Research Snapshots

MBI’s Research Snapshots highlight recent discoveries made by MBI researchers.

Research Snapshots pair an impactful image from work in a researcher’s laboratory — often associated with a newly published manuscript — with a brief description of how the study has impacted the researcher’s field of study. Research Snapshots aim to make research discoveries more accessible for other scientists and the community as a whole.

If you are an MBI researcher and would like to have your research considered for this feature, please contact assistant director of communications Todd Taylor or science writer Michelle Koidin Jaffee.

Pain and Addiction Research Snapshot: Drs…

Study testing a combination therapy involving CBD in animal models shows promise in the hunt for treatment strategies to lower the dose of opioids…

Image from pain and addiction study

Parkinson’s Research Snapshot: Ricardo…

Using AI, UF scientists demonstrated a potential new way to improve medication management in PD and other movement disorders. 

Four-panel figure comparing prediction interval methods. Panels A and B plot coverage against interval length at different cutoff levels, contrasting the standard and two-stage conformal approach. Panels C and D compare Naïve, CV+, and J+aB methods, showing higher coverage and shorter intervals for the two-stage method, with error bars indicating uncertainty.

Parkinson’s Research Snapshot: Leah Phan and…

Study shows dopamine neurons malfunction well before Parkinson’s symptoms appear.

scientific diagram of data