PI: Kristanna Fredenburg, M.D., Ph.D. https://ufhealth.org/kristianna-fredenburg Title: Investigating the Functional Role of Differentially Expressed microRNAs from Black compared with White Laryngeal Cancers Mentor: Tom Schmittgen, PhD- Department of Pharmaceutics. Abstract: The burden of head and neck cancer is greater for Blacks than Whites and expressly so for laryngeal squamous…
https://ufhealth.org/news/2018/uf-health-king-s-college-london-researchers-awarded-37-million-study-molecular-origins For people with Type 1 diabetes, it is an ongoing battle: Their immune system goes rogue, killing cells in the pancreas that regulate blood sugar. Now, a University of Florida and King’s College London collaboration has been awarded $3.7 million in support to discover the molecular signposts that…
Grant Title: A 3D Map of the Human Lymphatic System Program Director: Mark Atkinson, PhD mPIs: Mark Atkinson, PhD (Project 1 and Administrative Core) Harry Nick, PhD (Organ Donor Core) Todd Brusko, PhD (Project 2) Michael Clare-Salzler, MD (Project 3) Bernd Bodenmiller, PhD, University of Zurich (Data Analysis Core) Co-investigators:…
Title: Roles of the Insulin-like Growth Factor Axis in Pre-Type 1 Diabetes Immune Regulation Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disorder in which impairments in immune regulation permit the destruction of the insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells. The goals of this proposal are to evaluate whether…
JDRF, ADA and Helmsley Charitable Trust Announce Funding of Quantitative Analysis of Insulin Purchased from Pharmacies in the U.S. NEW YORK, October 11, 2018 — JDRF International, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (Helmsley) together announce the awarding of…
Bruce A. Goldberger, Ph.D. – The Florida Emergency Mortuary Operations Response System (FEMORS) was inaugurated in 2002. The FEMORS mission is to provide fatality management services during disaster events. The Florida Department of Health, through the Bureau of Preparedness and Response, contracts with the University of Florida, through its College…
A new study from the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute (UF-EPI) scientists Dr. Tony Maurelli (Department of Environmental and Global Health) Dr. Marco Salemi (Department of Pathology) has traced the origin of dangerous new strains of bacteria that present novel threats to public health. Bacteria of the genus Shigella…
Measurement of metabolites represents the digital readout of health. A critical aspect of metabolomics is the utilization of high resolution mass spectrometric approaches to detect and identify metabolites from biological fluids and tissues. The use of multi-analyte analyses, as well as high resolution mass spectrometric approaches, has the…
Dr. Todd Brusko, Associate Professor in the Experimental Pathology Division and Diabetes Institute at the University of Florida, was awarded $1.78M from the Leona & Harry Helmsley Charitable Trust for a three year project on Type 1 Diabetes. Title: HUMAN ATLAS of NEONATAL DEVELOPMENT and EARLY LIFE-IMMUNITY (HANDEL-I) The goal…
Repurposing Existing Drugs to Treat Lupus Laurence Morel, PhD, University of FloridaDepriving Immune Cells of Sugar Saps Energy for Attack In a previous study, Dr. Morel showed that drugs that make less sugar available to immune cells could stop the development of lupus in a model of the disease.
