Celebrating Award Recognition at IRCND25 We are thrilled to announce that two of our researchers, Hannah Golliher and Tala Ortiz, were recognized for their outstanding presentations at The 5th International Research Conference on Neurodegenerative Diseases (IRCND25). 🏆 Hannah Golliher was honored for her poster titled: “Repeat Instability and Splicing Abnormalities…
We are thrilled to celebrate a significant milestone in the academic journey of our PhD students at the College of Medicine, Center for NeuroGenetics —the Advancement to Candidacy Coating Ceremony. Receiving the white coat at this stage is a powerful symbol of our students’ transition from learners to independent scholars.
Laura Ranum, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, has been named a University of Florida distinguished professor, UF’s highest faculty honor. She will deliver a distinguished professor lecture March 31 at 2 p.m. in the McKnight Brain Institute’s DeWeese Auditorium. Distinguished professors at UF are named based…
A team led by Center for NeuroGenetics investigator’s Lien Nguyen, Ph.D., and Laura Ranum, Ph.D., have discovered a novel genetic mutation and associated buildup of toxic proteins in the brain — a type of buildup distinct from amyloid or tau, proteins that have long been the focus of…
Avery Englebrecht was awarded a Doctoral Research Fellowship in DM from the Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation.
Eduardo (Eddy) Rijos' training program is designed to increase participation of underrepresented individuals and enhance the diversity of the research workforce.
Research led by Drs. Laura Ranum and Tao Zu is encouraging for future treatments for a type of ALS and several other neurological diseases.
