Genetics Institute faculty member, Arun Srivastava, PhD, spent the past three decades researching two parvoviruses: the non-pathogenic adeno-associated virus (AAV), and the parvovirus B19, a common human pathogen. His contributions to the field of parvoviruses include:... Read More

As citrus greening disease threatens Florida’s $9 billion citrus industry, University of Florida Genetic Institute members Claudio Gonzalez and Graciela Lorca may have identified the biochemical treatment growers are desperate to find. Gonzalez and Lorca led a research team from... Read More

University of Florida department of Microbiology and Cell Science associate professor Wilfred Vermerris, PhD, is a resident member of the UF Genetics Institute in the CGRC and is graduate faculty and former Director of the Genetics & Genomics graduate program. Dr. Vermerris... Read More