UF plant biologist Anna-Lisa Paul receives SURA’s Distinguished Scientist Award
UF plant biologist Anna-Lisa Paul receives SURA’s Distinguished Scientist Award by Joe Kays University of Florida plant molecular biologist Anna-Lisa Paul has been named a recipient of the Southeastern Universities Research Association’s (SURA) 2025 Distinguished Scientist Award, recognizing her groundbreaking contributions to space biology and her leadership in advancing scientific exploration beyond Earth. Paul is... Read More
Environmental DNA – It’s All Up in the Air
Environmental DNA – It’s All Up in the Air Steven J. Madore, PhD (ICBR Associate Director for Science) (Note: this article has been summarized from UF News “Environmental DNA floating in the air tracks wildlife, viruses — even drugs” June 3, 2025 by Eric Hamilton) Scientists can now use the power of genetic information to... Read More
UF Investigators Identify Mechanism of Drug Resistance in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
UF Investigators Identify Mechanism of Drug Resistance in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Steven J Madore, PhD (ICBR Associate Director for Science) Summarized from J. Clin. Inv. 2025;135(6); e185149 Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Despite a combination of surgery and chemotherapy, survival rate remains low due to cancer... Read More
Stars Align for Science: University of Florida and NSF NRAO Forge Path for Discovery
Stars Align for Science: University of Florida and NSF NRAO Forge Path for Discovery The U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) and the University of Florida (UF) have announced a dynamic new partnership to advance science education and public outreach at a future Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) antenna site... Read More
New Instruments in the ICBR NGS Shared Resource Lowers DNA Sequencing Costs for UF Investigators
New Instruments in the ICBR NGS Shared Resource Will Lower DNA Sequencing Costs for UF Investigators Steven Madore, PhD, ICBR Associate Director for Science The mission of the ICBR Next Generation DNA Sequencing shared resource (NGS-SR) is to provide cost-effective access to cutting edge DNA sequencing technologies for the UF research community. The NGS-SR offers... Read More
Florida Trend: Seeding Exploration
Seeding Exploration Twelve years to get 12 grams. Twelve years of research and planning, of conducting experiments with simulated material, of traveling to the world’s most inhospitable environments. Twelve years of writing proposals and being told no. University of Florida research scientists Rob Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul weren’t asking NASA for just 12 grams oflunar... Read More