The upcoming publication entitled “Coffee and cigarettes: Modulation of high and low sensitivity α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by n-MP, a biomarker of coffee consumption” from Dr. Papke’s lab has been highlighted in the UF Health news. The UF Health article, written by Doug Bennett, can be read…
Please help us congratulate Dr. Papke’s Lab who published a paper in Addiction Biology on August 11th. The members who worked on the paper were Clare Stokes, Jose Pino, D. Walker Hagan, Gonzalo Torres, Edward Phelps, Nicole A. Horenstein, and Roger Papke. Their data suggest that toxic…
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…
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…
We would like to highlight the Munger Lab’s contributions in the recent publication “Utilization of Nasal Mucus to Investigate the Pathophysiology of Chronic Rhinosinusitis”. It has been published in the American Journal of Rhinology & Allergy and reviews papers published in English pertaining to nasal mucus was performed using…
This summer semester, our department was extremely proud to hose three defenses: Yang Feng Jordan Bateman Aishwarya Kulkarni We are so proud of all our graduating students! Check out more about their defenses below. Final defense Yang Feng…
Third year Pharmacology PhD candidate Natalie Johnson of the Wesson Lab has been awarded a highly competitive 3-year duration fellowship from the National Institutes of Health. The title of her grant is “Olfactory Mechanisms Supporting Attraction to e-Cigarette Odors”. In her project,…
This spring semester, our department was extremely proud to host one defense: Christian Kreiger We are so proud of all our graduating students! Check out more about their defenses below. Thesis defense Christian Kreiger…
Please join us in congratulating the Papke Lab on their publication, entitled “Selective agonists and antagonists of a9 versus a7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.” The paper discusses their identification of new a9 agonists and antagonists that may prove invaluable for defining an optimal approach for treating pain, which would allow for…
Congratulations to Jonathan Larochelle on receiving a competitive AHA pre-doctoral fellowship award for his project entitled, “Characterizing the Neuroprotective Effects of Ripk2 Deficiency in Experimental Ischemic Stroke.” Congratulations Jonathan!…
