Professor Walter S. Judd is the 2012 recipient of the José Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany. This medal is presented annually to a botanist and scholar of international stature who has contributed significantly to advancing the field of tropical botany.
A new University of Florida study shows genomes of a recently formed plant species to be highly unstable, a phenomenon that may have far-reaching evolutionary consequences. Published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study is the first to document chromosomal variation in natural populations of a recently formed […]
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The discovery of the blue sedge in a cemetery in Mississippi four years ago has not revealed all its secrets. This species of grass native from Asia, Australia and New Zealand, may have been introduced unintentionally by people visiting Kelly Mitchell’s grave, “the Queen of Gypsies”.
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Ted Schuur received a one million dollar grant from the Terrestrial Ecosystems Program, Department of Energy for a proposal entitled “Effects of Warming the Deep Soil And Permafrost on Ecosystem Carbon Balance in Alaskan Tundra: A Coupled Measurement and Modeling Approach”. This project is aimed at understanding the influence of the Arctic on the pace […]
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Professor Craig Osenberg and his colleague Tom Frazer from the department of Fisheries and Aquatic Biology have received an NSF grant to study the interaction between vermitid snails and corals in French Polynesia on the island of Moorea. Vermitids are an unusual group of snails that live embedded in corals. They feed by casting a […]
Keith Choe has gotten the news that NSF will fund his 5-year grant entitled “A gene regulatory pathway that balances animal survival and proliferation”. Congratulations Keith!
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Associate Professor Todd Palmer is co-author on a study published in the journal Science which investigates the maintenance of a plant-fungi mutualism.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) started a new fellowship program to support international graduate students. Oscar Tarazona is among the 48 students who have been awarded the fellowship from a pool of 385 applicants. Oscar, originally from Colombia, is a graduate student in the Martin Cohn Lab where he works on the evolution and development […]
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Michelle Mack and her collaborators, including Ted Schuur from the department of Biology published in the last issue of the journal Nature a study on the impact of wildfires on carbon release in Alaska.
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Craig W. Osenberg co-authors a study published in this week’s issue of the journal Nature. With his colleagues, he showed that increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increase emission of other greenhouse gases (methane and nitrous oxide) from the soil.
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Dr Robert D. Holt is one of the authors of an article published in the last issue of the journal Science which addresses the cascading effects of losing top predators in terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems.
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The American Society of Plant Taxonomists announced at their annual meeting that Dr. Walter Judd, received the Society’s 2011 Asa Gray Award which recognizes outstanding lifetime achievement in the field of plant systematics.
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Congratulations to Bob Holt who has been named the 2011 recipient of Sewall Wright Award from the American Society of Naturalists. This award is presented to a senior active investigator who is making fundamental contributions of the Society’s goals, namely, promoting the conceptual unification of the biological sciences.
Congratulations to Professor Doug Soltis who has been named a Colonel Allan R. and Margaret G. Crow Term Professor in CLAS for 2011-2012! This award recognizes faculty who demonstrate excellence in scholarship, teaching and service.
Sixue Chen received the Excellence Award for Assistant Professor from the Provost’s Office. This award focuses on junior faculty and recognize excellence in research.
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Graduate students Kris Callis, Nic Miles and Fran
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Congratulations to Schuyler van Montfrans for receiving the University of Florida teaching award!
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Congratulations to Bret Pasch who is one of the six winners of the 2011 UF-HHMI Science for Life Graduate Student Award. These awards are given to graduate students who mentor an undergraduate researcher and co-author a paper with them. Bret Pasch mentored Andreas George. Together with Heather Hamelin, Louis Guillette Jr. and Steven Phelps, they […]
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Dr. Schuur is among the 20 mid-career academic environmental scientists named as Fellows this year. The group was selected through a highly competitive process on the basis of their exceptional scientific qualifications, demonstrated leadership ability, and strong interest in communicating science beyond traditional academic audiences. The Fellows will take part in intensive leadership and communications […]
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This very distinguished honor recognizes Doug’s contributions in mentoring graduate students in the biology department, his directing the SPICE Program, and his leadership role in the I-Cubed program. Doug is dedicated to advising and mentoring students both in and outside of his research program. He advises students on how to get the most out of […]
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