College of Medicine
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Work alongside a distinguished group of researchers in Gene Expression, RNA Processing, DNA replication, Genomics, Gene Therapy, Molecular Basis of Disease, and the Mechanisms of Viral and Bacterial Pathogenesis.rnrnMGM plays a central role in several interdisciplinary research programs in the HSC. Affiliated centers include the UF Genetics Institute, the Powell Gene Therapy Center, the Center for Epigenetics, and the University of Florida Brain Institute.

molecular Genetics & Microbiology In the News
UF Health researchers’ gene therapy for eye disorder shows promise in early testing
For a video about how AAV gene therapy works, visit https://bit.ly/3J838qz. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For people with retinitis pigmentosa, the world they see often starts changing in childhood or as young…

UF-Tulane collaboration discovers new ways to study cancer-causing herpesviruses
Two heads are better than one, the saying goes, but in this case a collaboration of three investigators, each specializing in a different herpesvirus, proved to be far more than…

UF researchers discover new way to inhibit virus that causes COVID-19
When the virus that causes COVID-19 enters the body, it hijacks cellular proteins and suppresses the human inflammatory response, allowing the virus to spread. University of Florida researchers have discovered…

UF Health researchers’ new findings have implications for muscle development, disease
To allow movement and function, our muscles use tiny “contraction machines” inside of cells. Each on its own is too weak to move even a fingernail, but muscles can move…

MGM Events of Interest
Upcoming Event

MGM Conference Room Calendar
Conference Room Events
Upcoming Events
-
Mar 28
-
Tibbetts Lab
8:00am to 9:30am
-
GMS 6140
9:30am to 11:30am
-
Human Genetics GMS 6012
2:00pm to 3:15pm
-
-
Mar 29
-
Adv Virology III
9:30am to 10:30am
-
GMS 6140
10:30am to 11:30am
-
HOld – Ana Porras Seminar
1:00pm to 2:00pm
-
Genetics JC
4:00pm to 5:00pm
-
-
Mar 30
-
Toth/Papp Lab
9:00am to 11:00am
-
Immunology JC
12:00pm to 1:00pm
-
Human Genetics GMS 6012
2:00pm to 3:15pm
-
-
Mar 31
-
Adv Virology III
9:30am to 10:30am
-
GMS 6140
10:30am to 11:30am
-
Viroholics
12:00pm to 1:00pm
-
-
Apr 03
-
Adv Virology III
9:30am to 10:30am
-
GMS 6140
10:30am to 11:30am
-
Virology Journal Club
12:00pm to 1:00pm
-
Bloom Lab
3:00pm to 5:00pm
-
Academic Research Building
Classes and Labs
See upcoming classes, labs and events taking place in the Academic Research Building Conference Room.
