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Alexa Switzer

Publication Alert: Kopinke Lab

“Studying intramuscular fat deposition and muscle regeneration: insights from a comparative analysis of mouse strains, injury models, and sex differences” This manuscript provides crucial information on the importance of selecting the correct mouse strain and sex to study muscle regeneration and intramuscular fat infiltration and will be of great…

Congratulations! NCF SfN Election Results

Congratulations to our graduate students in the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics who were recently elected as Chapter Officers for the North Central Florida Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience. Sarah Sniffen (Wesson Lab) – President Ignacio Gallardo (Moehle Lab) – Treasurer Maria Ramirez (Wesson Lab) – Secretary…

Publication Alert: Papke Lab

Congratulations to the Papke lab for their recent publication titled, “Explorations of agonist Selectivity for the α9* nAChR with Novel Substituted Carbamoyl/Amido/Heteroaryl Dialkylpiperazinium Salts and Their Therapeutic Implications in Pain and Inflammation.” Authors: Hina Andleeb, Roger L. Papke, Clare Stokes, Katrin Richter, Sara M. Herz, Ka Chiang, Siva R. Raju…

Publication Alert: Papke Lab

Congratulations to the Papke lab for their recent publication titled, “Functions and pharmacology of alpha2ßeta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; in and out of the shadow of alpha4ßeta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.” Author: Roger Papke Published in the journal, Science Direct, here.

Publication Alert: Sweeney Lab

Congratulations to Cora Hart for her new first-author paper titled, “Potential limitations of micro-dystrophin gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.” Authors: Cora C. Hart, Young il Lee, Jun Xie, Guangping Gao, Brian L. Lin, David W. Hammers, and H. Lee Sweeney Check out the paper published in the journal…

Publication Alert: Urs Lab

Congratulations to the Urs Lab for their recent publication titled, “Enhanced cognitive flexibility and phasic striatal dopamine dynamics in a mouse model of low striatal tonic dopamine.”…

Research Seminar 5/8/2024

The Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series is pleased to have Dr. Andrew Volk on May 8th, 2024 to speak on the “Masters of their fate: how AML harnesses epigenetics to evade therapy.”…

Welcome 2024 ASPET SURF Fellows!

The Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics welcomes the 2024 ASPET SURF Fellows: Kemoi George from Florida A&M University Mia Morin from the University of Florida Olivia Chen from Middlebury College Laura Kelly from Trinity Western University Momoka Nakashita from Juniata College…