Research News
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Earn $39.6 Million for Research
In fiscal year 2021, the college brought in substantial funding for important research, despite the significant challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Silvery Film is Opening New Possibilities for Flexible Electronics
UF chemists' efficient process for synthesizing this semiconducting polymer could be a game-changer.
Using CRISPR, UF Team Identifies Targets for COVID-19 Antiviral Therapies
Research assistant professor Michael Norris and biological scientist Andrew P. Bluhm of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences worked to identify dozens of novel therapeutic targets.
NSF Awards $1 Million to Study Sustainable Indigenous Practices
Faculty from the Department of Geography and the Center for Latin American Studies are among a multidisciplinary team of researchers awarded by the National Science Foundation to study the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Gut Microbial Health Could be the Key to Health Disparities
A UF infectious disease expert and mathematics professor calls for research into connections between the gut microbiome and health inequities.
This Moss’s Huge, 300 Million-Year-Old Sex Chromosomes Offer Clues About Our Own
New research into the genome of fire moss has biologists rethinking assumptions about the development of human sex chromosomes.
Untangling Drivers of Dengue in Thailand
New work by a UF biologist uses mobility data and genetic sequencing to reconstruct how dengue viruses circulate within Thailand.
A Look Back at the Emerging Pathogens Institute’s COVID-19 Projects
Faculty from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences were key contributors to campus-wide COVID-19 research efforts.
What is Deforming This Spiral Galaxy?
A spiral galaxy 120 million light-years away is looking a bit cockeyed.
Taking a bite out of frog tooth evolution: They’ve lost teeth more than 20 times
A UF biology student led the first comprehensive study of tooth evolution in frogs.
Buried Treasure: How a Bit of Soil Led to a Rare Discovery for Microbial Chemistry
Researchers from the Whitney Lab and the Department of Chemistry identified a new molecule that could have medicinal purposes.
100 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, a UF Researcher Shares Her Search for Truth
UF forensic anthropologist Phoebe Stubblefield has worked to uncover the truth of the tragic event.
Exploring the ‘Aesthetics of Excess’
Assistant Professor Jillian Hernandez used her first book to highlight the styles of working-class Black and Latina women and girls.
Delia Steverson Named Citizens & Scholars Career Enhancement Fellow
Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Career Enhancement Fellowship supports the research of underrepresented junior and other faculty members in the humanities, social sciences and arts.
Mapping the Spread of COVID-19 in Brazil
Mathematician Burton Singer collaborated with researchers from Brazil and Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health to understand the spread of COVID-19 throughout Brazil.
COVID-19 Vaccine Effective Against Brazilian Variant, UF Researchers Find
UF investigators co-authored the first study to determine that the CoronaVac vaccine is 50% effective at preventing the P.1 variant of COVID-19.
WATCH: The Pitfalls and Potential of Criminal Justice AI
What are the ethical implications of police departments and courts using artificial intelligence in their work?
Invasive Big-Headed Ants Pose a Major Threat to a Kenyan Ecosystem
New research shines a light on the havoc that invasive species can wreak.
Grant seeks to prevent implicit bias among clinical researchers, address racial disparities
A team of all-female physicians and scientists is leveraging personal experiences with underrepresentation in medicine to begin identifying a solution toward implicit bias in clinical research.
Grant seeks to prevent implicit bias among clinical researchers, address racial disparities
A team of all-female physicians and scientists is leveraging personal experiences with underrepresentation in medicine to begin identifying a solution toward implicit bias in clinical research.