Christian Maugee: Friedreich’s ataxia awareness
Maugee, a Ph.D. candidate under Dr. Chris Vulpe took the stage at 2026 AAN alongside Bill Nye the Science Guy to spread Friedrich's ataxia awareness.
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Maugee Presents at 2025 Florida Genetics Symposium
His research focuses on how Friedreich’s ataxia impacts cardiomyocytes
Christian Maugee, PhD Candidate with Bill Nye on Friedreich ataxia
Christian Maugee, a Ph.D. candidate at the Center for Excellence in Health Technology (CEHT), was recently featured in a video alongside renowned scientist Bill Nye, popularly known as “The Science Guy.” Together, they explored the topic of Friedreich’s ataxia—a rare, progressive neurodegenerative disease that Christian both lives with and actively…
Physiological Sciences Researchers Land Metabolites Cover Story
UF Physiological Sciences Researchers Featured on Cover of Metabolites Dr. Jie Zhou, Kevin Kroll, Dr. Chris Vulpe and Dr. Nancy Denslow from the Department of Physiological Sciences at UF have been featured on the front cover of Metabolites for their recent publication, “Urinary Extracellular Vesicles-Based Lipid Biomarkers of Chronic Kidney…
Join me in congratulating Juliana Burt on completion of her MS degree
Juliana Burt has successfully defended her MS thesis.
Researcher receives Rita Allen Foundation Award in Pain
Dr. Mickle’s research is aimed at developing treatments for interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome.
Faculty member honored by UF for accomplishments
Dr. John Bowden received an Excellence Award for Assistant Professors from the UF Provost's office.
Existing antihistamine drugs show effectiveness against COVID-19 virus in cell testing
Three common antihistamine medications have been found in preliminary tests to inhibit infection of cells by the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, UF Health researchers report.
Toward safer touchscreens
In this new video, UF researchers, part of a transnational team studying risk associated with next-generation computer technology. describe exciting findings that may lead to safer touchscreens.
CRISPR Technology
Research with CRISPR technology at the UF College of Veterinary Medicine has opened the door to studying any organism imaginable.
