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Professor Jack Putz named Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Honorary Fellow 2026

Professor Jack Putz named Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Honorary Fellow 2026

  The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) has awarded Professor Jack Putz with an Honorary Fellowship. Congratulations Jack!     From the ATBC website: This is the highest recognition ATBC bestows, honoring scientists whose distinguished contributions have made a lasting impact on the field. We extend our sincere congratulations and appreciation to each [of the Fellows] […]

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Harold Gertner Featured in IPDAE Newsletter

Harold Gertner Featured in IPDAE Newsletter

Congratulations to our Harold Gertner! “Harold Gertner brings a unique and multifaceted background to Adult Education, shaped by a deep passion for students and lifelong learning. Holding multiple graduate degrees (MA in Religious Studies, MS in Appropriate Technology Renewable Energy Systems, MAE in Educational Technology), Harold’s journey into Adult Education has been anything but traditional […]

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Study by Zuania Colón-Piñeiro Shows How Coqui Frogs Balance Growth and Disease

Study by Zuania Colón-Piñeiro Shows How Coqui Frogs Balance Growth and Disease

A new study by Department of Biology graduate student Zuania Colón-Piñeiro, from Ana Longo’s Lab, uncovers how young frogs balance growth and immune response. The work was published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. The team combined modeling and field studies to reveal that coqui frogs infected with chytrid fungus invest more into early life […]

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Study by Chris Dutton Reveals Infants with Healthy Gut Microbiomes Associated with Malaria Resistance

Study by Chris Dutton Reveals Infants with Healthy Gut Microbiomes Associated with Malaria Resistance

Dr. Dutton and the UF-based team showed that beneficial microbes, associated with a healthy, breast-fed infant microbiome, help train the developing immune system, with greater resistance to malaria in the first year. The study was published this month in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.   The study suggests that a less healthy microbiome at […]

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Grace John Recieves (NSF) CAREER Award

Grace John Recieves (NSF) CAREER Award

Congratulations to Dr. Grace John who has received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. The title of Grace’s proposal is “Anatomical and physiological mechanisms linking dynamic leaf water storage and damage to plants” From NSF: The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most […]

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Professor Jack Putz named Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Honorary Fellow 2026

Professor Jack Putz named Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Honorary Fellow 2026

Tuesday September 1, 2026

  The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) has awarded Professor Jack Putz with an Honorary Fellowship. Congratulations Jack!     From the ATBC website: This is the highest recognition ATBC bestows, honoring scientists whose distinguished contributions have made a lasting impact on the field. We extend our sincere congratulations and appreciation to each [of the Fellows] […]
Grace John Recieves (NSF) CAREER Award

Grace John Recieves (NSF) CAREER Award

Thursday August 13, 2026

Congratulations to Dr. Grace John who has received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. The title of Grace’s proposal is “Anatomical and physiological mechanisms linking dynamic leaf water storage and damage to plants” From NSF: The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most […]
Assistant Professor Meiyan Jin has been awarded a National Institutes of Health R03 grant.

Assistant Professor Meiyan Jin has been awarded a National Institutes of Health R03 grant.

Tuesday August 4, 2026

Department of Biology Assistant Professor Meiyan Jin was recently awarded an R03 grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences to test the hypothesis that the understudied protein SCYL2 participates in clathrin-mediated endocytosis and that its loss of function disrupts endocytosis and neuronal differentiation, thereby contributing to the pathology of Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita type […]
Graduate students from the ACCSTR and the Vander Zanden Lab studying sea turtle movements and feeding habits during the nesting season, in Florida.

Graduate students from the ACCSTR and the Vander Zanden Lab studying sea turtle movements and feeding habits during the nesting season, in Florida.

Tuesday August 4, 2026

In collaboration with the Loggerhead Marinelife Center (https://marinelife.org/) Aileen Lavelle, a graduate student with the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research (https://accstr.ufl.edu/), has been attaching satellite tags to green and loggerhead sea turtles. The aim of this work is to understand the frequency of boat strikes of turtles and identify where most strikes occur […]
Study by Chris Dutton Reveals Infants with Healthy Gut Microbiomes Associated with Malaria Resistance

Study by Chris Dutton Reveals Infants with Healthy Gut Microbiomes Associated with Malaria Resistance

Thursday June 25, 2026

Dr. Dutton and the UF-based team showed that beneficial microbes, associated with a healthy, breast-fed infant microbiome, help train the developing immune system, with greater resistance to malaria in the first year. The study was published this month in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.   The study suggests that a less healthy microbiome at […]
Amanda Subalusky, Bryn Durham and Nick Keiser awarded Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor!

Amanda Subalusky, Bryn Durham and Nick Keiser awarded Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor!

Thursday June 25, 2026

Congratulations to Amanda, Bryn and Nick, promoted to University of Florida Associate Professors with Tenure!     The Department of Biology is excited to announce that Biology Faculty members Dr. Amanda Subalusky, Dr. Bryn Durham and Dr. Nick Keiser have all been awarded promotion to Associate Professor of Biology with Tenure by the University of […]
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