Category: Research

UF’s RoboPI lab makes waves with marine robots

Doctor Md Jahidul Islam and another researcher sitting off the side of a boat with a piece of machinery.

As director of the UF RoboPI lab, Md Jahidul Islam, Ph.D., seeks to ease the danger for humans working and exploring in the ocean.

Cold-hardy avocados could transform Florida’s fruit industry

Associate Professor of Horticultural Sciences Doctor José Chaparro inspecting a branch of an avocado tree.

Associate Professor José Chaparro, Ph.D., is leading the effort to breed avocados that can thrive in North Central Florida.

Scientists create synthetic mucus to fight IBD

Synthetic mucuc being stretched between two fingers in front of a face that is out of focus in the background.

Luiz Roesch, Ph.D., and Brent Sumerlin, Ph.D., have created an artificial mucus that could prevent problems related to bowel inflammation.

Research-backed toolkit tackles childhood food insecurity

Headshot of doctor Amy Mobley

Amy Mobley, Ph.D., is leading a five-year program to improve access to nutritious foods for families with young children in Alachua and Leon counties.

UF EPI expert breaks down brain-colonizing fungus

Headshot of Doctor Luis Martinez smiling.

Luis R. Martinez, Ph.D., addresses key questions surrounding cryptococcus neoformans, the leading cause of fungal meningitis.

Chasing the rare arogos skipper butterfly

A Florida Museum researcher walking through a field of rayless sunflowers and tall grass with a large butterfly net over one shoulder.

Florida Museum researchers hope to gather data that will guide conservation efforts and support future protections for the species.

How location — and thoughts on death — shape travel choices

A silhouette of a person holding onto a suitcase and looking out a floor-to-ceiling window at a silhouette of a plane flying in the background.

UF HHP researchers found that people’s responses to thoughts of their own mortality — and the travel decisions that follow — vary depending on where they live.

A gentler way to treat aggressive gum disease

A dental patient smiling while a gloved hand holds a small mirror in their mouth.

New research reveals that the primary bacterium driving gum disease carries an internal “genetic brake” that controls its own aggression.

UF Herbarium celebrates barcode milestone

The U F Herbarium team crowded around and pointing at a saw palmetto specimen laying on a table on a display board.

The UF Herbarium recently marked a major milestone with the accession of its 300,000th vascular plant specimen.

Cranberry juice study seeks participants

Large bottles of Old Orchard cranberry juice lined up for sale.

UF researchers are recruiting adults ages 30–55 for a study on cranberry juice and its impact on stress, mood, cognition and the gut–brain axis.

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