Tag: Probiotics

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

Category: UF/IFAS
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

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

UF/IFAS researchers find a probiotic combination that might curb allergy symptoms

by Brad Buck
March 1, 2017

Bobbi Langkamp-Henken GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- As we head into allergy season, you may feel less likely to grab a hanky and sneeze. That’s because new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences research shows a probiotic ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Allergy, Bobbi Langkamp-Henken, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Probiotics

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

CALS doctoral student earns $25,000 fellowship from Dannon Yogurt

by Brad Buck
January 28, 2015

Amanda Ford GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences doctoral student has won a $25,000 fellowship to continue studying probiotics. Amanda Ford, conducting research under the guidance of Wendy ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Teaching, WORK & LIFE
Tags: CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Probiotics

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