Category: Research

Cynthia Barnett receives Gainesville Mayor’s Award

UF’s Cynthia Barnett received the City of Gainesville Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts for extraordinary contributions in the field of literature.

UF and FSU host Translational Research Symposium

The symposium will be held at UF on March 7, showcasing research excellence that unites researchers, faculty and students from across the two campuses.

How UF is combatting AI misinformation in elections

Learn about the problems posed by AI deepfakes during election season from media expert and professor Janet Coats.

Christine Schmidt elected to NAE

UF Distinguished Professor Christine Schmidt, Ph.D., was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering, or NAE.

Join the Water Institute for its 2024 Symposium

Mark your calendar for the ninth biennial UF Water Institute Symposium, Feb. 20-21 at the Reitz Union, hosted by the UF Water Institute and Duke Energy.

Interdisciplinary AI research opportunities town hall Feb. 19

With one of the nation’s most powerful AI supercomputers and a cadre of information technology experts, UF researchers are well positioned to tackle big interdisciplinary projects that would have been nearly impossible 10 years ago.

Faculty are invited to participate in a town hall on Feb. 19 at 10:30 a.m. in Smathers 100 to discuss potential projects and possibilities for institutional support.

Can we create molecules of life?

Basic biology textbooks will tell you that all life on Earth is built from four types of molecules: proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids. And each group is vital for every living organism.

But what if humans could actually show that these “molecules of life,” such as amino acids and DNA bases, can be formed naturally in the right environment? Researchers at the University of Florida are using the HiPerGator – the fastest supercomputer in U.S. higher education – to test this experiment.