Category: Research
UF team identifies novel targets for COVID-19 antivirals
A multidisciplinary team of UF researchers has identified dozens of novel therapeutic targets for the development of antiviral therapies against COVID-19. The team recently posted a paper to bioRxiv reporting the identification of 53 novel genes and pathways that could become druggable targets for antiviral therapies for COVID-19 plus a broad array of coronavirus types. […]
UF and Scripps Research announce talks to integrate
UF and Scripps Research recently announced talks to integrate the Florida-based branch of Scripps Research with the research arm of UF’s academic health center. Details of the agreement will be finalized over the next few months and will build on existing research collaborations UF has had with Scripps and the organizations’ complementary strengths, said David […]
Parkinson’s outreach to African American community to expand
A team led by UF neurologist Irene Malaty, M.D., was awarded a Parkinson’s Foundation grant to fund Parkinson’s disease outreach to the African American community in Alachua County. The new grant will enable the team to launch outreach efforts, including in-person and virtual programs and educational materials, to help reduce the disparity in Parkinson’s disease […]
Rob Ferl to co-chair National Academies space research group
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine have appointed UF Distinguished Professor Rob Ferl, Ph.D., to co-chair a group tasked with mapping space-related biological and physical research for the next 10 years. Ferl and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Krystyn J. Van Vliet, Ph.D., will chair the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences […]
UF Health, NVIDIA develop AI model to hasten clinical trials, boost medical decision-making
UF Health researchers collaborated with NVIDIA researchers to create GatorTron™, an artificial intelligence (AI) transformer natural language processing model intended to accelerate research and medical decision-making by extracting insights from massive volumes of clinical data with unprecedented speed and clarity. The new model will speed up researchers’ ability to identify relevant patients for lifesaving clinical […]
RecSports research shows the relationship between GPA and usage of recreational facilities
A recent study conducted by UF and Texas A&M determined that students who use collegiate recreation facilities at a higher level are three times more likely to have a high GPA than those who use the facilities less. The study was co-authored by UF RecSports Associate Director Marty Dempsey, Student Affairs Assessment and Research (SAAR) […]
Early-career scientists show how the GLP-1 hormone affects eating
The communication about when to eat, what to eat and how much to eat is relayed to the brain through gut-brain signaling circuits. Four UF postdoctoral scholars collaborated with postdoctoral scholars from University College London and Florida State University to resolve the age-old question about how the gut and brain glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) systems interact. […]
UF researchers seek to address racial disparities in clinical trials
A team of physicians and scientists is leveraging personal experiences with underrepresentation in medicine to identify a solution that addresses implicit bias in clinical research. Della V. Mosley, Ph.D., Crystal Johnson-Mann, M.D., and Azra Bihorac, M.D., M.S., (pictured from left to right) received an inaugural grant from UF Research, in conjunction with the UF Office […]
Participate in a weight-loss maintenance study
Are you interested in losing weight and keeping it off long-term? The UF Health Promotion Lab seeks volunteers to participate in Project STAR, a research study aimed at helping people learn skills to lose weight and keep it off long-term. Eligible volunteers will receive a no-cost, 16-week program followed by an additional 20 months of […]
Florida-grown coffee? How UF scientists are using AI to serve up the possibilities
Most of the world’s coffee is grown in tropical regions. However, a changing climate could allow coffee to grow farther north — for example, in Florida. To understand how that might work, UF scientists are growing coffee plants at the UF/IFAS Plant Science Research and Education Unit. The project is a collaboration between UF/IFAS scientists […]
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