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MCB Graduate Students Allyson Shea and Iqbal Mahmud Receive 2017 Medical Guild Awards

Congratulations to MCB graduate students Allyson Shea and Iqbal Mahmud on receiving 2017 Medical Guild awards! Medical Guild Competition Bronze Award Winner Allyson Shea Mentor: Yehia Daaka, Ph.D. “It Takes Two: The Host-Pathogen Relationship In Urinary Tract Infection” Medical Guild Advancement to Candidacy Award Iqbal Mahmud Mentor:…

Allyson Shea Wins the GSC Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year Award

Allyson Shea, a Biomedical Sciences PhD candidate in the lab of Yehia Daaka, PhD and member of the Molecular Cell Biology Advanced Concentration won the GSC Award for Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year for the 2016-2017 Academic Year. Allyson will be presented with the award next Wednesday, April 12…

Dr. Shuang Huang Breast Cancer Article Featured in UF Health News

Congratulations to Shuang Huang, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, for recently being featured in a UF Health News article titled “Drug trio shows effectiveness against deadly type of breast cancer in mouse model“. Click Here to read the full article in UF Health News…

Dr. Maria Zajac-Kaye paper published in Human Gene Therapy Methods

Maria Zajac-Kaye, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, recently published a paper in Human Gene Therapy Methods titled “Efficient Gene Delivery and Expression in Pancreas and Pancreatic Tumors by Capsid-Optimized AAV8 Vectors.” Congratulations Dr. Zajac-Kaye!…

Dr. Eric Vitriol paper published in Journal of Cell Science

Eric Vitriol, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, recently published a paper in the Journal of Cell Science titled “Simultaneous quantification of actin monomer and filament dynamics with modeling-assisted analysis of photoactivation”. To read the full Journal of Cell Science article click here…

Dr. Rene Opavsky joins Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

Rene Opavsky, Ph.D., joined the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology as an Associate Professor and Cancer Preeminent faculty on November 1, 2016. Dr. Opavsky received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the Slovak Academy of Sciences and comes to the University of Florida from the University of Nebraska.

Jude Masannat Wins the 2016 Alec Courtelis Award

Jude Masannat, a Graduate Assistant and Ph.D. student in Dr. Yehia Daaka’s Lab, is a recipient of the 2016 Alec Courtelis Award. This Alec Courtelis Award is given annually to three outstanding international graduate students at UF. Jude serves as president of the UF Organization for Graduate Student Advancement and…

Dr. Shuang Huang Awarded FL Breast Cancer Foundation Award

Shuang Huang, Ph.D., a Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, received a $200,000 award from the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation for his grant titled “Deterring Breast Cancer Metastasis by Restoring miRNA Processing.” Congratulations Dr. Huang!…

Iqbal Mahmud Awarded ASMS Conference Student Travel Stipend

Iqbal Mahmud, a graduate student in Dr. Daiqing Liao’s laboratory, received a $300 student travel award from the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) to attend the 64th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics on June 5-9, 2016 in San Antonio, Texas. Congratulations Iqbal!   For more…