The Genetics Institute is proud to congratulate six faculty members who received the distinguished University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) Professorship. The three-year UFRF Professorships are awarded to tenured full-time associate and full professors. Selection is based... Read More

Overview The UFGI Equipment Grant Program will periodically have calls for applications for new equipment purchases. The goal of the program is to provide UFGI members with access to critical, shared instrumentation that can foster new research directions, promote collaborations... Read More

As one of the oldest plants on earth, ferns have continued to flourish using a novel chimeric photoreceptor gene called neochrome to evolve and survive in the shade beneath forests’ canopies. UFGI member Douglas Soltis, distinguished professor at the Florida Museum of Natural... Read More