Message from the director, Dr. Todd Golde

Dear Colleagues:

It's been full speed ahead in 2019, and as you'll see in this newsletter, our researchers have been hard at work.

I'd like to thank everyone who has completed the online submission process to become an MBI member. We've now launched our public-facing, searchable MBI Faculty Membership Directory. Membership is open to all UF faculty, fellows, residents, students and research staff. Click here to learn more.

While NIH funding is crucial, the impact of philanthropic gifts can't be overstated, and over the past few months we've seen incredible acts of generosity from the Lauren and Lee Fixel Family Foundation and The Harris Rosen Foundation. Twenty years ago, it was a gift from the McKnight Brain Research Foundation that propelled the MBI to new heights and these types of gifts are far reaching and benefit our entire neuroscience research enterprise at UF Health. We are in this together, and I can't wait to see the impact these gifts will have on our university.

While this year continues to move at a rapid pace, I invite you to read my reflection on 2018 and the MBI's 20th anniversary: bit.ly/MBI_2018.

Thank you for reading The Brainstorm, and for all your contributions to the MBI and neuroscience research at UF!

April 11: McKnight Inter-institutional Meeting keynote speaker

 Dr. Tony Wyss-Coray from Stanford University is the keynote speaker for the 11th Inter-institutional Meeting of the four McKnight Brain Institutes (University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Arizona, University of Florida and University of Miami), presented by the McKnight Brain Research Foundation. The lecture will focus on the systemic regulation of brain aging and neurodegeneration. 

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Renowned neuroscientists to join 
UF Health, propel discovery of treatments for neurological diseases

Three neuroscientists from top U.S. research institutions will join the Fixel Institute and collaborate with teams of neuroscientists at the MBI.

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UF Health-led ReMission Summit draws top experts, focuses on new brain tumor treatments

More than 100 brain tumor experts united at the inaugural ReMission Summit in Orlando with a mission to rewrite the story of brain cancer through collaboration and innovation.

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NIAAA director delivers 2019 Luttge Lectureship

NIAAA Director Dr. George Koob discussed alcohol use disorders and the pursuit of new treatments during the 7th Annual Luttge Lectureship in Neuroscience, established and sponsored by the McKnight Brain Research Foundation.

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MBI hosts SfN Chapter Conference

The MBI and UF departments of neuroscience and psychiatry co-sponsored the ninth annual North Central Florida Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Conference.

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Facial pain conference draws experts, advocates to UF meeting

Patient advocates and top national experts in trigeminal neuralgia, a chronic pain disorder that causes intense pain to the face, met at UF on March 7 and 8.

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New model to study Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s may help pinpoint disease mechanisms

A team led by Dr. Cara Croft has demonstrated a novel method to model Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease pathologies and seek potential therapeutic targets. 

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UF Health Florida Recovery Center expands 

Experts at the FRC collaborate with MBI researchers to develop the best multidisciplinary treatments for those battling substance use disorders.

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Sports-related concussion position statement updated

Dr. Jay Clugston co-authored an updated position statement by the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine on concussion in sport, underscoring the need for accurate diagnosis, active management and further research.

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