Liberal Arts and Sciences
Maden Lab
Led by Malcolm Maden · Biology
What we study
The Maden Lab studies regeneration: how some animals regrow lost tissue without scarring. It works with the spiny mouse, a mammal that can rebuild skin, muscle and other tissues, to learn what could improve healing in people.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Mice
- No coding
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Sciatic Nerve Regeneration and Recovery in African Spiny Mouse (Acomys)
The lab studies how the African spiny mouse heals nerve injuries better than normal mice. Students perform nerve crush surgeries, examine cells with microscopes, and track how the mice recover their movement.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 49
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Adult Acomys DRG explants exhibit a radially organized neurite architecture distinct from Mus explants
2026 · UF Journal of Undergraduate Research
Compares nerve cell growth in spiny mice and lab mice, finding differences.
- Mammalian Osteoderm Ultrastructure in the Armored Acomys Spiny Mouse Tail (Small 40/2026)
2026 · Small
Shows how spiny mice's tail armor differs from other bone tissues.
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- Mammalian Osteoderm Ultrastructure in the Armored Acomys Spiny Mouse Tail
2026 · Small
Describes the structure and pattern of spiny mice's tail armor.
- A Population of Myofibroblasts Localizing to the Panniculus Carnosus Skeletal Muscle During Skin Regeneration in the Spiny Mouse, Acomys
2026 · Cells
Studies myofibroblasts in spiny mice and lab mice after skin damage.
- A note on the presence and sexual dimorphism of midventral glands in African spiny mice ( Acomys cahirinus )
2026 · The Anatomical Record
Finds African spiny mice have midventral glands like gerbils.
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