Discovering Genome-wide Switch Mechanisms in Health vs. Disease
Bernadett Papp, PhD
Associate Professor
-University of Florida
(UF College of Dentistry, Department of Oral Biology / UF Health Cancer Institute )
Previous Positions / Education:
• Assistant Professor (UF)
• Research Assistant Professor (UF)
• Postdoc (Salk Institute/UCLA/USC)
• Ph.D, EMBL & University of Heidelberg, Germany (2006)
• MSc., University of Szeged, Hungary (2002)
Papp Lab Members
Aleena Rajeev
PhD candidate
joined lab in 2022 Aug
Alessandro Leo
PhD candidate
NIH/NIDCR F31 fellow
former T90 fellow
started PhD in 2023 Aug
Noah Oguete
Laboratory Research Tech
started in 2025
Welcoming applications from students
Interested?...
Email to Dr. Papp
[email protected]
Papp lab alumni
PhD students/Postdocs:
Marley Palmer Livesay (2021-2025) PhD student, NIH/NIDCR F31 fellow, NIH/NIDCR T90 fellow
Gabriela Peguero Kushner (2019-2024) PhD student, McKnight fellow
Natalie Atyeo (2019-2023), DMD/PhD student, NIH F30 fellow, NIH/NIDCR T90 fellow
Michelle Rodriguez, PhD (2019-20), postdoctoral associate
DMD students/undergrads/lab techs:
Xuan Nguyen (2024), summer research dental student
Christiana Tomacari (2024-2025) research tech
Richard Ong (2021-2022), summer research dental student
Reza Vaziri (2021-2022), research tech
Naeem Motlagh (2017-2022), UF Emerging Scholar Undergraduate, Research Track dental student
Min Y. Chae (2019 - 21) research tech
Carson Smith (2018-19), summer research dental student
Thomas Hong Nguyen (2018-19) research tech
Dominika Burbul (2018-20), UF University Scholar Undergraduate student
Katherine Glickman (2018-19) research tech
Blessing Elensi (2017-18), undergraduate student
Aria Sharma (2016-19), Research Track dental student
.. Papp alumni continued as:
PhD program (1), Postdoctoral fellow (3), Scientist (1), Medical school (1), Dental school (4), Private practice (1), Residency program (2) , Masters degree (1)..
Highlights from the lab:
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We had an amazing last year: We have celebrated 4 successful PhD defenses with our collaborators, the Toth lab. We celebrated Gaby from my lab, and Sookie, Kenzie, James fromToth lab.
Congratulations!...
All the best! Good luck with your next career chapters!
Congratulations to Natalie (Papp lab) and Lauren (Toth lab).. !
joint Papp lab / Toth lab - PhD defense celebrations in 2023
Well done! ... We will miss both of you, good luck in your careers!
Papp lab in 2023 Spring
attending the 2022 Departmental Retreat
Papp lab - in early 2021
Gainesville, Florida
Joint Papp lab / Toth lab dinner - in 2019
We often have dinners together with the Toth lab. We have many collaborative projects with them, our labs are adjacent to each other.
Photo taken at our annual research conference ('19 Spring Synergy)