New & Noteworthy

Please join us for the Doctoral Defense of Alessandra Norris. Date: Tuesday May 16th 2023Time: 1:30 PMLocation: ARB R5-265…

Congratulations to the Urs lab on their contribution to the recent publication titled “Computational insights into ligand-induced G protein and β-arrestin signaling of the dopamine D1 receptor” This research provided valuable computational insights into the possible molecular mechanism of diverse signaling profiles of the…

Congratulations to the Papke lab on their recent publication: “Silent agonists for α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors” The publication discuss models for the activation and desensitization of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) and the effects of efficacious type II positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) that destabilize α7 desensitized states.

Congratulations to Dr. Urs on his recent NIH R01 award! Title: Role of cortical catecholamines in regulating motivated behavior and striatal dopamine…

During the College of Medicine’s Celebration of Research one of our own faculty members, Dr. Olga Guryanova, was awarded the Rising Star Award in Basic and Translational Science. Please help us congratulate her on this amazing achievement.

Congratulations to the Sweeney Lab on their recent publication: “Modulating fast skeletal muscle contraction protects skeletal muscle in animal models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy” The publication explored the role of fast skeletal muscle contraction in DMD with a novel, selective, orally active inhibitor of fast skeletal muscle myosin,…

Please join us for the Doctoral Defense of Cora Hart. Date: Thursday March 23rd 2023Time: 10:00 AMLocation: ARB R5-265…

Congratulations to the Wesson lab on their recent publication: “Machine learning-based clustering and classification of mouse behaviors via respiratory patterns” The research uncovers a wide diversity in breathing patterns across spontaneous, attractive odor-, stress-, and fear-induced behaviors in mice. With collaborators the lab implemented a supervised machine learning…

Congratulations to Natalie Johnson for receiving a prestigious Dissertation Research Grant from UF’s Center for Addiction Research and Education! Mentor: Dr. Dan Wesson; Title: The impact of attractive e-cigarette odors on nicotine reward.

Congratulations to the Wesson Lab on their recent publication: “Organization and engagement of a prefrontal-olfactory network during olfactory selective attention” The lab reports integration of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), a collection of brain regions integral to attention, with the olfactory system in the context of…