Brian Harfe
Associate Dean
Areas of Responsibility
Brief Biography
Dr. Brian Harfe earned a BS (honours) degree from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, followed by a Ph.D. investigating muscle development in the nematode C. elegans in the laboratory of Dr. Andrew Fire (2006 Nobel Prize winner for his discovery of RNAi) at Johns Hopkins University. After completing his Ph.D. he moved to Emory University for a postdoctoral position working on DNA damage repair pathways in yeast. In 2000, he began a second postdoctoral position at Harvard Medical School working on the molecular pathways responsible for limb formation, using the mouse and chick model systems. In 2003, Dr. Harfe became an Assistant Professor in the Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Department at the University of Florida College of Medicine and was promoted to Associate Professor and Director of the Program in Developmental Genetics in 2009. Current projects in the Harfe laboratory include investigating limb and intervertebral disc development using the mouse and chick model systems. He has published >85 papers and his research is supported by the NIH and private foundations. Dr. Harfe teaches graduate and medical students and has received four Exemplary Teacher awards in the past five years. From 2010-2013 he was a University of Florida Provost Fellow in the Office of the Provost and worked with the Senior Vice Presidents and Deans on special projects.
