We are excited to share that Stephan Quintin and the Giasson Lab have published a new article in Brain Communications, titled “Uncovering α-synuclein and tau burden in Alzheimer’s and Lewy body diseases.” This important study sheds new light on the overlapping pathology between these neurodegenerative disorders. Read the full article here:https://academic.oup.com/braincomms/article/7/5/fcaf324/8246119?login=true Congratulations to Stephan and…| Department of Neuroscience » College of Medicine » University of ...
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Kimberly Alonge, who joined the department as an Associate Professor on September 1, 2025. Before joining us, Dr. Alonge served as an Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition at the University of Washington, where she was also the Program Director for…| Department of Neuroscience » College of Medicine » University of ...
We are hiring an assistant or associate professor to lead an innovative research program that complements existing departmental focus areas of research such as neurodegeneration, traumatic brain injury, neurovascular diseases, and cognitive and psychiatric vulnerabilities across the lifespan. https://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/536894/assistant-or-associate-professor-neuroscience| neuroscience.ufl.edu
Neuroscience PhD Candidate Ricardo Diaz-Rincon recently presented the paper, “Uncertainty-Aware Prediction of Parkinson’s Disease Medication Needs: A Two-Stage Conformal Prediction Approach,” at the Machine Learning for Health Care 2025 (MLHC) Conference earlier in August. The work has been published in the Proceedings of the 10th Machine Learning for Healthcare Conference, one of the most prestigious…| Department of Neuroscience » College of Medicine » University of ...
We are pleased to share that Neuroscience PhD Candidate, Ricardo Diaz-Rincon has been awarded three travel grants totaling $1,200 to support his attendance at the International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders 2025. The awards include: At the congress, Ricardo will present his most recent research paper, “Uncertainty-Aware Prediction of Parkinson’s Disease Medication Needs:…| Department of Neuroscience » College of Medicine » University of ...
We are pleased to share that Dr. Habibeh Khoshbouei and Dr. Benoit Giasson have recently published their latest research in Nature The article, titled “Emergence of dopamine- and norepinephrine-driven phenotypes by chronic alpha-synuclein pathology in locus coeruleus neurons,” explores how chronic alpha-synuclein pathology affects the brain’s catecholaminergic systems and provides new insights into the mechanisms…| Department of Neuroscience
We are proud to announce that Adithya Gopinath, Ph.D. has received a Notice of Award for a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institutes of Health. This highly competitive award is designed to support promising postdoctoral researchers in their transition to independent faculty positions. The K99/R00 provides up to five years of grant…| Department of Neuroscience » College of Medicine » University of ...
The UF College of Medicine proudly announces that Dr. Matthew Sarkisian, Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience, has been selected as one of two distinguished recipients of the 2025 Research Equipment Seed Fund (RESF) award, a highly competitive program supporting innovative acquisition or development of high-impact research tools. This year, 12 awards were granted…| Department of Neuroscience » College of Medicine » University of ...
We are delighted to share that Dr. Karina Alviña and Sabrina Campos have been selected to receive the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN) Student Travel Award for the 2025 Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Annual Meeting, which will take place in San Diego, CA, from November 15–19, 2025. Their proposals were selected after careful consideration, based…| Department of Neuroscience » College of Medicine » University of ...
Dr. Jennifer Bizon is a Professor in the Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry at the University of Florida, College of Medicine. She received her Bachelor of Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1993) and her Ph.D. in Neurobiology and Behavior from University of California, Irvine (1998). She received postdoctoral training at Johns Hopkins University (1998-2003) and then established her own laboratory at Texas A&M University prior to joining the University of Fl...| Department of Neuroscience
