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

Tue, Nov 24, 2009
Speaker: David Zacharias, UF (Whitney Marine Lab)
Tue, Dec 01, 2009
Speaker: Jérémie Brusini
Evolution of the interaction between the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, and its hypovirus, Cryphonectria Hypovirus
Thu, Dec 03, 2009
Speaker: Carolina Murcia
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Tue, Dec 08, 2009
Speaker: Marty Yanofsky, UCSD, Biological Sciences (Cell & Developmental Biology)
Wed, Dec 09, 2009
Speaker: Juli G. Pausas
The role of fire in the Mediterranean Basin: from plant traits to community assembly
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News and Events

Biology postdoc and two faculty members' article published in top journal
Drs. Ricardo Holdo, Ben Bolker, Bob Holt and associates' paper, "A Disease-Mediated Trophic Cascade in the Serengeti and its Implications for Ecosystem C" was published in a recent issue of PLoS Biology and in Nature Research Highlights. This paper was also discussed by the Faculty of 1000 Biology. PLoS Biol 7(9): e1000210. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000210 [more...]

Biology graduate student's article published in PNAS
Biology graduate student, Fabiany Herrera and collaborators' paper, "Late Paleocene fossils from the Cerrejo´ n Formation, Colombia, are the earliest record of Neotropical rainforest," was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [more...]

FLMNH receives gift of 2 million butterflies and moths
Dr. William and Nadine McGuire of Wayzata, Minn., donated this collection valued at more than $41 million. This brings UF's butterfly and moth collection to more than 9 million specimens making it one of the world's largest. [more...]

Biology faculty member's work in Science article
Dr. Brian Silliman’s work is described in today’s issue of Science, along with a quote from him in the article, "On the Origin of Ecological Structure." [more...]

FLMNH graduate student in Discovery News
Ph.D. student Catalina Pimento's research on the gigantic prehistoric shark, Megalodon, is featured on Discovery News. [more...]