Category: Research
Lisa Hensley named director of UF Emerging Pathogens Institute
Internationally recognized infectious disease scientist Lisa E. Hensley, Ph.D., has been named director of the UF Emerging Pathogens Institute.
New grant boosts research aimed at ‘locking’ HIV
A promising strategy to create a “functional cure” for HIV infection by locking the virus in its dormant “off” state has garnered a $3.4 million NIH grant.
UF researchers advance personalized epilepsy surgery
In a new NIH-funded project, researchers combine various techniques to predict how different surgical approaches could affect a patient’s language function.
Tell Me All About It with Dr. Victoria Pagán
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?
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
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
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
UF/IFAS Assistant Professor of Entomology Lawrence Reeves, Ph.D., recently documented a mosquito species previously recorded only in Mexico.
Are multiverses real?
Are multiverses real? Associate Professor of Astronomy Zachary Slepian, Ph.D., says the answer depends on how you define “real.”
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