UF and the University of Arizona Explore Using Near-Infrared Light to Improve Brain Function of Older Adults
A team of scientists at the University of Florida and the University of Arizona will investigate whether exposing older adults at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease to near-infrared light may improve their cognition, mood and brain function. The Revitalize Study is supported by a $3.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, $2 million […]
How Support for Public Scientists Pays Dividends for South Florida – Opinion
University of Florida’s Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources and Leader of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), Dr. Jack Payne, shares his opinion on the South Florida Sun Sentinel about Dr. Thomas Chouvenc’s research, an assistant professor of Urban Entomology at UF/IFAS in Davie. Dr. Chouvenc’s work focuses on the […]
New UF-Led Study Finds Bacterial Similarities Among Diseased Coral Species
In 2014, an unprecedented disease outbreak affecting the soft tissue of many species of stony coral was first detected in Florida. Since then, stony coral tissue loss disease has been identified in nearly half of the 45 coral species on the Florida Reef Tract, the only living barrier reef along the continental United States. Researchers […]
UF Researcher Receives $1.29 Million Grant to Support Malaria Research
A $1.29 million grant from the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund will support EPI malaria investigator Rhoel Dinglasan’s work to develop a novel saliva-based malaria diagnostic test that catches infections even when victims don’t show symptoms. Dinglasan, an associate professor of infectious diseases with UF’s Emerging Pathogens Institute, began his career by researching a new […]
Dr. Ben Lok Named Innovator of the Year
Inventors Honored at Annual Standing InnOvation Event Nearly 150 innovators celebrated their achievements in fiscal year 2019 at UF Innovate | Tech Licensing’s second annual Standing InnOvation event. One of those innovators was named Innovator of the Year, and seven teams of inventors shared the spotlight for their Inventions of the Year. Dr. Ben Lok, […]
Brain Cancer Researcher Visits TV20 Studio
Catherine Flores, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the UF College of Medicine’s Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery and a principal investigator in UF’s Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, visited the WCJB TV20 studios to discuss her research in advance of the Lemon Ball, a fund-raising effort organized by Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, started by a […]
Combating Cancer
Scientists are using powerful magnets to learn how to better detect, treat and track the second leading cause of death worldwide, cancer. Dr. Duane Mitchell, co-director of the Preston A. Wells Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy and director of the UF Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, shared his findings with Fields, a magazine about high […]
Fang and Ding Awarded NSF Grant to Study Brain Dynamics
Dr. Ruogu Fang, assistant professor, and Dr. Mingzhou Ding, distinguished professor & J. Crayton Pruitt Family Professor, received NSF Information Integration & Informatics award entitled, “III: Small: Modeling Multi-Level Connectivity of Brain Dynamics.” Fang and Ding’s proposal focuses on a three-year research program to characterize and develop a multi-level connectivity model for brain dynamics and […]
New, Non-Invasive Technology Can Accurately Diagnose Parkinson’s
Doctors have to hand-draw maps of the brain to detect Parkinson’s. However, sometimes this method can lead to misdiagnosis. This may change after a research team led by Dr. David Vaillancourt, UF department chairman of applied physiology and kinesiology, engineered a non-invasive technology that automatically diagnoses Parkinson’s disease. The research produced an automatic imaging system […]
Study Finds Rising Ozone a Hidden Threat to Corn
University of Florida molecular genetics and microbiology professor Lauren McIntyre collaborated on a research led by Lisa Ainsworth, a U.S. Department of Agriculture scientist, along with University of Illinois plant biology professor Andrew Leakey and University of California, Davis plant sciences professor Patrick Brown. The study begins to address the rise of ground-level ozone by […]