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Sara Kaplan

Thompson Earth Systems Institute- Scientist in Every Florida Classroom

Biologist Julia Bartel and PhD candidate Christian Maugee did a zoom presentation for Northeast High School in December 2024. This was parts of the Thompson Earth Systems Institute- Scientist in Every Florida Classroom. This program aims to educate kids K-12 on the different possibilities in careers in science they may…

Researchers identify genes that predict pediatric AML outcomes

UF Health researchers have used a promising approach by integrating CRISPR-cas9-based drug screening with patients’ clinical outcome to identify genes and pathways that predict how patients will respond to the standard firstline chemotherapy treatment regimen used to treat patients with acute myeloid leukemia, or AML. Read Article…

Zhoumeng Lin | UF PHHP Researcher Spotlight Series

Zhoumeng Lin’s, associate professor in the department of environmental and global health, lab develops advanced computational tools to study the effects of chemicals, nanoparticles, and drugs on human and animal health, aiming to improve health safety and risk assessment. Using techniques like artificial intelligence, machine learning, physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK)…

PhD candidate, Awarded Student Marine Mammal Research Award

PhD candidate, Liz Brammer-Robbins, was awarded a $4,500 Student Marine Mammal Research Award through the UF College of Vet Med’s Aquatic Animal Health Program. This funding will support her PhD dissertation research which focuses on the health impacts of red tide brevetoxins in Florida manatees.  Florida red tide is a…

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  Assessment of Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS) for Online Monitoring of Delivered Dose in an In Vitro Aerosol Exposure System, Journal of Aerosol science, IF 4.586). S. N. Shankar, K. Mital, E. Le, G. Lewis, A.E. Fernandez, T. Sabo-Attwood, and C.Y. Wu (2023). Wastewater-Based Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 under Dynamic…

PFAS Contamination in Great Lakes Urban Watershed

Recently Mallory Llewellyn a Graduate Assistant here, at the University of Florida collaborated with Jonh Bowden and Tracie Baker both working for the Center for Enviromental and Human Toxicology, and other scientist on her paper entitled “Identification and quantification of novel per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in a Great…

Student collaborating with faculty member earns Goldwater Scholarship

Working with Dr. Christopher Martyniuk, Cole English was one of five UF Students to have received the Goldwater Scholarship. This is the first time in history all 5 winners were from UF. It is a premier scholarship for those wishing to pursue research driven STEM careers. In Martyniuk’s lab, English…

Southeastern Society of Toxicology Meeting

Dr. Zhoumeng Lin, took his lab to the Southeastern Society of Toxicology (SESOT) meeting where him and serval of his students put on presentations. Dr Chi-Yun and Dr. Qiran came in second and third place of the Postdoc Platform Presentation Award. SESOT meets to promote communication between toxicologist in the…

What’s Below The Surface

Florida has more than 30,000 lakes, 700 springs, 12,00 miles of rivers and streams and 1,350miles of coastline. As a state the health of our water is very important. Enviromental Toxicologist venture into places like the Everglades to see how Enviromental contaminates are impacting the aquatic ecosystem. Contaminates in the…