Audience at the BioInfo Core Session at ISMB 2023 Dr. Alberto Riva at ISMB/ECCB2023: Advancing Bioinformatics Cores and Inspiring Collaboration Dr. Alberto Riva, the Scientific Director for the ICBR Bioinformatics core, recently attended the highly acclaimed Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) conference, renowned as the largest and most prestigious gathering... Read More
Dr. Diansy Zincke Named Scientific Director of ICBR NextGeneration DNA Sequencing The University of Florida Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research (ICBR) recently announced the appointment of Dr. Diansy Zincke as the new Scientific Director of the Next Generation DNA Sequencing Core (NS). Dr. Zincke, who has been working with the... Read More
The American Association for the Advancement of Science honors 19 UF faculty as Lifetime Fellows Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul, alongside 18 other UF faculty, has been honored as a Lifetime Fellow of AAAS. Dr. Paul was honored for “distinguished contributions to the understanding of life’s ability to move beyond planet Earth,... Read More
Clinton Collins Joins UF ICBR as Director of Cyberinfrastructure With over 30 years of experience, most recently working in IT at UF Physics since 2013, Clint joins the UF ICBR team in hopes of improving processes and discovering new tools for researchers. What Clint especially likes about working in the field is... Read More
Which plants have the best chances for survival in space? That’s the question being addressed by Principal Investigators Anna-Lisa Paul and Robert Ferl in the Epigenetic Adaptation to the Spaceflight Environment – Accumulated Genomic Change Induced by Generations in Space (Plant Habitat-03) investigation which will soon launch to the International Space Station... Read More
ICBR Cytometry Acquires BD FACS Symphony S6 The recent acquisition of the BD FACS Symphony S6 cell sorter in the ICBR Cytometry Core will expand the capabilities of the UF research community to isolate rare and unique populations of cells from a complex, mixed populations. Cell sorting on the S6... Read More
UF | ICBR Staff Answer Challenge to Support Local Students in Need For the fifth consecutive year, UF | ICBR held their annual food drive to provide food and supplies to Gainesville grade schools. Over the course of six weeks, our staff of 47 individuals collected over 3,000 items for... Read More
Dr. Mariza Miranda Named Scientific Director of ICBR Cytometry UF ICBR is excited to announce that Dr. Mariza Miranda has been named Scientific Director of ICBR’s Cytometry core. Dr. Miranda has a Masters and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, with more than 12 years of experience working as a researcher to develop... Read More
University of Florida supports the ethical use of artificial intelligence The University of Florida, a proponent for ethics in artificial intelligence, is part of a new global agreement with seven other worldwide universities that are committed to the development of human-centered approaches to AI that will impact people everywhere. During... Read More
Scientific expedition to study human impact on Florida Everglades A team of five that includes a female University of Florida professor as its lead scientist will embark Thursday on a dangerous trek across the Florida Everglades to assess the impact of humans on the world’s largest subtropical wilderness. The group... Read More