Researchers Create Engineered Human Tissue to Study Mosquito Bites, Disease Scientists hope to use this new platform to study how pathogens that mosquitoes carry impact and infect human cells and tissues.
Partnering Worldwide for Medical Discovery UCF is one of two American colleges participating in a European scientific exchange designed to bridge the gap between academic research and the development of tomorrow’s medical therapies.
UCF Researchers Are Contributing to World Oceans Day At UCF, researchers are studying a wide range of ways to improve ocean health, from patented soil that can remove up to 90% of pollutants from water to saving sea turtles riddled with disease.
Latina Alumna, Postdoctoral Researcher Inspiring Underrepresented Youth to Excel in Tech World Through her work with the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory, Olivia Newton 13 ’17MS ’22PhD is making an impact in tech research and serving as an example for other Hispanic women in STEM.
UCF College of Medicine Joins Partnership to Study Health Impacts of Space Travel Funded by the NASA Human Research Program the project will examine motion sickness, sleep disturbance, changes to cognitive function, eye and brain health, and more.
Research in 60 Seconds: Making Molecules Sing to Better Understand Them 21st Century Scholar Chair Professor of Optics, Photonics and Physics Konstantin Vodopyanov’s research examines molecules to develop advancements that impact healthcare to space exploration.
UCF Scientist Uncovers Roots of Antibiotic Resistance By understanding how mutations occur, researchers can better understand and develop therapeutics to combat resistant infections.
UCF Ranks as a Top 25 U.S. Public University for Patents Granted The rankings place UCF ahead of leading public and private institutions such as Yale University, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Florida State University.
UCF Ph.D. Identified RNA Secret to Healthy Aging UCF alumna and postdoctoral fellow Sarah Noureddine ’19 ’21MS ’22Ph is working with a College of Medicine mentor to study cells that play a role in age-related conditions, like cardiovascular, neurological disease and Type 2 diabetes.
UCF Leads Development of First Large-scale System for Extended Reality Research The nearly $5 million project will facilitate human subjects research to improve extended reality technologies for the general population and make them more inclusive to groups such as older adults or people with disabilities.