Florida Panthers Deemed Unaffected by Emerging Fatal Genetic Condition in New UCF-led Research UCF biologists collaborated on research that determined that Florida panthers are likely not at increased risk for contracting chronic wasting disease from eating infected deer.
UCF Biologist Continues Unraveling Mystery of Magnetic Bacteria UCF Biologist Robert Fitak recently created a refined database of magnetic bacteria and the animals they may reside in to further study how these bacteria could guide migration patterns of animals such as sea turtles.
Stories of Innovation, Discovery Highlight UCF Research Top 10 News List of 2023 The annual top 10 research news list is based on UCF Today page views and coverage UCF research received by global, national, state and local media.
Deadly Frog Disease More Prevalent in Central Florida Than Expected, UCF Study Finds As climate change alters temperature and rainfall patterns in North America, researchers say more areas could experience conditions favorable to the disease known as amphibian Perkinsea.
UCF Doctoral Candidate Works to Create a ‘Bioassessment Toolkit’ Ashley Reaume’s research investigates biodiversity in coastal communities. She hopes to make this knowledge more accessible through the creation of a bioassessment toolkit.
Monitoring Genetic Mutations Will Be Important for Florida Panther Management In a new study led by UCF, researchers discovered a suite of mutations in Florida panthers that originated from Texas and Central American pumas.
3 UCF Colleges Receive $4.5M for Infectious Disease, Travel Health Research Initiative The goal is to help businesses recover from vulnerabilities and prepare for the potential of another pandemic.
New Genetic Clues Could be Key to Saving Sea Turtles from Mysterious Disease UCF researchers have discovered 116 new-to-science alleles, or gene variants, that could play a role in protecting sea turtles from a tumor-causing disease that limits mobility.
Study Finds Critical Data Needed for Monitoring and Preserving Biodiversity is Missing The missing data includes important information about genomic sequence data such as the time and location an organism is sampled.
UCF Expert Will Help Track COVID Spread, Reinfection and Vaccine Breakthroughs The findings could affect strategies to control the virus through community efforts and vaccines.
