Founding executive director of the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida, died on Saturday, March 24, 2012, at Shands at UF medical center.
Articles by John Pastor
Pioneering neuroscientist who founded UF’s McKnight Brain Institute passes away
Mar 26th, 2012 • Category: Faculty in the News‘Think tank’ on rare Parkinson-like disease Friday at MBI
Feb 16th, 2012 • Category: Event, MiscellaneousThe UF Center for Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration will host the first annual Symposium/ThinkTank on Parkinsonism and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Friday, Feb. 17.
Parkinson treatment shows positive results in clinical testing
Jan 17th, 2012 • Category: From the LabDeep Brain Stimulation is reaching the next stage in its evolution as a treatment for Parkinson’s.
Noted clinical scientist to lead UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville
Sep 27th, 2011 • Category: New Hires/AppointmentsDaniel R. Wilson, M.D., Ph.D., has been named vice president of the University of Florida Health Science Center-Jacksonville and dean of the UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville.
Sea smarts: Scientists studying mollusks discover there is more than one way to make a brain
Sep 16th, 2011 • Category: From the Lab, NeuroscienceWhitney Laboratory scientists have reconstructed the evolutionary history of the huge group of animals we know as mollusks, finding that they do their thinking for themselves.
Abundant food choices may overwhelm brain, reinforce overeating, UF researchers say
Jul 21st, 2011 • Category: MiscellaneousVariety is the spice of life, but too much variety of the menu may be making us fat.
UF scientists devise way to sort brain cells for potential transplants
Jul 12th, 2011 • Category: From the LabAs brain stem cell therapies come closer to the clinic, doctors will need a way to know that the brain cells they are providing really are what they think they are.
Parkinson’s advocate Rasheda Ali says care needs to be more patient-focused
May 24th, 2011 • Category: Awards, Event, Faculty Recognition, Neurology, Neuroscience, NeurosurgeryRasheda Ali, daughter of the world-renowned Muhammad Ali, visits UF’s Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration.
UF receives Gates Foundation grant to pursue global health research
Apr 29th, 2011 • Category: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty RecognitionGates Foundation recognizes chair of biochemistry and molecular biology’s research proposal with $100,000 grant.
Former Attorney General Reno helps open UF Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration
Apr 19th, 2011 • Category: Lead Story, Neurology, Neuroscience, NeurosurgeryFormer U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno was the first to receive a “patient-centric” tour of the University of Florida’s Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration.








