Congratulations Dr. Xie on achieving your doctoral degree!
Congratulations Dr. Chao Xie on successfully defending your doctoral dissertation! He has been an invaluable part of the lab for the last five years. He contributed both scientifically and to the overall collaborative and supportive atmosphere of the lab. We are excited to have Dr. Xie for another year in the lab as a post-doctoral fellow!
July 22, 2021
Jordan successfully defended her Master's Thesis!
Congratulations Jordan on successfully defending your Master's thesis! She has been a vital member of the Martens Lab. She started as a Undergraduate volunteer during her freshman year at UF. She then proved her dedication as well as scientific ability and transitioned into a graduate student in the lab. For your six year here, we want to thank you and we wish you well Jordan!
March 5, 2020
Jay was awarded an NIH training grant!
Congratulations to Jay for being selected as a trainee in the Training Program in Chemosensory Science! As an NIH fellow he will be mentored by top chemical sense scientists, participate in a fully-funded internship, and more! Learn more about the training grant on the UF Center for Smell and Taste website.
August 16th, 2019.
Chao won Top Student Poster at a Conference!
Congrats Chao for being selected for having one of the Best Student Poster Presentations in FASEB Science Research Conference (The Biology of Cilia and Flagella)! Coincidentally, the award came with a book entitled "Cilia" which on the cover has an image of olfactory cilia provided by Dr. Martens!
August 8th, 2019.
Smell and Taste 2019 Conference
It was incredible attending Smell and Taste 2019, a conference through UF Center of Smell and Taste. We met so many wonderful people with smell and taste disorders who courageously shared their stories. Above is an image with Jill who traveled all the way from New Zealand! We are all so profoundly inspired and excited to get back to trying to work on a cure!
Learn more about the conference on UF CFST website.
May 18th, 2019.
Three research posters were presented in College of Medicine Research Day 2019
Three different research posters from Martens' lab were displayed at the annual University of Florida College of Medicine Research Poster Session. As usual, fantastic research and things are happening in Martens' lab at UF.
February 19th, 2019.
New paper accepted in the Journal of Cell Science.
Congratulations to Cedric on the acceptance of the paper entitled " BBS4 is required for IFT coordination and basal body number in mammalian olfactory cilia" in the Journal of Cell Science. Thanks (and congratulations) to lab colleague and co-author Dr. Martens,Corey L. Williams, Chao Xie, Dana T. Shively, Warren W. Green, Kirill Ukhanov, Lian Zhang and collaborator Dr. Val C. Sheffield for their contribution.
January 11th, 2019.