceremony. Congratulations, Dr. Long! We look forward to working with you for the next 20 years.

Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award

Congratulations to Robert McKenna, PhD, for receiving the 2022-2023 the Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award! The UF Graduate School’s annual Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award encourages and rewards excellence, innovation and effectiveness in mentoring doctoral and Master of Fine Arts students through their final dissertation or fine arts thesis project. Nominations…

2023 Medical Guild Research Symposium

Congratulations to Mario Chang for being a Silver Award Winner at the 2023 Medical Guild Research Symposium! Mentor: Matthew Merritt, PhDTopic: “Assessing Chemotherapeutic Efficacy In Vivo Using Deuterium Metabolic Imaging”…

The Foundation for Discovery

Department of biochemistry and molecular biology provides road map for research in molecular life sciences…

Teresa White Receives 2023 Superior Accomplishment Award 

Teresa White, Assistant to Dr. Matt Gentry &Graduate Administrator We are pleased to announce that Teresa White, Administrative Support Assistant, has been honored with the 2023 UF Superior Accomplishment Award for her outstanding contributions to our department and institution! The University of Florida Superior Accomplishment Awards program recognizes…

Faculty Candidate Seminar – Saumya Jain, Ph.D.

“Temporal control of neuronal wiring programs: How do neurons determine which genes to express when?” Saumya Jain, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow University of CA, Los Angeles Thursday, Jan., 5, 2023 11:00am MBI DeWeese Auditorium LG-101A…