Study: Arabian DNA Reveals Diversity, Other Breed Influences
Fraught with a paradoxical mix of praise and heavy criticism, the historically revered Arabian horse breed is considered “pure” as often as it’s considered “inbred.” But a new and far-reaching genomic study has revealed that, except for rare individual horses, Arabians are neither. On the contrary, the Arabian breed is, for the most part, “genetically […]
Food Safety Help May Be on the Way for Specialty Crop Operators
Outbreaks of foodborne diseases threaten the daily lives of millions of Americans, resulting in recalls and sometimes loss of life. Providing an integrated food safety system for fresh fruits and vegetables that protects the food supply through production, harvest, and processing is the goal of a recently awarded multi-million project led by University of Florida […]
‘Gatorbyte’ to Detect Water Quality Less Expensively
A water-quality buoy called ‘GatorByte” might help resource managers monitor water quality over space and time – all for as little as $1,500. Eban Bean, a UF/IFAS assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering (ABE), is working on developing the device with Piyush Agade, a doctoral student in ABE. “We can put these devices into […]
UF Researchers Ask, ‘What if Oncologists Thought Like Ecologists?’
What do wildlife and cancer cells have in common? Quite a lot, argues a new article authored by University of Florida researchers. The article is the latest piece of scholarship to emerge from a decade-long collaboration among three scientists: Brent Reynolds, a professor in the Lillian S. Wells department of neurosurgery at UF Health; Madan […]
FWC $200K Grants Gives UF Scientists Green Light to Develop New Technology
Two University of Florida scientists are the recipients of a $200,000 grant from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). They will use that money over the next 10 months to develop the methodology leading to a device that detects and measures the number of toxins in the air from red tides. “Karenia brevis […]
UF Water Institute Announces New 2020 Faculty Fellows
The UF Water Institute announced that Dr. Nancy Denslow, professor at the Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, has been selected as 2020 UF Water Institute Distinguished Faculty Fellow, and Dr. AJ Reisinger, assistant professor at the Soil and Water Sciences Department, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, has been selected as 2020 […]
UF/IFAS Faculty to Use $141M in Research Funding to Improve Corn, Manage Citrus Greening and Suppress Mosquito-Borne Diseases
Scientists at UF/IFAS are using 2020’s allotment of $141 million in research funding to develop better sweet corn, improve cow-calf breeding, make further progress toward controlling citrus greening disease, and more. Robert Gilbert, dean of UF/IFAS Research and director of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, gleaned information from major grants from fiscal year 2019-2020 and […]
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 […]
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 […]