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Ona Field Day: An eight-decade tradition of presenting scientific data to help cattle producers

by Brad Buck
October 1, 2024

For the past 81 years, faculty and staff at the University of Florida Range Cattle Research and Education Center have hosted Ona Field Day to update ranchers and land managers with the latest scientific information. The next field day will ... READ MORE

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Tags: #aiatuf, Animal Sciences, Beef Cattle Forage, Brent Sellers, Coyotes, Golmar Golmohammadi, Groundwater, Hance Ellington, Hannah Baker, Joao Vendramini, Maria Silveira, Ona Field Day, Philipe Moriel, Probiotics, Range Cattle Research And Education Center, Soil, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Water, Wildlife Ecology And Conservation

The Gut Microbiome: A Big Small World

by Jessie Erwin
August 26, 2024

We are thrilled to welcome you to the latest edition of Nutrition Stories, a series exploring hot topics in nutrition and dietetics. Today's guest is Emma Shutters, a graduate of the UF Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) in the Food Science ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Dietetics, Emma Shutters, FSHN Nutrition Stories, Gut Microbiome, Hot Topic, Hot Topics In Nutrition, Microbiome, Nutrition, Nutrition Stories, Prebiotics, Probiotics

Microbiomes: An Ecosystem Just Out of Sight

by Meghan Berryman, Ph.D.
December 4, 2023

Microbes are everywhere! They exist in us, on us and around us at all times in complex microscopic ecosystems called microbiomes. Microbiomes are a collection of bacteria, viruses, archaea and fungi that naturally live in community on and within ... READ MORE

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Tags: Graduate Certificate, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microbiology Online, Microbiome And Health, Microbiomes, Probiotics

Enhancing Military Readiness Through Prevention of Foodborne Gastrointestinal Illness

by Jessie Erwin
September 13, 2023

We are pleased to share the latest article in our FSHN Research Journeys series, which follows graduate students' research in the Food Science and Human Nutrition program at The University of Florida. In this article, second-year food science ... READ MORE

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Tags: Chris Costello, Dr. Renee Goodrich, Food Science, FSHN Research Journeys, Gastrointestinal Illness, Graduate Research, Graduate Student, Master Of Science, Prebiotics, Probiotics, Research Journeys, Research-journeys-food-science, Research-journeys-food-science-ms

Space: a gut check in more ways than one

by Tory Moore
December 4, 2020

People often take or eat probiotics to help regulate their digestive health, but what happens when we send probiotics to space for three years? UF/IFAS researchers hope to find out. NASA is planning several Mars missions that would require ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Department Of Microbiology And Cell Science, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, NASA, Probiotics, Space

Probiotic combination may curb your allergy symptoms, new study finds

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March 6, 2017

By: Brad Buck (UF News) As we head into allergy season, you may feel less likely to grab a hanky and sneeze. That’s because new University of Florida research shows a probiotic combination might help reduce hay fever symptoms, if it’s ... READ MORE

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Tags: Allergies, Allergy, Bifidobacteria, Bobbi Langkamp-Henken, Experiment, Henken, Immune System, Jennifer Dennis, Kyo-Dophilus, Lactobacilli, Nutrition, Probiotics, Research, Study

UF/IFAS researcher awarded almost $500,000 NIFA grant

by Brad Buck
May 11, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A professor with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences has been awarded a $499,348 grant to study the effects of blueberries and probiotics on the digestive tract. The U.S. Department ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Grant, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Nifa, Probiotics, USDA

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