Please Join Us for the Dissertation Defense of Sandy Saunders on October 27 at 1:00pm, titled “The Role of Dorsolateral Pontine Respiratory Neurons in Fentanyl Overdose.” Saunders works in Dr. Levitt’s lab and is a PhD candidate. This will be her final defense. The presentation will be held in ARB…
Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the upcoming dissertation defense of: Chao Xie Graduate Student Laboratory of Jeffrey R. Martens, PhD “Understanding the Olfactory Penetrance and the Signaling Mechanisms of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome.” ~~~…
This fall semester, our department was extremely proud to host three defenses: David Fireman,Dimitri Koutzoumis, Joe Flores-Toro. We are so proud of all our graduating students! Check out more about their defenses below.
On Friday, August 23, the UF Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics held its fourth annual department retreat in the Roland T. Stern Learning Center at the UF Austin Cary Forest Campus.
David Fireman, whose mentor is Nikhil Urs, Ph.D., will be defending his master’s thesis called “Optimizing Neuronal Circuit Tracing of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons.” The defense will take place at 11 a.m. in ARB R5-265.
One of our Ph.D. candidates, Joe Flores-Toro, will be presenting his final defense on Thursday, Oct. 24. His defense is called, “Targeting CCR2-Expressing Myeloid Cells to Overcome Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Resistance in Glioma.” He has worked within the laboratory of Jeffrey Harrison, Ph.D.
One of our Ph.D. candidates, Dimitri Koutzoumis, will be presenting his final defense on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 9:30 a.m. His defense is called, “The Role of Gut Microbiota and Bacterial Metabolites on Dopamine Neuron Vulnerability.” He has worked within the laboratory of Gonzalo Torres, Ph.D.
On Wednesday, Nov. 13, Luigi Puglielli, MD, Ph.D., of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health will be presenting a seminar titled, “The Endoplasmic Reticulum Acetylation Machinery and the Control of Proteostasis: from Biology to Therapeutics.” It will take place at 11 a.m. in R5-265.
On Wednesday, September 11, Leah Reznikov, PhD, of the University of Florida’s Department of Physiological Science will be giving a research seminar titled, “Dissecting the Airway-Nervous System Interface in Health and Disease.” This will take place at the Academic Research Building in room R5-265 at 11 a.m.
On Wednesday, September 25, Ashish K. Sharma, MBBS, Ph.D., from the University of Florida’s Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics will be giving a research seminar titled, “Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies of Post-Transplant Lung Injury.” This will take place at the Academic Research Building in room R5-265 at 11…
