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Matthew Splett

ReTOOL event showcases student research

For nine future scientists, the culmination of three months of training and research in biomedical sciences was on display at the Research Training Opportunities for Outstanding Leaders, or ReTOOL, Research Showcase on July 31. The day-long event featured nine minority undergraduate students from three Florida universities presenting their…

Dr. Ding secures Department of Defense grant to study hormones and obesity

Yousong Ding, Ph.D., an assistant professor of medicinal chemistry, has received a Department of Defense Discovery Award to study a hormone that has shown promise in fighting obesity. The $151,000 grant will support a new study that aims to engineer the hormone to better capture its anti-obesity benefits. Experiments…

St. Petersburg students take home honors at Kappa Epsilon convention

The Alpha Omega chapter at the College of Pharmacy’s St. Petersburg campus received an honorable mention award for its Pharm-CORP National Project at the Kappa Epsilon National Convention. Pharm-CORP, or Pharmacy Career Opportunity Recruitment Project, was designed to educate high school students about pharmacy school and the pharmacy profession.

Exploring new depths in drug discovery

A mutual research interest brings together College of Pharmacy alumna and supporter Debbie DeSantis and Dr. Hendrik Luesch in search of cyanobacteria in the Florida Keys