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Dr. Alom Received the 2022 Urology Care Foundation Research Scholar Award

Dr. Firoj Alom, a postdoctoral associate in the UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s department of physiological sciences, has received a 2022 Urology Care Foundation Research Scholar Award, which will support his research for two years. He received the award for a study on the development of an optogenetic-based strategy…

Dr. Mariana Sponchiado’s first author study published in Cell and Tissue Research

Dr. Mariana Sponchiado’s first author study published in Cell and Tissue Research details the discovery of a chemosensory-like cell in the porcine uterus. Chemosensory cells act as sentinels for surveying the external environment in epithelial-lined organs. Dr. Sponchiado’s work suggests that the uterus is equipped with these chemosensory cells and…

Trisha Patel led work to design and validate a timed pressure distension device

Trishna Patel March 2021: Three undergraduates, Trishna Patel, Jame Hendren, and Nathan Lee, from the lab of Aaron Mickle, published a manuscript in HardwareX describing a lab-built and designed a timed pressure distension device. Jamie Hendren (CE) and Nathan Lee (CS) developed and tested the software. Trishan (BME)…

Emily Collins, an undergraduate in Animal Sciences, was the co-first author on work describing the impact of repeated cholinergic stimulation on airway physiology

June 2020. Emily Collins, an undergraduate in Animal Sciences,  was the co-first author on work describing the impact of repeated cholinergic stimulation on airway physiology. Other contributing undergraduates include Maria Valentina Guevara, Laura Bravo, and Veronica Schurmann. Liao YSJ#, Collins EN#, Guevara MV, Schurmann V, Atanasova KR, Bravo L,…

Maria Valentina Guevara, an undergraduate in Chemical Engineering, was co-first author on work describing the impact of repeated aid exposure on mucus transport in the airway

March 2020. Maria Valentina Guevara, an undergraduate in Chemical Engineering, was co-first author on work describing the impact of repeated aid exposure on mucus transport in the airway. Other contributing undergraduates include Emily Collins, Kevin Vogt, Laura Bravo, and Veronica Schurmann. Liao YSJ#, Kuan SP#,…

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.

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