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Beer in space: UF researchers study microgravity’s effect on fermentation

by Megan Winslow
August 14, 2024

A recently published study by University of Florida researchers provides insight into how beer yeast might behave when fermented in outer space. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS
Tags: Andrew MacIntosh, Beer, Biofuel, Clinostat, Ester, Ferment, Fermentation, Food Science And Human Nutrition Department, Grain, Horticultural Sciences Department, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Megan Winslow, Microgravity, Outer Space, Pedro Fernandez Mendoza, Pharmaceutical, Research, Researcher, Saccharomyces Pastorianus, Space, Space Exploration, Study, UF, UF/IFAS, University Of Florida, Wort, Yeast

Food is Our Middle Name Podcast: What’s the deal with…careers in food?

by Tory Moore
November 4, 2022

This week we serve up a two-part episode. Part one, we sat down with Dean Turner and Cathy Carr, leaders in the UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences to discuss the incredible range of fascinating careers in the food industry. (Spoiler ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: #Foodisourmiddlename, Agriculture, Agriculture Jobs, CALS, Careers, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Food, Food Is Our Middle Name, Plant Molecular And Cellular Biology, Plant Molecular And Cellular Biology Program, Podcast, Space, UF/IFAS CALS, UF/IFAS Communications

A first: Scientists grow plants in soil from the Moon

by Samantha Murray
May 12, 2022

Scientists at the University of Florida are the first to grow plants in soil from the Moon. They used soil collected during the Apollo 11, 12 and 17 missions. In their experiment, the researchers wanted to know if plants would grow in ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Anna-Lisa Paul, Arabidopsis, Horticultural Sciences, Lunar, Lunar Soil, Moon, News, Rob Ferl, Space

Space Bread: University of Florida student creates a winning recipe for Deep Space Food Challenge

by Jarred Shellhouse
December 2, 2021

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Hope Hersh has her sights set on something out of this world—freshly baked bread for astronauts. As a plant molecular and cellular biology doctoral student in the UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Baking, Bread, Plant Molecular And Cellular Biology, Space, Student

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

Staph-free space, UF/IFAS researchers work to improve astronaut health

by Tory Moore
December 4, 2020

Staph is commonly found in the nose and on skin, but after long durations in space, may be a risk factor for serious infection Astronauts must remain healthy throughout space missions. But when the missions lengthen, more factors can make ... READ MORE

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

Superfood goes to space

by Tory Moore
December 4, 2020

Spirulina, algae packed with protein and hailed as a superfood, will make a six-month trip to space in 2021 to test its suitability as a bountiful and nutritious crop for astronauts on long-term space missions. The UF/IFAS Settles Lab identifies ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Horticultural Sciences, Horticultural Sciences Department, Horticulture, International Space Station, NASA, Plant Breeding, Space

UF/IFAS Researcher to Experiment With Algae in Space

by Brad Buck
June 13, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida scientist will use the International Space Station to see if algae can help recycle carbon dioxide and eventually be used to help make plastics, resins and even food. Initially, researchers want ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Algae, Astronauts, Carbon Dioxide, Horticultural Sciences Department, International Space Station, Mark Settles, News, Space

UF/IFAS scientists to conduct experiment on plants in space (Updated)

by Brad Buck
March 14, 2014

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Two University of Florida scientists are tentatively set to go to Kennedy Space Center March 30 for the launch of the SpaceX-3 Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, to send up and then monitor an experiment ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Anna-Lisa Paul, Plants, Robert Ferl, Space

Sept. 18 Science Cafe talk will focus on UF/IFAS space biology research

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 14, 2012

Click here for high resolution image. Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences faculty will lead the first Science Café of the fall, titled “Going Boldly: Astrobiology, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Anna-Lisa Paul, Astrobiology, Florida, Florida Museum Of Natural History, ICBR, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Interdisciplinary Center For Biotechnology Research, NASA, Rob Ferl, Robert Ferl, Science Cafe, Space, Space Biology, University Of Florida

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