The Florida Museum is hiring a full-time Biological Scientist to assist Doug and Pam Soltis with research projects and data management, including interfacing with Research Computing and managing laboratory computing resources. Much of the effort will be focused on conducting and supporting diverse t
library preparation, cloning, cross-species Target Gene
A small tooth fragment plucked from a 13-year-old boy’s leg after he was bitten by a shark off the coast of New York gave scientists the chance to test a new tactic: using DNA evidence to identify the species involved. University of Florida researchers extracted a DNA sample from the tooth and co
“Perhaps incorrectly, I’m putting these in the bin
Earlier this year, Nicolas Gauthier joined the Florida Museum of Natural History as its first curator of artificial intelligence, part of a broad initiative by the University of Florida to spur innovation in AI and data science. Gauthier has spent over a decade studying the cultural history o
“I don’t really go into the field, but I’m someone
Florida Museum researchers have discovered a key amino acid essential for human nutrition is also an effective insecticide against caterpillars that threaten the citrus industry. The Lime Swallowtail, or Citrus Swallowtail, is a well-known agricultural pest from southern Asia discovered in th
pesticide properties of methionine while cloning genes
University of Florida plant biologist Pam Soltis will receive the Southeastern Universities Research Association’s 2018 Distinguished Scientist Award, given annually to a scientist whose extraordinary work fulfills the association’s mission to “advance collaborative research and strengthen the scien
million Department of Energy project to pinpoint the genes
in 2015-2016 with 27 faculty overseeing about $65M – including 59 new grants this fiscal year totaling $8.3M!
in 2015-2016 with 27 faculty overseeing about $65M
„I think one thing from the Florida Museum that I’ll always take with me is how approachable my collaborators were and how they had a genuine commitment to my success as a scientist.“ Meet Angelo Soto-Centeno, assistant professor in the department of biological sciences at Rutgers University-Newark
While I’m now working as assistant professor in the
Early in the 1930s, a gardener discovered a skull while planting an orange tree at the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park in St. Augustine. The find precipitated in-depth fieldwork by archaeologists during the ’70s and ’80s’, yielding discoveries that raised the possibility of the site being Amer
Fraser II, Steven Binninger, and Gene Kirker.Florida
The history of the Caribbean’s original islanders comes into sharper focus in a new Nature study that combines decades of archaeological work with advancements in genetic technology. An international team led by Harvard Medical School’s David Reich analyzed the genomes of 263 individuals in the l
“At this point, I don’t care if I’m wrong or right,
