Gainesville, Fla. — The University of Florida will host an international conference, “Bridging Conservation and Development in Latin America and Africa: Changing Contexts, Changing Strategies,” from Jan. 28 to 30. The conference is jointly sponsored by the UF Center for Latin American Studies and the UF Center for African Studies, with partial support from a [...]
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As scientists work to find new treatments for Pompe disease — the devastating genetic “villain” that drives the efforts of the main characters in the new film “Extraordinary Measures” — University of Florida researchers are hopeful that gene therapy will help patients in the late stages of the disease breathe on their own.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In just a few years after Africanized honey bees were introduced to Brazil in 1956, the aggressive bees had dominated and ruined domestic hives throughout South and Central America. According to University of Florida research, however, the same story isn’t playing out in North America.
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The 4th annual dining and dancing event ‘Moonlight and Martinis’ will benefit Al’z Place, a day-care center for people with Alzheimer’s disease and memory disorders. Formerly called Shake, Rattle and Dance, Moonlight and Martinis will be held at 7 -10 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6 at Touchdown Terrace. Touchdown Terrace is located on the second [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida plant geneticist Matias Kirst is the only researcher from the state of Florida to be named a recipient of U.S. Department of Energy special funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Kirst, of UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and School of Forest Resources and Conservation, will receive [...]
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