College of Medicine
Makino Lab
Led by Ayako Makino · UF Scripps Biomedical Research
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What we study
The lab studies how the cells lining blood vessels malfunction in diabetes, pulmonary hypertension and menopause. It examines how endothelial cells and pericytes communicate and how calcium is handled inside them. The lab is at UF Scripps in Jupiter, Florida, not on the Gainesville campus.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Cells in a dish
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 2
Current projects
Endothelial dysfunction in disease
Diabetes, pulmonary hypertension and menopause.
Calcium handling
In endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria of endothelial cells.
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