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PFAS Contamination in Great Lakes Urban Watershed

Recently Mallory Llewellyn a Graduate Assistant here, at the University of Florida collaborated with Jonh Bowden and Tracie Baker both working for the Center for Enviromental and Human Toxicology, and other scientist on her paper entitled “Identification and quantification of novel per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in a Great…

Student collaborating with faculty member earns Goldwater Scholarship

Working with Dr. Christopher Martyniuk, Cole English was one of five UF Students to have received the Goldwater Scholarship. This is the first time in history all 5 winners were from UF. It is a premier scholarship for those wishing to pursue research driven STEM careers. In Martyniuk’s lab, English…

Southeastern Society of Toxicology Meeting

Dr. Zhoumeng Lin, took his lab to the Southeastern Society of Toxicology (SESOT) meeting where him and serval of his students put on presentations. Dr Chi-Yun and Dr. Qiran came in second and third place of the Postdoc Platform Presentation Award. SESOT meets to promote communication between toxicologist in the…

What’s Below The Surface

Florida has more than 30,000 lakes, 700 springs, 12,00 miles of rivers and streams and 1,350miles of coastline. As a state the health of our water is very important. Enviromental Toxicologist venture into places like the Everglades to see how Enviromental contaminates are impacting the aquatic ecosystem. Contaminates in the…

CRISPR technology

Our researchers are using sophistocated CRISPR gene-editing technology to move science forward. Dr. Chris Vulpe and his team lead this effort at CEHT.

Toward safer touchscreens

An unexpected ability of cells to bend metal determines the safety of silver nanowires being used in next-generation touchscreens, say UF scientists.