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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…

Joseph Black Published Review in Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology

Joseph Black, a MD-PhD graduate student in Dr. Yehia Daaka’s laboratory, recently published a review titled “Feedback regulation of G protein-coupled receptor signaling by GRKs and arrestins” in Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology.   To read the full review in Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology click…

Dr. Daiqing Liao Awarded FL DOH Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program Bridge Grant

Daiqing Liao, PhD, an Associate Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, received a $100,000 bridge grant award from the Florida Department of Health Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program for his grant titled “Target HDAC2 for Treating ER-Positive and Drug-Resistant Breast Cancer.” Congratulations Dr. Liao!…

Dr. Daiqing Liao Awarded FL DOH James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program Grant

Daiqing Liao, PhD, an Associate Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, received a $795,236 award from the Florida Department of Health James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program for his grant titled “Pharmacologic inhibition of acetyltransferase CBP/p300 as a new therapeutic approach for breast cancer.” Congratulations…

Dr. Yi Qiu article published in Cell Reports

Yi Qiu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, recently co-authored an article published in the newest issue of Cell Reports titled “HoxBlinc RNA Recruits Set1/MLL Complexes to Activate Hox Gene Expression Patterns and Mesoderm Lineage Development”. Dr. Qiu stated, “In collaboration with Dr. Suming Huang from the…