UF IFAS: UF researchers awarded $7M grant to improve how plants get nitrogen, reduce pollution
This article was originally published by Brad Buck, UF IFAS. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A team of researchers at the universities of Florida and... Read More
UF Health News: Unique gene therapy prevents, reverses multiple sclerosis in animal model
This article was originally published by UF Health News. Doug Bennett, UF Health Multiple sclerosis can be inhibited or reversed in mouse... Read More
UF Health News: UF Health researchers identify genetic factors that cause muscle weakness and wasting disorder
This article was originally published by UF Health News Doug Bennett, UF Health For years, the underlying process that causes a debilitating... Read More
Q&A with Dorianmarie Vargas-Franco
Genetics & Genomics Graduate Student in the lab of James Resnick, a UFGI faculty member and professor in the department of molecular... Read More
2016 A Year in Review
It has been another year of growth at the University of Florida Genetics Institute (UFGI). During 2016, we welcomed additional faculty members,... Read More
UF News– Study shows discrimination interacts with genetics and affects health
It’s no secret that discrimination is stressful for those who experience it, but turns out the issue is more than skin deep—these... Read More
Q&A with Enrico Barrozo
Genetics & Genomics Graduate Student in the lab of David Bloom, a UFGI faculty member and professor in the department of molecular... Read More
UFGI dairy researcher identifies genomic regions associated with bull fertility
With an eye on increasing milk production, dairy farmers have spent the last 50 years prioritizing cows who are good milkers. However,... Read More
Intragenic precision breeding enhances sugarcane for producing biofuel
A University of Florida Genetics Institute member has identified a way to breed sugarcane that will increase ethanol yields from its biomass.... Read More
Wrangling the equine genome with UFGI member Samantha Brooks
Samantha Brooks, PhD, scares baby horses for a living. In her defense, it’s just a little fright, and it is for science.... Read More