Museum biologist joins ‘moonshot’ project to sequence DNA of all eukaryotes
Florida Museum of Natural History plant biologist Pam Soltis is part of a 24-member team that aims to sequence the…Read More
Plant biologist Pam Soltis receives SURA’s Distinguished Scientist Award
University of Florida plant biologist Pam Soltis will receive the Southeastern Universities Research Association’s 2018 Distinguished Scientist Award, given annually…Read More
Evolution of China’s flowering plants shows East-West divide between lineages
An international team of scientists has mapped the evolutionary relationships between China’s 30,000 flowering plant species, uncovering a distinct regional…Read More
‘Tree of Life’ events celebrate Earth’s biodiversity with digital art
University of Florida scientists have teamed up with acclaimed artists to create two multimedia art pieces about the connections between…Read More
Herbarium specimens provide snapshots of plants’ past, data for future
While some might press flowers into books to preserve their beauty, researcher Mark Whitten does it to preserve history. Whitten,…Read More
Pam and Doug Soltis elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Plant biologists Pam and Doug Soltis are among this year’s class of national and international leaders elected to the American…Read More
On the defense
Harmful plants have evolved to protect themselves from predators It’s one of society’s hotly debated questions: ketchup or mustard? For…Read More
Pam and Doug awarded the Darwin-Wallace medal
Soltis Lab Blog Pam and Doug Soltis were awarded the 2016 Darwin-Wallace Medal by the Linnean Society of London in…Read More
Some plants may not adapt quickly to future climate change
Using the largest dated evolutionary tree of flowering plants ever assembled, a new study suggests how plants developed traits to…Read More
New plant genome study may offer clues to improving all major food crops
University of Florida researchers and their colleagues have sequenced the genome of the flowering plant Amborella for the first time,…Read More