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A ‘Rising Star’ Shines in Forbes

An assistant professor is named someone to watch in 2021 for her groundbreaking research on lupus. UF’s Erika Moore was recently named to Forbes magazine’s 30 Under 30 health care experts to watch in 2021. The 29-year-old Rhines Rising Star and Larry Hench endowed assistant professor of…

Congratulations to Dr. Weizhou Zhang on his newly funded Department of Defense, Breast Cancer Research Program, for the Office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) award

The grant titled, ‘Developing a novel PROTAC-based NR4A1 degrader for breast-cancer therapy’ will focus on revolutionizing treatment regimens by replacing them with ones that are more effective, less toxic, and impact survival.  This is a partnering PI option with Dr. Zheng, Guangrong; co-investigators: Dr. Zhou, Daohong, Dr. Bacher, Rhonda and…

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Award Notice

RAPID: Dynamic Identification of SARS-COV-2 Transmission Epicenters in Presence of Spatial Heterogeneity (COV-DYNAMITE) Investigator Email Institution Principal: Mattia Prosperi m.prosperi@ufl.edu University of Florida Co-Principal: Marco Salemi (Pathology) msalemi@pathology.ufl.edu University of Florida Co-Principal: Natalie E Dean nataliedean@ufl.edu…

Dr. Laurence Morel and Dr. Mansour Mohamadzadeh receive two new NIH R01 grants

Center for Inflammation & Mucosal Immunology Dear Members & Friends: Please join us in congratulating Dr. Laurence Morel (Department of Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine) and Dr. Mansour Mohamadzadeh (Department of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition) for receiving two NIH R01 grants! The funding awarded…

A note on Dr. Mike Clare-Salzler’s retirement

Celebrating 27 years of distinguished service After providing exceptional leadership as chair of the UF Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine over the past 11 years, Michael Clare-Salzler, M.D., will step down from his position Aug. 1 and will retire from the University of Florida as Professor Emeritus of…