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Congratulations, Dr. Ramadan! Dr. Ahmed Ramadan's work to develop therapies that reduce Hsp90 co-chaperones has been funded by the Alzheimer's Association. This grant will provide $200,000 of support for Ahmed's work over the next three years.

Dr. Blair talks about her research at the annual Cell Stress Society International meeting in Old Town Alexandria, VA On Halloween, Dr. Laura Blair kicked off her presentation at the at the 12th International Symposium on Heat Shock Proteins in Biology, Medicine and the Environment with adorable...

Dr. Fihurka joins Blair Lab. Dr. Oksana Fihurka joins the Blair lab as a Senior Research Scientists. She has a MS in biotechnology and a PhD in Organic Chemistry. Dr. Fihurka completed her postdoctoral training under Dr. Sanchez Ramos at the University of South Florida. She has broad expertise in...

Dr. Ramadan joins the Blair Lab. Dr. Ahmed Ramadan joins the Blair lab as a Postdoctoral Scholar. In 2022, he earned his PhD in Medical Sciences under Dr. Robert Deschenes at the University of South Florida, after completing two master's degrees in medical sciences and microbiology, respectively...

Dr. Andrea Contreras Marciales presents at SfN 2024 in Chicago, IL. While our trip to SfN this year was cut short by Hurricane Milton, Dr. Andrea Contreras Marciales, a postdoctoral scholar in the Blair Lab, presented a poster on her ongoing project that investigates the impact of FKBP51 inhibition...

Dr. Blair was invited to give a Plenary talk on her research and participate in a Panel Discussion for the 2025 Killion Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics Retreat, which was hosted in Birmingham, AL. Killion Center Retreat - Killion Center for Neurodegeneration and...

Abigail Esquivel awarded the 2024 Chih Foundation Research & Publication Award The Chih Foundation recognizes groundbreaking research with transformative potential to greatly benefit society. The award seeks to support exceptional third- or fourth-year Science, Engineering or Medicine PhD, PharmD...

Congratulations, Dr. Esquivel! Abigail Esquivel successfully defended her PhD dissertation on the effects of DnaJB6b on tau accumulation. Her dissertation research focused on screening across molecular chaperone families to identify the most potent regulators of tau seeding, which identified DnaJB6b...

Dr. Laura Blair was among 27 USF Faculty members to be recognized with an Outstanding Research Achievement Award this year. She received this award for distinguished contributions to the field of neuroscience, particularly for elucidating the role of discrete molecular chaperones in the brain in the...