UF scientist’s Parkinson’s work selected for innovative drug development effort
JUPITER, Fla. — People with Parkinson’s need better treatment options, and they need them fast. A California nonprofit, SPARK NS, announced Tuesday that it has…
Stacey DeLoye, Director of Communications, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology
Stacey S. DeLoye serves as Director of Communications for the Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology in Jupiter, Florida. She joined the UF Health team in April of 2022, when the former Scripps Florida integrated into the University of Florida. Previously, she served as Scripps Florida's communications director. She ran her own communications company following a long tenure as health and science reporter for The Palm Beach Post, and before that, the Sun-Sentinel. She has also worked as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune and helped found an English-language newspaper in Moscow, Russia, called The Moscow Times. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
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New $7.7 million grant to propel search for drugs for rare brain disorder
JUPITER, Fla. — Children born with a damaged gene needed for healthy brain development, SYNGAP1, experience seizures, sensory processing disorders, difficulty…
High school interns gain valuable hands-on lab experience, thanks to foundation gifts
JUPITER, FL — Sixteen students from Palm Beach and Martin Counties have donned lab coats and safety glasses for the summer, as they immerse themselves in the…
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Yikes! Scientists discover factor that directs brain’s fear conditioning
JUPITER, Fla. — Our brains remember frightening situations to keep us safe in the future. Computer virus from a misspelled email sender? Delete! That bite from…
Fired up about neurons: New Wertheim UF Scripps scientist uncovers brain cell biology
JUPITER, Fla. — Science can lead to surprising places. Ezgi Hacisuleyman, Ph.D., had not intended to study the brain. Rather, she wanted to understand how…
New study shows a role for cholesterol in pain perception
When you stub your toe or bump your head, you know that rubbing the injury can lessen the ouch. But how? New research from the lab of Scott B. Hansen, Ph.D.,…
UF neuroscientist uses AI to map learning, decision-making, to discover how brains work
With trial and error, repetition and praise, when a puppy hears “Sit!” they learn what they’re expected to do. That’s reinforcement learning, and it’s a…
Inspired by Greek mythology, this potential drug shows promise for vanquishing Parkinson’s RNA in early studies
Like the Greek mythological beast with a snake’s tail and two ferocious heads, a potential Parkinson’s medicine created in the lab of chemist Matthew Disney,…
Scientists discover key to a potential natural cancer treatment’s potency
Slumbering among thousands of bacterial strains in a collection of natural specimens at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation &…
Scientists train AI to illuminate drugs’ impact on cellular targets
An ideal medicine for one person may prove ineffective or harmful for someone else, and predicting who could benefit from a given drug has been difficult. Now,…
NIH ‘High Risk-High Reward’ grants go to two UF Health researchers exploring strategies to fight cancer and other diseases
Two University of Florida Health researchers have received prestigious High Risk-High Reward grants from the National Institutes of Health’s Common Fund for…
Wertheim UF Scripps Institute Convenes External Advisory Board to Propel Research Excellence and Innovation
Eight highly respected biomedical research and education leaders have joined the inaugural External Advisory Board of The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute…
