Dr. Derek Cumming’s work on fractional Yellow Fever vaccine dosing is now live on EPI’s website!

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Biology Undergrads Author Paper

Three Biology undergraduate students from Malcolm Maden’s Lab, Nicole Serrano (BS 2017), Monica Bermudez (BS 2019) and Aaron Sandoval (BS 2019) have co-authored a study published in the Journal of Anatomy (2020; 00:1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13373) entitled “A profusion of neural stem cells in the brain of the spiny mouse, Acomys cahirinus.” … Read More

Racial Justice Grant Awarded to Biology

Congratulations to Biology Senior Lecturer Dr. Christine Davis for her award from the inaugural UF Research competition for Advancing Racial Justice Through Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access at the University of Florida.… Read More

New NSF Grant Awarded to Biology Professor

Biology assistant professor Ana Longo has been awarded a new research grant from the National Science Foundation entitled “Defining the role of skin microbiomes in defense against chytridiomycosis in frogs with seasonal infections.” … Read More

Science Highlights Biology Grad Student’s Research

Research by Biology graduate student Ian Ausprey (Scott Robinson’s Lab) is highlighted in the journal Science! The News article is entitled “Eye size predicts where birds breed and feed.” The original study is in a forthcoming issue of Ecology, “Adaptations to light predict the foraging niche and disassembly of avian communities in tropical countrysides.”… Read More

Spotlight on International Students

Biology alumnus Patrick Farrar sheds light on the experiences of international students.… Read More

Biology graduate student publishes in Ecology

Biology graduate student Alexandra Gulick, with co-authors from the National Park Service and the UF Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research, recently published a paper in Ecology. Results of the study show that grazing by recovering green turtle populations… Read More

New Book on Alligators by Kent Vliet

Dr. Kent Vliet, Coordinator of Introductory Laboratories for the Department of Biology, has published a new book with Johns Hopkins University Press (2020): Alligators: The Illustrated Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation. Wonderfully illustrated with photographs by wildlife photographer… Read More

NSF “Understanding the Rules of Life” Grant to Biology Professor

Biology Professor Matthew Leibold has been awarded a 5-year grant from the National Science Foundation “Understanding the Rules of Life: Microbiome Theory and Mechanisms” initiative. The study, entitled “Searching for General Rules Governing Microbiome Dynamics Using Anaerobic Digesters as Model… Read More

Biology Post-doc publishes in Nature

Biology post-doctoral associate Gonzalo Quiroga Artigas and other members of the Schnitzler Lab have a new paper in Nature Scientific Reports. The study describes a new method (electroporation) for delivering short hairpin RNAs (shRNA) into fertilized eggs of a hydrozoan… Read More

Biology Grad Student Receives MBE Award

Ayush Saxena, recent Ph.D. from the Baer Lab, has been awarded the “Best student paper of 2019” by the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. The paper entitled “Evolution of the mutational process under relaxed selection in Caenorhabditis elegans” appeared in… Read More

Newsletter SymBIOsis 2020!

UF Biology Spring/Summer 2020 Newsletter is live! Click here to view it now!

Congratulations to this year’s student recipients of the MFT, Thesis, and Biology scholarships!

Spring 2020 MFT Award winners: 1st place: Matei Caeleap 2nd runner up: David Adelhelm 3rd runner ups: Kayli Sieber & Dawson Houghtaling Winners by Topic category: Cell Biology: Matei Caeleap Molecular Biology & Genetics: Matei Caeleap & Sarah Nestler Organismal… Read More

BIOLOGY PROFESSOR WINS HYNES AWARD

Biology assistant professor Amanda Subalusky won the 2020 Hynes Award for New Investigators from the Society for Freshwater Science. The Hynes Award recognizes the freshwater scientist who was senior author of an outstanding primary publication that appeared in print in… Read More

Dr. Derek Cumming’s work on fractional Yellow Fever vaccine dosing is now live on EPI’s website!

Biology Undergrads Author Paper

Racial Justice Grant Awarded to Biology

New NSF Grant Awarded to Biology Professor

Science Highlights Biology Grad Student’s Research

Spotlight on International Students

Biology graduate student publishes in Ecology

New Book on Alligators by Kent Vliet

NSF “Understanding the Rules of Life” Grant to Biology Professor

Biology Post-doc publishes in Nature

Biology Grad Student Receives MBE Award

Newsletter SymBIOsis 2020!

Congratulations to this year’s student recipients of the MFT, Thesis, and Biology scholarships!

BIOLOGY PROFESSOR WINS HYNES AWARD

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Dr. Derek Cumming’s work on fractional Yellow Fever vaccine dosing is now live on EPI’s website!

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