ChemBio

Prof. Sandra Loesgen won a grant from the Casey DeSantis Florida Cancer Innovation Fund. Her team will work on the preclinical development of mensacarcin for melanoma and pediatric brain cancers. Click to read the Whitney Lab News article.

Through the generous support of Dr. Nicholas Conti and Amy Fox Conti, this award supports bringing innovative research from the lab to the market. Read more here.

Manipulation of the Symbiodiniaceae microbiome confers multigenerational impacts on symbioses and reproductive ecology of its Exaiptasia diaphana host.

“This esteemed recognition is award to exceptional early-career scholars to support their innovative research and foster their development as academic leaders and mentors.” Click to read CLAS News article

NSF CAREER Awards are “given to promising early-career faculty to jumpstart their research and to help establish themselves as leaders and mentors in their fields.” Click to read the CLAS News article.

UF researchers have engineered a dual-action vaccine adjuvant that “wakes up” the immune system and helps it target threats more effectively. The result is a “multiplicative” immune effect with potential to boost vaccines for viral, bacterial, and fungal diseases, as well as cancer therapies.

Published in JACS, a new diterpene and a new family of isomerases were reported from bacteria. Click to read the CLAS News article.

Lipids have a significant impact on the activation of the A2A adenosine receptor, a GPCR that acts as an important target in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and several cancers. Click to read the CLAS News article.

The state-of-the-art Chemistry and Chemical Biology building has a new name, recognizing a significant gift from Dr. Steve Scott and his wife Rebecca.