Biology faculty member’s paper in PNAS
Dr. James Gillooly and coauthor’s paper “Energetic basis of colonial living in social insects” PNAS published online before print “February 2, 2010”, doi:10.1073/pnas.0908071107
Museum faculty member and lab featured in National Geographic
Dr. Gustav Paulay’s lab and colleagues’ work on the invertebrate component of the Moorea Biocode project is featured in the February issue of National Geographic.
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Biology faculty members receive donation from past student
The Department of Biology received a donation of $5,000 in December from Dr. Michael May, who graduated with a Ph.D. from the Department of Zoology. Dr. May made the donation in honor of two of his professors – Dr. Brian McNab and Dr. Minter Westfall (deceased). Dr. May has designated that his gift be used […]
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Mockingbird study in Discover Magazine’s Top 100 Stories of 2009
Dr. Doug Levey, a biologist at the University of Florida, found that the birds could easily pick out a threatening person from a crowd.
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UF’s Explore research magazine features many Biology Department members
UF’s Explore research magazine entitled Darwin’s “Descendents” features many from the Biology Department: Drs. Betty Smocovitis, David Reed, David Smith, Marty Cohn, Marta Wayne, Charlie Baer, Pam Soltis, David Steadman, and Larry Page. Dr. McCleary, Dr. Cohn, and Dr. Smith’s work is also highlighted in the magazine.
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Biology faculty member’s paper published in PNAS
Dr. Robert Holt’s paper, “Bringing the Hutchinsonian niche into the 21st century: Ecological and evolutionary perspectives” was recently published in PNAS. doi:10.1073/pnas.0905137106
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Biology faculty member’s paper published in Proceedings B is the Royal Society B
Dr. Jamie Gillooly and co- author’s paper, “The energetic basis of acoustic communication” was published in Proceedings B is the Royal Society B doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2134
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FLMNH faculty member’s paper published in PLoS ONE
Dr. Jonathan Bloch of the FLMNH was co-author on “Cranial Anatomy of the Earliest Marsupials and the Origin of Opossums,” which was recently published in PLoS ONE.
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FLMNH faculty member receives NSF CAREER Grant
Dr. Nico Cellinese has been awarded an NSF CAREER grant. The title of her grant is “Evolution in the Eastern Mediterreanean Campanulaceae – Integrating Information Management Research and Teaching.”
Biology faculty member’s book review featured in Science
Dr. Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis’ review of David F. Prindle’s book: Stephen Jay Gould and the Politics of Evolution is featured in the recent issue of Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.1179955
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UF researchers take part in DNA sequencing for entire Pacific island
University of Florida researchers are collecting marine invertebrates on the French Polynesian island of Moorea as part of a massive effort to inventory the DNA sequence of every living species there.
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Congratulations to Phi Beta Kappa honors
We proudly congratulate our 22 undergraduates who have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa this year. Phi Beta Kappa (ΦBK) is the nation’s oldest and most widely known academic honor society. The society identifies “the ideal Phi Beta Kappan” as one who “has demonstrated intellectual integrity, tolerance for other views, and a broad range of […]
Bird songs to go digital thanks to NSF grant
FLMNH ornithologists received a three-year, $446,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to digitize the museum’s collection of 2,200 reel-to-reel and cassette tapes that date as far back as the 1960s.
Biology faculty member’s paper published in Science
Dr. Brad Barbazuk is a coauthor of the paper, “The B73 Maize Genome: Complexity, Diversity, and Dynamics” in the most recent issue of Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.1178534
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Biology postdoc and two faculty members’ article published in top journal
Drs. Ricardo Holdo, Ben Bolker, Bob Holt and associates’ paper, “A Disease-Mediated Trophic Cascade in the Serengeti and its Implications for Ecosystem C” was published in a recent issue of PLoS Biology and in Nature Research Highlights. This paper was also discussed by the Faculty of 1000 Biology. PLoS Biol 7(9): e1000210. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000210
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Biology graduate student’s article published in PNAS
Biology graduate student, Fabiany Herrera and collaborators’ paper, “Late Paleocene fossils from the Cerrejo
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FLMNH receives gift of 2 million butterflies and moths
Dr. William and Nadine McGuire of Wayzata, Minn., donated this collection valued at more than $41 million. This brings UF’s butterfly and moth collection to more than 9 million specimens making it one of the world’s largest.
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Biology faculty member’s work in Science article
Dr. Brian Silliman’s work is described in today’s issue of Science, along with a quote from him in the article, “On the Origin of Ecological Structure.”
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FLMNH graduate student in Discovery News
Ph.D. student Catalina Pimento’s research on the gigantic prehistoric shark, Megalodon, is featured on Discovery News.
Biology faculty member’s paper published in PNAS
Dr. Charles Baer and colleagues’ paper, “A genome-wide view of Caenorhabditis elegans base-substitution mutation processes,” was recently published in PNAS (PNAS 2009 106:16310-16314) and featured on Science Daily.
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