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.”
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.
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.”
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.”
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Spotlight on International Students
Biology alumnus Patrick Farrar sheds light on the experiences of international students.
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 stimulates seagrass productivity, and that grazing intensity has a relevant role in regulating the productivity […]
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 Wayne Lynch, this authoritative book is fascinating reading for anyone interested in the ecology, behavior […]
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 Systems,” is a collaborative effort with colleagues from the University of Oklahoma, UC-Davis and the […]
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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 cnidarian (polyp). This experimental technique allows the researcher to target specific genes for knockdown (i.e. […]
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 Molecular Biology and Evolution in 2018. For further information see https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/36/2/239/5184273
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 Biology: David Adelhelm Population Biology, Evolution, and Ecology: Cullen Smith, Morgan LaMarc, & Rachel Lotze […]
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 the last three years. The award-winning publication was her 2017 Proceedings of the National Academy […]
Biology Professor Coauthors Two Papers in Science on Forest Dynamics
Associate Professor Jeremy Lichstein coauthored two recent papers on forest dynamics in the journal Science. The first paper, titled “Demographic trade-offs predict tropical forest dynamics,” used data from a tropical forest in Panama and a computer simulation model to show that two ecological tradeoffs – one between growth and survivorship, and another between early reproduction […]
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Biology Grad Student Receives Botanical Society Award
Biology graduate student Annika Smith (Ph.D. student in the Soltis Laboratory of Molecular Systematics & Evolutionary Genetics) has received the 2020 Kaplan Award from the Botanical Society of America. The Donald R. Kaplan Award supports graduate student research in plant comparative morphology. This $10,000 prize will support Annika’s research entitled, “Vascular architecture and synorganization in […]
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Biology Professor Receives Diversity Champion Award
Biology Assistant Professor Joe Ryan has been awarded the UF 2020 Graduate Education Diversity Champion Award. This award recognizes a faculty or staff member who has enhanced the graduate environment by promoting diversity and improving cross-cultural understanding and inclusivity. This commitment includes taking a leadership role in promoting diversity as Dr. Ryan has done in […]
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Biology Lecturer is UF Adviser of the Year!
Teresa Mutahi, Biology Lecturer and Undergraduate Coordinator for the Biology Major, is the 2019-2020 University of Florida Adviser of the Year. This award is UF’s highest recognition for undergraduate advising. It is based on excellence in innovation, professional engagement and outreach for undergraduate advising. Congratulations Teresa!
Biology Grad Student Receives Prestigious Post-doc Award
Biology graduate student Leslie Kollar (McDaniel Lab) has been awarded a National Science Foundation Plant Genome Research Program Postdoctoral Fellowship. She will be working in the Department of Plant Biology at Michigan State University to study the function and evolution of regulatory elements in the development of different, locally adapted populations of the yellow monkeyflower (Mimulus […]
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Biology Faculty Aid Efforts to Fight Covid-19
Biology professor Ana Longo discussed One Health and research on the corona virus in a column for the Puerto Rican publication ENDI ElNuevoDia.com. Biology professors José Miguel Ponciano and Ana Longo co-authored an article for PlazaPublica on the corona virus pandemic in Guatemala: “Covid19: Origen, tendencias actuales y escenarios para Guatemala”. For more information see […]