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Molecular Lab

weathered plant grows in dry, cracked landscape

Evolution

Plants’ drought alert system has unlikely evolutionary origin: underwater algae

February 25, 2019

Plants’ water-to-land leap marks one of the most important milestones in the evolution of life on Earth. But how plants…Read More

red passionflower

Life on Earth

Scientists: ‘Time is ripe’ to use big data for planet-sized plant questions

December 31, 2018

A group of Florida Museum of Natural History scientists has issued a “call to action” to use big data to…Read More

Pam Soltis

Awards & Honors

Pamela Soltis joins National Academies committee on future of biological collections

December 6, 2018

University of Florida plant biologist Pamela Soltis has been appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee…Read More

illustration of DNA

Life on Earth

Museum biologist joins ‘moonshot’ project to sequence DNA of all eukaryotes

April 30, 2018

Florida Museum of Natural History plant biologist Pam Soltis is part of a 24-member team that aims to sequence the…Read More

smiling woman next to potted plants

Awards & Honors

Plant biologist Pam Soltis receives SURA’s Distinguished Scientist Award

March 7, 2018

University of Florida plant biologist Pam Soltis will receive the Southeastern Universities Research Association’s 2018 Distinguished Scientist Award, given annually…Read More

temple structure in mountains

Evolution

Evolution of China’s flowering plants shows East-West divide between lineages

January 31, 2018

An international team of scientists has mapped the evolutionary relationships between China’s 30,000 flowering plant species, uncovering a distinct regional…Read More

Hodel mangroves video still

Life on Earth

Far from family: Red mangroves on Cape Canaveral related to Gulf species

December 19, 2017

Richard Hodel, a biology doctoral student in the Laboratory of Molecular Systematics & Evolutionary Genetics, explains how a recent Nature Scientific…Read More

projection on the side of a building

Education & Outreach

‘Tree of Life’ events celebrate Earth’s biodiversity with digital art

October 30, 2017

University of Florida scientists have teamed up with acclaimed artists to create two multimedia art pieces about the connections between…Read More

Doug Soltis using the Tree of Life

Awards & Honors

Plant biologist Doug Soltis elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 3, 2017

Plant biologist Doug Soltis has been elected a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, an achievement considered one…Read More

Doug & Pam Soltis

Awards & Honors

Pam and Doug Soltis elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 12, 2017

Plant biologists Pam and Doug Soltis are among this year’s class of national and international leaders elected to the American…Read More

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