University of Florida Health forensic medicine director Bruce Goldberger, Ph.D., has been named to a White House committee whose members will identify and respond to new drug threats nationwide. Goldberger joins experts in law and drug enforcement, public health and addiction on the Emerging Threats Committeeformed by the Office of…
May 23, 2019 — Marco Salemi, Ph.D., an internationally recognized researcher in the department of pathology, immunology and laboratory medicine in the UF College of Medicine, has recently been appointed to the Stephany W. Holloway University Chair in AIDS Research. The Holloway Chair was established in 2004 thanks to the…
As part of our inaugural Resident and Fellow Appreciation Day, we hosted a photo contest. Trainees were welcome to submit histomicrographs, gross images, electron microscopic images or any other “art” they find in pathology and laboratory medicine. The pictures will be displayed in the Founders Gallery and a…
There are about 100 trillion cells that make up the human body. A new megascience endeavor will catalog and image each of the 200 or more types of cells from the 80 known organs and identify the genes that are active in these cells. This new effort follows on the…
The University of Florida will study the effects and how to detect a new form of local anesthetic in race horses. While a planned University of Florida research study of a local anesthetic will explore how to effectively stop its misuse in horse racing, the research may prove useful…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB)– Veterinarians at the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Racing Laboratory will soon be conducting a study on a local anesthetic and how it reacts when used on Thoroughbred horses. The drug Bupivacaine is meant to block the nerve impulses that send pain signals to…
Dr. Yanel De Los Santos, a second year resident in the UF Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, was awarded the second place in the digital poster competition at the Florida Society of Pathology’s 45th Annual Pathology Conference for her presentation “Distal rectal skip segment Hirschsprung disease: Rare variant…
The annual USCAP meeting is the most prominent venue for anatomic and clinical pathologists to expand their knowledge in the field of pathology and to keep up to date in this constantly evolving specialty. This conference also provides several platforms for the presentation of scholarly works and educational instruction. At…
Systemic lupus erythematosus is a disease with a complex etiology. Recent advances have highlighted that gut bacteria exert a potent influence on the immune system, and that disturbances in these bacterial communities may contribute to autoimmune diseases such as lupus. We propose to use a mouse model as well as…
