Paulo Brando, a recently graduated interdisciplinary Biology-SNRE student advised at UF by Jack Putz, is a co-author of a Brevia in Science (4 February) on the topic of the implications of the 2010 Amazonian drought for global warming. This piece is receiving a great deal of media attention globally including prominent stories on the BBC […]
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To understand the consequences of major ecological catastrophes such as the BP oil spill, scientists need data before the event to understand how ecosystems are affected and how they recover from these disturbances. Dr. Karen Bjorndal is lead author on a paper to be published in tomorrow’s issue of the journal Science. The paper emphasizes […]
A paper published this week on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) website sheds light on the genetic programs at the origin of flowers. In particular, the paper highlights how the genetic elements coding for flowers are already present in gymnosperm cones; and how differentiation of flower parts (petals, stamens, etc.) results […]
As human populations and their needs grow, biodiversity is being lost at an unprecedented rate. How loosing diversity at all scales of life (genes, species and ecosystems) do affect humans? In a study published today, in the journal Nature, Robert D. Holt and his colleagues review how biodiversity affects the spread and emergence of infectious […]
The boreal biome, the sweeping band of conifer forest just south of the Arctic Circle, is a key region for studying climate change
The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships are among the most prestigious and sought-after fellowships for graduate students in the natural and social sciences, and in engineering. Across all of the University of Florida, there are currently a total of 40 graduate students holding such fellowships. Of these, 14 — i..e, over one-third — are […]
Dr. Todd Palmer is lead author on a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) showing how multiple species of ants interact with acacia trees over time. By following 1,750 trees over eight years, he and his co-authors showed that acacias have a better chance of survival if they are […]
Dr. Doug Levey received a grant from the Division of Information & Intelligent Systems of the NSF for a project entitled “Gaming against plagiarism”. Dr. Levey is co-PI on this project that aims at developing an online game to teach about the gray areas of plagiarism.
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Dr. Todd Palmer is co-lead author on a paper published in Current Biology showing that ants can protect plants from being eaten by elephants. This paper has received broad news coverage including The New York Times, MSNBC.com, BBC news, Science Now, Scientific American, … Furthermore, photographies from Graduate student Kathleen Rudolf illustrate many of these […]
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Congratulations to Lucas Majure on receiving the 2009-2010 UF graduate student teaching award. Lucas is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Biology and at the Florida Museum of Natural history. He received the award for teaching BOT 2710/5725, Plant Taxonomy.
The 2010 southeastern population ecology & evolutionary genetics meeting will be held the weekend of 8-10 October at the 4H center near Madison, Florida. The meeting will be hosted by the Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville FL. Organizers: Charlie Baer and Marta Wayne.
Biology doctoral student Bret Pasch received the Shadle Fellowship in Mammalogy at the 90th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists in Laramie, Wyoming. The fellowship, provided annually by the Albert R. and Alma Shadle Endowment Fund and made by the Buffalo Foundation at the recommendation of the Grants-in-Aid Committee of ASM, is intended […]
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Congratulations to Dr. Brian Silliman on being awarded his first sole-PI NSF grant! He will examine how the loss of top-predators cascades downward to drive ecosystem die off in southern salt marshes.
Drs. Doug and Pam Soltis each received Merit Awards from the Botanical Society of America. The BSA Merit Award is the Botanical Society of America’s highest honor, granted for outstanding contributions to botanical science, recognizing truly exceptional scientists in plant biology. The committee identifies recipients who have demonstrated excellence in basic research, education, public policy, […]
Dr. Todd Palmer was a co-author on the paper “Spatial Pattern Enhances Ecosystem Functioning in an African Savanna,” which is published in the recent issue of PLoS Biology and featured on a number of websites including USA Today. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000377
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Ph.D. student, Jessica Oswald was named the 2010 Wilson Ornithological Society Louis Agassiz Fuertes research award winner. Daphna Shaw, an undergraduate in Biology, was awarded a Paul A. Stewart award for her behavioral work on the Northern Mockingbird for her undergraduate thesis.
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Dr. Richard Hulbert, the Museum’s Vertebrate Paleontology Collections Manager, is a co-author on the study “Body temperatures of modern and extinct vertebrates from 13C-18O bond abundances in bioapatite” appearing in this week’s online early edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas.0911115107
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Dr. Baer and colleagues’ paper, “Bias and evolution of the mutationally accessible phenotypic space in a developmental system” published in PLoS Genetics 2010 6(3), was named by the Faculty of 1000 Biology as one most important advances in biology. Dr. Rainey’s (reviewer) comments: “This paper adds to the growing body of experimental evidence which shows […]
Congratulations to Lorena Endara who recently received a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant for her dissertation topic “Speciation patterns in Scaphosepalum.”
Congratulations to both Vincent Medjibe and Allie Shenkin for receiving Kathryn Fuller Fellowships from World Wildlife Fund
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