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Scientist wins NSF CAREER Award for genetic plant research – Research News

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Nico Cellinese, assistant curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History herbarium and informatics, has received a prestigious $865,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. The grant will support Cellinese’s research on genetic diversity in the flowering plant group Campanulac
localized places, said Cellinese, who is also a University of Florida assistant professor

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Peter Rolfs Collection – Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum

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The Museum’s Herbarium was established by Peter Rolfs in 1891 at Florida Agricultural College in Lake City. Later transferred to the new University of Florida, this early collection of about 5,000 specimens documents Florida flora from the 1890s and early 1900s. Summary Chinquapin (Castanea pumi
horticulturalist and a biologist for the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station and was a professor

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How can scientists engage the public? New book offers best practices – Research News

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Scientists are increasingly breaking away from the lab or leaving their computer screens to talk to the public about their research. But making the leap to visiting school classrooms, engaging laypeople in fieldwork and presenting at community forums can be daunting. How to begin? A new book by F
to society,” said MacFadden, who is also a University of Florida distinguished professor

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NEA Big Read Kickoff: Lab Blitz – Florida Museum

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Good books broaden our horizons and inspire new conversations, no matter where we are! Join the Florida Museum of Natural History and Alachua County Library District as we kickoff the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read, a series of events building community while lifting the voices of women in
Florida Museum Environmental Archaeology Collection Pam Soltis, Distinguished Professor

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Researcher receives grant to study echolocation in moths – Research News

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Whether by buzzing, singing, cawing or hissing, plenty of animals boast their own form of communication. But researchers now hope to unlock a common predator-prey language found in insects and mammals: echolocation in hawkmoths and bats. “Moths and bats are completely unrelated yet they are t
cage in Boise, Idaho, run by co-principal investigator Jesse Barber, an assistant professor

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Scientist in Every Florida School program Coordinates 500th Classroom Visit in Palm Beach County – Thompson Earth Systems Institute

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In March, the Scientist in Every Florida School program coordinated its 500th classroom visit to schools in Palm Beach County.
, titled “Motion in the Ocean,” featured Maria Josefina Olascoaga, an associate professor

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$4.7 million grant will fund catfish biodiversity research – Research News

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The National Science Foundation has awarded the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida and four other institutions $4.7 million to discover and describe all catfish species worldwide. This grant is one of the first of its kind awarded by the foundation to study a group of
about 1,750 new species during the project,” said Page, who also is an affiliate professor

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The evolution of hawkmoths’ sonar jamming – Research News

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In the 65-million-year-old arms race between bats and moths, some moth species rub their genitals to jam the calls of bats. Radar jamming is commonly used in human warfare, allowing pilots to render themselves invisible. By unraveling the evolution of hawkmoths’ similar defense, authors of the May 2
Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity worked with Jesse Barber, an assistant professor

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Luna moths evolved long spinning tails to defend against bats – Research News

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In the cover of night, an unseen war between bats and moths has been raging for 60 million years—and a new study suggests the insects have evolved long tails as a defense. The collaborative work between University of Florida and Boise State University researchers is a first step in determining wh
against echolocating predators,” said lead study author Jesse Barber, an assistant professor

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