Category: Research

Cup o’ Joe: The road trip episode

Join Interim Provost Joe Glover, Ph.D., on a frigid road trip to the beach to see what’s happening at UF’s Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience in Cup o’ Joe’s third episode. Meet Whitney’s new director, check out its new building, hear from its researchers … and experience encounters with salad (and marine animals).

Researchers take step toward creating Salmonella vaccine

UF/IFAS microbiology researchers have published a study that they hope will lead to a vaccine against Salmonella.

Beyond consent: Rethinking privacy in the digital age

Work by Jasmine McNealy, Ph.D., on cyberlaw and data privacy sheds light on the limitations of the traditional models we rely on to protect users’ privacy.

Participate in a UF/IFAS nutrition research study

Take part in a six-week online cooking program designed to help increase your fruit and vegetable intake and reduce the risk for kidney disease.

The Conversation: A UF neuroscientist explains the science of pain

Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Ph.D., explains the science of pain and how it works as a warning signal from your body to protect you.  

UF Health Type 1 diabetes researchers contribute to international guidelines

Michael Haller, M.D., chief of pediatric endocrinology in the UF College of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics and a member of the UF Diabetes Institute, led an international team of Type 1 diabetes experts to develop new treatment guidelines emphasizing wider screening for the disease among children and adolescents in the general population before symptoms arise.

One of higher education’s fastest supercomputers arrives at the University of Florida

The first components of HiPerGator AI 2.0, expected to be one of the country’s fastest university-owned supercomputers, arrived last week at UF’s Data Center.

Humanities play integral role in the UF Astraeus Space Institute

In establishing a space institute at the University of Florida, collaborators continue to anchor their work in the human element of imagination.

Spreading misinformation with careless sharing

UF CJC assistant professor Jinping Wang, Ph.D., and a team of researchers discovered ~75% of the news links shared on Facebook are reposted without being read.

Three UF faculty members honored with Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Three University of Florida faculty members recently received one of the highest honors bestowed upon scientists by the U.S. government, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

“We are so proud of our esteemed researchers and the exceptional contributions they have made to their fields,” said Joe Glover, Ph.D., UF’s interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. “The recognition highlights the important work being done at the University of Florida.”