McKnight Brain Institute

Learn about incoming Gator NeuroScholar and BREATHE member, Mehdi Ahmadian. He will be working with Dr. Gordon Mitchell in the Department of Physical Therapy.

Learn about incoming Gator NeuroScholar and BREATHE member, Dr. Pedro Trevizan-Bau. He will be working with Dr. Leah Reznikov in the Department of Physiological Sciences.

This summer, the McKnight Brain Institute is launching a new postdoctoral fellowship program, Gator NeuroScholars, directed by Dr. Gordon Mitchell. BREATHE is excited to be welcoming two new postdocs, Drs. Mehdi Ahmadian & Pedro Trevizan-Bau.

BREATHE Center Director, Dr. Gordon Mitchell, has been named deputy director of the McKnight Brain Institute. Mitchell joins a leadership team of MBI Director Dr. Jennifer Bizon; fellow Deputy Directors Drs. Steven DeKosky, and Jada Lewis; and Chief Operating Officer Dr. Kevin McNaught, in guiding the MBI’s 230-member neuroscience…

Join us on Tuesday, January 24th from 5-7pm atthe Sidecar at V Pizza (115 SE 1st St, 32601)! This special session will feature Gator NeuroScholars candidate, Dr. Pedro Trevizan-Bau from the University of Melbourne. He will present: “Neuroanatomy and neuropathophysiology of volitional control of breathing.” Come socialize with us and…

Calling all UF postdocs in the neurosciences! The UF McKnight Brain Institute (MBI) and the BREATHE Center are sponsoring a new initiative to provide professional development and growth opportunities for the MBI postdoc community.

Undergraduate students conduct neuroscience research in the lab, learn from mentors and build toward future careers.

The UF BREATHE Center was pleased to co-sponsor the Annual Graduate Research Symposium. The Society for Advancing Native Americans and Chicanos in Research (SACNAS) and the UF Black Graduate Student Organization (BGSO) worked together to host this event, which was an opportunity for…

As part of the Department of Neuroscience and McKnight Brain Institute Joint Seminar Series, Dr. Gordon Mitchell presented “Intermittent hypoxia and spinal cord plasticity: breathing and walking after spinal cord injury.”…

In celebration of Diversity Week and Graduate Student Appreciation Week, the UF BREATHE Center was pleased to co-sponsor Graduate Student Diversity Research Day. The Organization for Graduate Student Advancement and Professional Development (OGAP) and the UF Black Graduate Student Organization…