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The eighth graders heard from Wertheim UF Scripps postdoctoral researchers, graduate students and interns studying a variety of aspects of health and disease.

The 2025 Wertheim UF Scripps Kenan Fellows high school interns gather in the institute’s cafe. Fifteen talented high school students from Palm Beach and Martin counties are conducting research at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology this summer. The students‘ full-time internships are made…

Nearly 600 students applied for 10 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows internship slots this year, said Rosie Albarran Zeckler, Ph.D. Meet the 2025 college interns.

A gene called Syngap1 enables touch-based perception, while certain mutations can lead to mixed signals, a new study finds.

The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute thanked donors for their gifts to science and education during the institute’s recent Partners in Discovery awards ceremony.

Two public panel discussions in Jupiter, Florida, will explore new discoveries about the brain and brain health.

"Discovering new medicines is challenging work that requires the expertise of many. There are real synergies for our scientists and students as we build collaboration among departments," said Matthew Disney, Ph.D., chair of The Wertheim UF Scripps chemistry department.

The keys to having better political conversations are: empathy and respect.

A Parkinson's disease project from the lab of chemist Matthew D. Disney, Ph.D., has received a boost from a nonprofit focused on helping scientists translate their discoveries into treatments.

Children born with a damaged gene needed for healthy brain development, SYNGAP1, experience seizures, sensory processing disorders, difficulty speaking, intellectual disability, and autism-like behaviors. It’s a condition without any treatments, one that’s hard both on parents and children, said Gavin Rumbaugh, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at The Herbert Wertheim…