Category: Agriculture

Breaking barriers, mentoring minds: New UF/IFAS scientist earns spot among America’s Inspiring Hispanic/Latinx researchers

by Lourdes Mederos
September 17, 2024

The newest scientist to join the UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center has been honored with a place on the Atlas of Inspiring Hispanic/Latinx Scientists. Valerie De Anda Torres, an assistant professor of microbiology ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Blog Community, , Conservation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching,
Tags: Climate Change, Ecosystems, First-generation, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Hispanic Heritage Month, Mexican, Microbial Ecology, Microbial Metabolism, Microbiology And Cell Science, Minorities, Molecular Biology, Paleobiology, Valerie De Anda Torres

UF/IFAS, FAMU win $1.4 million grant to teach AI to more diverse students

by Brad Buck
September 14, 2021

Funding for student fellowships is included in a new $1.4 million, three-year National Science Foundation grant that faculty from the University of Florida and Florida A&M University (FAMU) will use to train a diverse workforce for potential ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: #AI, Bryan Kolaczkowski, CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, FAMU, IDEA, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell

Newest tool to fight citrus diseases may be found in citrus microbiome

by Ruth Hohl Borger
September 2, 2021

LAKE ALFRED, Fla. --- The next key to winning the battle against citrus diseases such as citrus canker may be in the tiniest microbes that live inside the citrus tree. University of Florida researchers hope to discover how these microbes may ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease
Tags: Citrus Diseases, Citrus Research, Grant, Microbes, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Nian Wang, Nifa, Pathogens, Plant Health, UF/IFAS Citrus Research And Education Center, Usda

New growth chamber facility on UF campus investment in Florida agriculture

by Samantha Murray
February 1, 2021

A new plant science facility has opened on the main UF campus in Gainesville. The UF/IFAS Growth Chamber Facility will help faculty and students study how changes in climate may impact Florida agriculture. The facility contains 15 ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Agronomy, CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Dean Kopsell, Entomology And Nematology, Environmental Horticulture, Horticultural Sciences, Jerry Fankhauser, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, News, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation

Four UF/IFAS faculty members elected AAAS fellows, breaking previous record

by Samantha Murray
November 24, 2020

Four UF/IFAS faculty members have been named 2020 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This surpasses the record set last year when three UF/IFAS faculty members became fellows in a single year. Election ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, Water
Tags: AAAS Fellows, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Animal Sciences, CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Eric Triplett, Geoffrey Dahl, J. Scott Angle, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Plant Pathology, Rafael Munoz-Carpena, Rosemary Loria, Scott Angle

UF researchers ask, ‘What if oncologists thought like ecologists?’

by Samantha Murray
September 10, 2020

Above: Like ants in a colony, cancer cells must communicate with each other to survive. Getty Images What do wildlife and cancer cells have in common? Quite a lot, argues a new article authored by University of Florida researchers. The ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
Tags: Cancer, Madan Oli, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Monika Oli, News, Wildlife Ecology And Conservation

UF professor earns national award for innovative research

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 12, 2020

By RUTH BORGER LAKE ALFRED, Fla. -- Researcher. Scholar. Change agent. Nian Wang, a professor at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, has been recognized for all of these roles by the American Phytopathological ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: American Phytopathological Society, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Gene Editing, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Nian Wang, Ruth Allen Award

University of Florida researchers find promising new treatment in fight to beat citrus greening

by Brad Buck
May 6, 2020

By RUTH BORGER GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers have discovered another possible solution to the plague of citrus greening that is impacting Florida’s citrus groves. This new information adds to the growing portfolio ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Research And Education Center, Claudio Gonzalez, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Treatment

UF/IFAS Researchers Honored for Avocado Integrated Pest Management

by Brad Buck
July 30, 2019

By Robin Koestoyo and Carolina Revilla-Vendrame University of Florida officials recognized a team of research scientists with a High Impact Research Publication award for an article published in the May 2018 edition of Applied Microbiology ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Avocado, Entomology And Nematology, High Impact Research Publication, Indian River Research And Education Center, Integrated Pest Management, Laurel Wilt, Miami-Dade County, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Research, Tropical Research And Education Center

UF/IFAS Scientist to Work with Team Developing New Greening-Tolerant Citrus

by Brad Buck
February 11, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When Nian Wang pieces together sequences of genes, he hopes to make citrus varieties that are more tolerant to the deadly disease known as greening, which has devastated a multibillion dollar-a-year industry in Florida. Wang, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Grant, Greening, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, Nian Wang

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