Hosted by the Department of Physical Therapy in collaboration with the BREATHE and Neuromuscular Plasticity NIH-funded T32 Training Programs, the 17th annual Neuromuscular Plasticity Training Symposium returned on March 17-18 as an in-person event for the first time in two years. The symposium gives predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees the chance…
Gordon Mitchell, Ph.D., served as an editor for a special issue of the journal Experimental Neurology. The issue is focused on intermittent hypoxia, a potential treatment for spinal cord injury and multiple neurological disorders, and includes several articles authored or co-authored by UF faculty members and trainees from…
Drs. David Fuller and Barbara Smith, BREATHE Steering Committee members, were recently featured on the Journal of Neurophysiology Podcast. They met with Editor-in-Chief Dr. Nino Ramirez to discuss their most recent publication, “Case Studies in Neuroscience:…
Sabhya Rana, Ph.D., a postdoctoral associate in the department of physical therapy, is the latest investigator to be featured in MBI Rising Stars, a video series highlighting up-and-coming neuroscience researchers at the University of Florida.
Sabhya Rana, PhD, was awarded a $150k 2-year Spinal Cord Injury Research on the Translational Spectrum (SCIRTS) Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation. Under the mentorship of Dr. David Fuller, Dr. Rana will investigate the use of ampakines, molecules…
Thursday, July 22, at 9 am, the NMPT and BREATHE Training Programs will host a NeuroNines session featuring doctoral candidate Michele Singer (mentor: David Fuller) and doctoral student Nicole Stafford (mentor: Daniel Ferris). Register via Zoom.
Thursday, June 3, at 9 am the NMPT and BREATHE Training Programs will host a NeuroNines session featuring Dr. Sabhya Rana (mentor David Fuller) & PhD candidate Mia Kelly (mentor: Gordon Mitchell). Register via Zoom.
Thursday, May 13, at 9 am the NMPT and BREATHE Training Programs will host Neuromuscular Plasticity Nines featuring Rehabilitation Science PhD student Ethan Benevides (mentor: David Fuller) and Dr. Joseph Welch (mentors: Gordon Mitchell & Emily Fox). Register via Zoom.
Experimental Biology (EB) is the annual meeting of five societies that explores the latest research in anatomy, biochemistry and molecular biology, investigative pathology, pharmacology, and physiology. This international meeting is the highlight of the year for many BREATHE researchers and, despite being virtual this year, EB2021 was no exception. During…
Join BREATHE member, Dr. David Fuller, and friend of the center, Dr. Melissa Bates, on April 22nd from 11am-1pm ET at an upcoming techniques workshop program entitled: “Current approaches for measuring respiratory activity in animals: recognizing and avoiding common pitfalls.” This workshop will be held outside the EB 2021 virtual meeting platform and will be…
