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Even at the Cellular Level, Ancestry Matters

by Emily Cardinali UF News Diseases impact different populations with varying prevalence, which is reflected in health disparities that are seen for illnesses like lupus, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. To create effective medical treatments, researchers need representative population samples. Even though disease impacts everybody, medical research samples are often not...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

UF ICBR Launches New Self-Service Timer

UF | ICBR has launched their latest version of our self-service timer. Please see below, a guide on how the new timer can benefit your experience. Accessing the Application To access the application, follow these steps: Navigate to selfservice.biotech.ufl.edu Click on Access the Self Service Suite button Authenticate with your...

UF Researcher Dr. Marco Salemi Utilizes ICBR Genomics Expertise to Understand COVID19 Epidemiology

By Steven Madore, Ph.D. In recent years, public health emergencies caused by epidemics have led to the use of genome sequencing to identify and characterize viral pathogens. Rapid acquisition of high quality viral genomic sequences is critical for understanding viral pathogen origin, transmission and epidemiological spread. Ultimately deciphering the molecular...

UF researchers use AI datasets to track feral pigs, minimize disease risk

Courtesy of UF/IFAS Written by Brad Buck Feral pigs cost the agriculture industry at least $1.5 billion in damage, disease and control costs around the United States annually, running rampant on large swaths of grazing lands. The swine root in soil and eat most everything in sight. Farmers and ranchers will benefit...

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