Two Common Compounds Show Effectiveness Against COVID-19 Virus in Early Testing
by Doug Bennett UF Health A pair of over-the-counter compounds has been found in preliminary tests to inhibit the virus that causes COVID-19, University of Florida Health researchers have found. The combination includes diphenhydramine, an antihistamine used for allergy symptoms. When paired with lactoferrin, a protein found in cow and human milk, the compounds were... Read More
Meet the Agronauts
Barb Baylor Anderson Fresh From Florida, 2022 Edition As recent news featured revolutionary trips into space, two Ph.D. plant molecular biologists were making their own galactic headlines. Their pioneering work may ultimately hold the key to traveling and living beyond Earth for long periods of time. Anna-Lisa Paul, University of Florida Institute of Food and... Read More
UF President Kent Fuchs Announces Plans to Transition from President to Professor
from UF News University of Florida President Kent Fuchs announced in a video released today that he is planning for this to be his last year as president, capping a tenure in which the university has joined the ranks of the nation’s very best public universities. Fuchs, 67, is serving in his eighth year after becoming the... Read More
Underbite regained: Species feared extinct is the only frog with true teeth on its lower jaw
By Jerald Pinson Florida Museum In a new study, biologists laid to rest a century-old debate by confirming that a single species of frog, out of the more than 7,000 living today, has true teeth on its lower jaw. The culprit, a large marsupial frog named Gastrotheca guentheri, has puzzled scientists since its discovery in... Read More
Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul Receives ASGSR’s 2021 Founder’s Award
UF | ICBR Director and one of the Principal Investigators for the UF Space Plants Lab, Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul, was recently honored as recipient of the 2021 Founder’s Award from the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research. The prestigious award celebrated Dr. Paul’s work observing stress responses and modulations of plants subjected to the novel environment... Read More
COVID Updates for UF | ICBR
[02/25/22] Dear ICBR colleagues and customers, Thank you all for your patience and we continue to navigate an environment impacted by COVID19. Although the light of the end of the tunnel seems to be expanding, there remains a recognition that we as a community can help mitigate the spread by masking indoors. Because the ICBR... Read More