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 as associate director for innovation.
CTRND student’s, Jose Torrellas and Stephan Quintin, won poster awards at the International Research Conference on Neurodegenerative Diseases held in Atlanta this past week. Jose is part of Dr. Paramita Chakrabarty’s lab and Stephan is part of Dr. Ben Giasson’s lab. Congratulations to you both!…
Congratulations to Dr. David Borchelt on receiving the College of Medicine Faculty Council Lifetime Achievement Award.
A University of Florida Health neuroscience researcher has been named chair of the UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s department of physiological sciences following a national search.
Congratulations to our CTRND Students chosen to participate in the University Scholars Program.
Ethan Smith and Quan Vo were winners in the Research Art and Poster Competition, respectively, at UF COM 14 Annual Celebration of Research.
The Michael J. Fox Foundation awarded Drs. Mamais and LaVoie a multi year research grant.
In a warm and collegial gathering Sept. 21, 50 second-year doctoral students from the University of Florida College of Medicine Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences celebrated matching with faculty mentors and research laboratories that will serve as a supportive academic home throughout their studies.
For her selection as chair of a National Institute of Aging study section: "Career Development Facilitating the Transition to Independence"
MacKenzie Bolen, a graduate student in Dr. Malu Tansey’s lab, was awarded a grant for her research through the Bryan W. Robinson Endowment.
