The Department of Biology studies life at all levels from molecules to the biosphere to understand the evolution, structure, maintenance and dynamics of biological systems. Our teaching and research provide the integrative and conceptual foundations of the life sciences.

Seminars

Location: 211 Bartram Hall
Time: Tuesdays at 3:30

Wed, Jun 19, 2013
Speaker: Emily Wang
"ROS Scavengers Affec Plant Reproduction". Time: 12pm. Location:Bar 211
Host: Dr. Bernard Hauser, Exit Seminar
Wed, Jun 19, 2013
Speaker: Julian Resasco
Environmental Changes Affecting Dominant Ant Species
Host: UF Biology, exit seminar
Thu, Jun 20, 2013
Speaker: Trevor Caughlin, PhD exit seminar
Seeds move, but trees stand still: spatial population dynamics in tropical trees
Host: Levy

News and Events

James C. Liao, Ph.D. - Research Article in JEB
Asst. Prof. James C. Liao just submitted a paper into JEB, and it's published online ahead-of-print: "The effect of flow speed and body size on Kàrmàn gait kinematics in rainbow trout" [more...]

UFRF Professorship
Congratulations to Assoc. Prof. Edward (Ted) Schuur has been chosen to receive a University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship award. The term of this professorship is from 2013-2016. [more...]

CLAS Term Professorship
Congratulations to Assoc. Prof. Rebecca Kimball was awarded the Colonel Allan R. and Margaret G. Crow Term Professor. Kimball received the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Term Professorship for 2013-2014. [more...]

Eminent Scholar Robert D. Holt elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Congratulations to Biology UF Eminent Scholar who holds the Arthur R. Marshall Jr. Chair in Ecology; will be inducted into the Academy on Oct. 12. [more...]

NSF GRANT AWARDED
Congratulations to Assistant Professor James C. Liao, who was awarded a NSF grant entitled "Single Neuromast Resolution of Flow Sensing in the Zebrafish Lateral Line" as a sole PI for $516,083 on 5/24/13 (effective date on 7/01/13). [more...]