UFGI plant biologist receives 2016 Jeffries Aerospace Medicine and Life Science Research Award
Once in a while, a researcher has the opportunity to be a part of a project that evokes interest and admiration from... Read More
Discovery could expand sorghum farming in Florida
A University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher has identified two areas of the sorghum genome that could boost... Read More
Science near the Sea: A Visit to The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
Life began in the sea. For ages, creatures that were mere specks of life spent their existence feeding and reproducing in... Read More
UFGI researcher, College of Pharmacy dean to receive prestigious pharmacy research award
Julie Johnson, Pharm.D., dean of the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, will be honored next week with the top research award... Read More
Conesa Lab releases bioinformatics software
A University of Florida Genetics Institute lab has created a bioinformatics web tool that detects microRNA binding elements in long non-coding... Read More
Jianping Wang receives NACTA educator award
University of Florida Genetics Institute faculty member Jianping Wang received a North America Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Educator Award at the... Read More
Brooks Lab: Anhidrosis in horses may have genetic component
Many genetic problems have been identified in horses in last few decades. One of the greatest examples is HYPP, hyperkalemic periodic paralysis,... Read More
Social media boosts Klee tomato research program
Researcher Harry Klee has spent the last dozen years working to breed taste back into tomatoes. He thinks grocery store tomatoes taste... Read More
Soltises receive 2016 Darwin-Wallace Medal
Two University of Florida Genetics Institute faculty members are this year’s recipients of Darwin-Wallace Medal from the Linnean Society of London, considered one of... Read More
Pam Soltis elected to National Academy of Sciences
When Pam Soltis was a little girl, she and her brother talked their dad into mounting an old kitchen countertop to the... Read More
