Dr. Gordon Mitchell and postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Alex Marciante recently attended the XVII Symposium on Sleep and Breathing in Auckland, New Zealand. Dr. Mitchell was invited as a plenary speaker and presented “In the Translational Flywheel: Therapeutic Acute Intermittent Hypoxia and Spinal Cord Injury“. Dr. Marciante also…
The BREATHE and NMPT T32 training programs, directed by Drs. Gordon Mitchell and David Fuller, decided to join forces for a lunch at the newly renovated Swamp Restaurant. Trainees got a chance to meet and catch up with peers, as well as discuss their future career…
Congratulations to BREATHE members, Drs. Gordon Mitchell & Emily Fox, for receiving a $3.6-million grant from DoD for their work using intermittent hypoxia to improve breathing in people with chronic spinal cord injuries.
BREATHE members were in full force at the Oxford Conference on the Control of Breathing from October 17-21, 2022. This year’s conference was held in beautiful Odawara, Japan and featured some of the world’s top respiratory scientists. Among the superstar lineup, BREATHE members from 4 different UF colleges presented their…
Congratulations to BREATHE members, Drs. Gordon Mitchell, David Fuller, Erica Dale, Leah Reznikov and Prodip Bose for their newly awarded MBI funds!…
Trainees, faculty, and staff from the NIH-funded BREATHE T32 Training Program met to enjoy a well-caffeinated breakfast and talk science for our fall progress report meeting. Everyone had an opportunity to showcase their current research and ask questions of program administrators. Congratulations to all of these young scientists who remain…
Cristina Besosa (left) & Dr. Gordon Mitchell (right) Check out the latest episode of the In Your Brain podcast, featuring BREATHE Director Dr. Gordon Mitchell. Created by graduate student, Cristina Besosa, this podcast takes neuroscience topics and presents them in a digestible way for listeners…
BREATHE members are doing a deep dive into the principles of respiratory neurobiology! Check out their chapters in the latest volume of Handbook of Clinical Neurology. Chapter 15 – The Phrenic Neuromuscular System (Drs. David Fuller, Sabhya Rana, Ashley…
Since its inception in April 2017, the BREATHE T32 Training Program has made great strides! This combined pre- and postdoctoral training program is focused on the respiratory neuromuscular system, emphasizing discovery of new knowledge and its translation to severe clinical disorders that compromise breathing capacity, stability and airway…
Thursday, July 28, at 9 am, the NMPT and BREATHE Training Programs will host a NeuroNines session featuring Doctoral candidate Nicole Stafford (mentor: Daniel Ferris) and BREATHE T32 Postdoctoral fellow Alex Marciante (mentor: Gordon Mitchell). Join us live in the Communicore Building (C1-007) or by registering via Zoom: https://bit.ly/3oyQKEJ.
