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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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.