Eisenstadt Introduces Smart Mosquito Cages to Effectively Test Insecticides
The fact that mosquito-borne illness is a threat to public health is not news. Nor is the practice of spraying insecticides to control the mosquito population. The key to mosquito control is testing—determining which methods and products are effective, efficient, and safe. Recent work by ECE professor William Eisenstadt, supported by a grant from the […]
UF Researcher Awarded NSF Grant to Measure the Surface Energy of Metals
Kirk J. Ziegler, Ph.D., the Dow Chemical Company Foundation Professor and associate chair for graduate studies at the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering (UF CHE) is leading a $581,500 grant from the National Science Foundation titled: Measuring the Surface Energy of Metals through Structure-Property Analysis of Electrodeposition Instabilities. “Surface energy is one of […]
UF Chemists Target Toxic Algae Blooms in Florida’s Lakes and Rivers
As large blooms of toxic blue-green algae have become an annual phenomenon in Florida’s freshwater lakes and rivers, as well as other places worldwide, University of Florida researchers have identified a new method to control its growth. Pollution and warm water temperatures during the summer months create a favorable environment for algae growth. The blue-green […]
UF Researchers Discover Molecular Address System That May Aid Gut Health
Building on previous findings that show a specific protein is associated with gut health, University of Florida researchers have discovered an intricate molecular mechanism that encodes a unique address system, identifying the route a certain type of immune cell takes to reach its final destination: the large intestine. The findings shed light on the way […]
UF/IFAS Scientist Named Fellow of American Phytopathological Society
Working at her lab and fields at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Natalia Peres diagnoses and helps manage diseases that might otherwise ruin strawberries, a $300 million per year crop in Florida. In her efforts to beat back diseases, Peres helped develop the Strawberry Advisory System, which tells farmers when to spray […]
UF Partners on $26M Grant to Produce More Crops With Less Water and Energy
University of Florida is partnering on a $26 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop new technologies and systems that will help farmers produce more food with less water and energy. The grant is the latest development in UF’s artificial intelligence (AI) initiative, which will expand the use of AI across academic degrees and programs and […]
Five Questions for Michael S. Okun, M.D.
Michael S. Okun, M.D. is chair of Neurology, Adelaide Lackner professor, and executive director of the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He received his M.D. with honors from the University of Florida and, subsequently, was fellowship-trained at Emory University before establishing the movement disorders program at […]
UF/IFAS Scientists to Shed Light on Aquatic Symbiosis With a Squid
The Hawaiian bobtail squid is a glowing example of aquatic symbiosis. It stands out as a unique cephalopod that lives with a light organ run by a luminescent bacterium, or microbes. The bacterium allows the squid to use light as camouflage against predators. A team of researchers has received a $550,000 grant by the Gordon […]
UF Researcher Earns National Recognition Early in Her Career
She’s early in her career, but Yu Wang, a University of Florida food scientist, is making great strides in her research. Recognizing Wang’s work, the Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division (AGFD) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) recently named her a fellow. Wang, a food chemist with the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences […]
UF Named New Member of Prestigious Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium
When Sridharan Gururangan, FRCP, joined the University of Florida College of Medicine’s department of neurosurgery in 2016, he had a big goal for the university: become a member of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium. On July 16, 2020, Gururangan achieved that objective when UF was named one of four new PBTC member institutions along with […]