The Department of Biology studies life at all levels from molecules to the biosphere to understand the evolution, structure, maintenance and dynamics of biological systems. Our teaching and research provide the integrative and conceptual foundations of the life sciences.
Seminars
Location: 211 Bartram Hall
Time: Tuesdays at 3:30
No new seminars. Tue, Mar 26, 2013 Speaker: Walter Judd
Systematics and evolution of Antillean Miconieae (Melastomataceae)
Host: Soltis Thu, Mar 28, 2013 Speaker: Gustavo Londono
Life history diversification of nesting birds along an Andean elevation gradient
Host: UF Biology, exit seminar Tue, Apr 02, 2013 Speaker: Alison Brody
The costs and benefits of being female in a gynodioecious plant.
Host: Palmer Thu, Apr 04, 2013 Speaker: Ari Martinez
Exit Seminar (TBA)
Host: UF Biology Tue, Apr 16, 2013 Speaker: Erick Greene
Acoustic ecology of predator-prey interactions: encoding and decoding alarm calls in complex communication networks
Host: Robinson Archives
News and Events
Jose Miguel Ponciano awarded $1.25 million from the National Institutes of Health
Congratulations to Jose Miguel Ponciano, who was awarded a 4-year grant from the NIH to study the diversity and stability of microbial communities. The long-term goal of this work is to identify the fundamental biological processes responsible for the complex microbial community dynamics of the vaginal microbiome, and the mechanisms that lead to community type shifts. [more…]
UF Eminent Scholar Bob Holt publishes a new book!
Congratulations to Bob Holt, whose new book “Trait-mediated Indirect Interactions” was just published by Cambridge University Press. [more…]
Congratulations to Brian McNab on his new book “Extreme Measures: The Ecological Energetics of Birds and Mammals.”
Brian’s book, published by the University of Chicago Press, was recently reviewed in the journal Science. [more…]
Congratulations to Ted Schurr!
Ted’s Permafrost Carbon Network project continues to be featured prominently in the news, most recently in a story on global warming’s effects on the Arctic, featured in Science magazine. [more…]
Congratulations to Juliet Pulliam!
Juliet Pulliam has just been awarded a prestigious National Institutes of Health R25 grant to support the International Clinics on Infectious Disease Dynamics and Data (ICI3D) Program. The program will establish two international clinics on disease dynamics and data, as well as supporting a large number of national and international students and scholars. [more…]