Recent News
Biology graduate student publishes in Ecology
September 9, 2020
[Cover photo credit]: Kristen Hart (USGS), NMFS Permit #16146 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… Read More
New Book on Alligators by Kent Vliet
September 4, 2020
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
August 27, 2020
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
August 17, 2020
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
July 23, 2020
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