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Dr. Chris McCurdy explains how science is attempting to answer safety questions around kratom in this Conversation story.

McCurdy began researching kratom in 2005 and the study represents the first time his team’s kratom research has appeared on a journal cover.

Kelton Schleyer, a medicinal chemistry graduate student in Dr. Lina Cui’s lab, is one of five health college students to receive a 2020 UF Health Cancer Center, or UFHCC, award. The $10,000 award recognizes and supports outstanding predoctoral candidates conducting innovative cancer research. Kelton Schleyer Schleyer’s research develops molecular probes…

Bodor has earned international recognition as a leader in drug discovery, design and delivery and serves as a graduate research professor emeritus in the UF College of Pharmacy.

UF researchers found kratom delivered significant pain-relieving benefits, reduced opioid withdrawal symptoms and caused minimal respiratory depression.

This paper was highlighted by Cancer Discovery, one of the top journals in cancer research.

The Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program at the University of Florida was established in spring 2020.

As large blooms of toxic blue-green algae have become an annual phenomenon in Florida’s freshwater lakes and rivers, as well as other places worldwide, UF researchers have identified a new method to control its growth.

As a board member, McCurdy will be expected to support the journal as a reviewer, contribute in editorial decisions pertaining to his area of expertise and publish his scientific findings in the journal.

Smithsonian research into cyanobacteria’s powerful chemical compounds yields benefits for humans as well as reef habitats.