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Nicolle Michaels Roberts

Publication Alert: Guryanova Lab

Congratulations to the Guryanova Lab for their recent publication titled ”Hematopoietic-specific heterozygous loss of Dnmt3a exacerbates colitis-associated colon cancer” Researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine have discovered how common age-related changes in the blood system can make certain colon cancers grow faster. The…

Research Seminar: 11/16/22 at 11am

“How to Mathematically Optimize Drug Regimens“ Presented by Helen Moore, PhD, an Associate Professor in the Department of Pulmonary Systems Medicine a the University of Florida. The seminar will be in person at the Academic Research Building (ARB) R5-265 on Wednesday, November 16th at 11am.

Publication Alert: Papke Lab

This study titled, “Differential Activation and Desensitization States Promoted by Noncanonical α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Agonists” reports a family of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists that break the rules about what the structure of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist should be. It shows that the activity of these noncanonical…

Research Seminar: 11/9/22 at 11am

“Thirty Years of Collaboration with Nicole Horenstein” Presented by Roger Papke, PhD, a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Nicole Horenstein, PhD, an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry. The seminar will be in person at the Academic Research Building…

Research Seminar: 10/05/22 at 11am

“Remodeling Therapeutics for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy” Presented by David Hammers, PhD, a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics. The seminar will be in person in the Academic Research Building (ARB) R5-265 on Wednesday, October 5th at 11am.

Publication Alert: Urs Lab

Please help us congratulate Dr. Urs’ Lab who published a paper in the journal ACS Chemical Neuroscience on 06/06/2022. The UF Pharmacology team, led by Nikhil Urs, Ph.D. and Nicole Horenstein, Ph.D, used medicinal chemistry to generate small aryl fragments, and employed screening assays and computerized docking…

Publication Alert: Bird Lab

We are very happy to announce that work from Dr. Bird’s lab was published on 7/20/2022 at Science Advances. This was a collaboration with a cryo-EM expert at Rockefeller University, where they have generated the first ever structures of the Myo15a “motor domain” – a key part…