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New jellyfish species named after FIO director, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏprofessor

His expertise in jellyfish is so renowned, Monty Graham, director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography and professor of integrative biology at USF, has a new species of jellyfish bearing his name – the Aurelia montyi.

September 17, 2021Research

Commercialization of USF-invented sanitation system set to begin

The latest version of the USF-invented NEWgenerator is on its way to South Africa to begin the process of entering mass production. The solar-powered machine generates nutrients, energy and water by safely recovering them from human wastewater—a technology built to address global sanitation concerns (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏNewsroom).

September 15, 2021Entrepreneurship, Global Research, Innovation

Jason Gulley, a geology professor at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, has taken stunning photographs documenting threats to Florida's freshwater springs. Declining flows, agricultural runoff, and sewage are pressuring the world’s largest network of freshwater springs. (National Geographic).

September 14, 2021Research

The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ (USF), thanks to funding from the National Institutes of Health, is conducting a study to determine whether computerized brain training exercises can reduce the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease (Osprey Observer).

September 8, 2021Health, Research

The unfolding crisis in Afghanistan and the return to power of the Taliban has brought renewed attention to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the events that unfolded in its aftermath (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏSt. Petersburg Campus).

September 7, 2021Research

A group of ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏalumni won $20,000 in a national competition for the creation of a low-cost ventilator prototype. Biomedical engineering alumni Abby Blocker, Carolyna Yamamoto Alves Pinto and Jacob Yarinsky created Eucovent, a device resembling a small box that splits the airflow from one ventilator to two patients (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏOracle).

September 7, 2021Health, Innovation, Student Research

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏis now home to the Florida Center for Nursing, where research is conducted on the supply and demand of the nursing field (WUSF).

September 7, 2021Health

Faculty Seminar kicks off the school year

CMS professors share their latest contributions to oceanography research with the College of Marine Science community.

September 3, 2021Research

College of Marine Science team uncovers new insights about viruses and bacteria in Manatee Springs, Florida

Most people visit Manatee Springs to see its charismatic megafauna, from the iconic sea cows that are its namesake to gators and majestic great blue herons. But not Kema Malki.

September 3, 2021Research

Molecular detective on a mission to discover the mysteries of drug-resistant bacterial pathogens

Since Professor Les Shaw joined ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏas a researcher in 2007, he’s discovered several systems within bacteria cells that have led to significant therapeutic developments for treating drug-resistant bacteria. He attributes his success to USF’s interdisciplinary and collegial community of scientists (ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏNewsroom).

September 3, 2021Research

Dr. Hariom Yadav, an associate professor of neurosurgery and brain repair, was recruited to the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHealth Morsani College of Medicine to direct the Center for Microbiome Research. When he joined ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHealth, he brought more than $4 million in research awards from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Defense.

September 3, 2021Health

For 10 years, Steven Murawski, a Marine Science professor with the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, has headed the $40 million research program. Including using a ship called the R.V. Weatherbird II, which is basically a floating laboratory that ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏscientists took out into the Gulf to do their research (ABC Action News).

September 2, 2021Research