A new study, led by Dr. David Fuller, shows restoration of cardio-respiratory function following neonatal AAV9 gene therapy in a rat model of Pompe disease. Since central nervous system disease substrates are missed using enzyme replacement therapy, this approach mitigates critical disease causing neuropathology. Check out the full publication…
BREATHE Steering Committee member, Dr. Karen Hegland, has been promoted to Professor by the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions. Congratulations, Dr. Hegland!…
Continuing UF College of Medicine’s revolutionary work developing the adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector, Dr. Barry Byrne, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Chair of Pediatrics and Director of the Powell Gene Therapy Center, will serve as President of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) during the society’s 30th anniversary year …
 University of Florida biomedical engineering Professor Christine Schmidt has spent nearly three decades developing ways to heal damaged nerves so that people like Shirley Pincus could live pain-free lives. Pincus, who suffered from polio as a child, developed benign masses called neuromas on nerves in her left leg as an…
The BREATHE Training Program is currently recruiting 2 graduate fellows for our NHLBI-funded training program. Applications due by June 13 for August 2025 appointments.
In a new paper, McKnight Brain Institute researchers show capability of a next-generation method to peer into tiny molecules in the brain made by metabolism, the chemical processes that break down food, drugs or chemicals. To do so, the interdisciplinary team of biochemists, neuroscientists and biostatisticians combined state-of-the-art imaging with…
BREATHE members and trainees were in full force at the American Physiological Society Summit in Baltimore, MA. Beyond presenting 24 posters, 14 oral presentations, and organizing multiple game-changer sessions, BREATHE helped sponsor the Control of Breathing Mixer: Hot Topics in Respiratory Control and organized the Marilyn Menker Trainee Highlights Breakfast,…
In honor of exceptional contributions to the field of respiratory science, David Fuller, Ph.D., associate dean for research and a professor of physical therapy at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, has been awarded the Julius H. Comroe Jr. Distinguished Lectureship by the Respiration Section of the American…
Applications are now open for 4 new MBI Gator NeuroScholars, an enhanced postdoc fellowship at the University of Florida with up to $70K stipend, up to $10K in research support, annual travel funds, mentorship opportunities and more. Learn more and apply by June 13: http://bit.ly/GNS-Info.
Dr. Sabhya Rana, a Research Assistant Scientist at the BREATHE Center, has accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Neuroscience and the Belford Center for Spinal Cord Injury at The Ohio State University. Her independent research program will officially launch on August 1st, 2025,…
