Category: Research

Tell Me All About It with Dr. Victoria Pagán

Doctor Pagan standing with Albert and Alberta outside of the U F football stadium

In this episode of Tell Me All About It, WUFT sits down with Professor of Classics Victoria Pagán, Ph.D., UF’s 2024–25 Teacher/Scholar of the Year.

Does a diagnosis change what you put in your grocery cart?

A person reaching for produce at a grocery store

When someone is diagnosed with a chronic illness such as diabetes or heart disease, one of the recommendations is often to change what they eat.

Suppressing tics key to treatment for Tourette syndrome

A person with Tourette's experiencing a facial tic

Suppressing tics can be distracting and exhausting, yet decades of research has shown that tic suppression can be strengthened and used therapeutically.

Breakthroughs begin here

Weizhou Zhang, Ph.D., recently led a multidisciplinary team of researchers to create a drug that effectively kills aggressive acute myeloid leukemia cells.

Teaching robots to tackle e-waste

A robot prepares to remove components from a desktop computer

Recycling e-waste and remanufacturing electronic components are extremely labor-intensive processes and can expose workers to unsafe conditions.

Mosquito species recorded in U.S. for first time

Lead author Lawrence Reeves, U F IFAS assistant professor of entomology at F M E L, inspects a bag of mosquitoes collected with an aspirator, a tool that serves as a vacuum for mosquitoes, from boulders at Cochise Stronghold, Dragoon Mountains in Cochise County, Arizona.

UF/IFAS Assistant Professor of Entomology Lawrence Reeves, Ph.D., recently documented a mosquito species previously recorded only in Mexico.

Are multiverses real?

Associate Professor of Astronomy Doctor Zachary Slepian

Are multiverses real? Associate Professor of Astronomy Zachary Slepian, Ph.D., says the answer depends on how you define “real.”

UF Engineer helps make streets safer for cyclists

Civil & Coastal Engineering Assistant Professor Doctor Xiang Jacob Yan riding a bike on the U F campus.

Xiang Jacob Yan, Ph.D., and his lab are developing a tool to help roadway designers incorporate cyclists’ perspectives with the help of large language models.

Better detection for pediatric anemia

Doctor Maria Kelly on the left and Doctor Molly Posa on the right.

UF pediatricians Maria N. Kelly, M.D., and Molly Posa, M.D., are exploring how clinicians can better identify children at risk for anemia.

Turning research strength into innovation impact

Two researchers in lab gear, one looking into a microscope.

UF recently placed among the nation’s Top 10 on several key measures tracking how effectively discoveries move from the laboratory to the marketplace.