UF Genetics Institute and Graduate Program
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The University of Florida Genetics Institute is a biomedical research center that promotes collaborative and multidisciplinary research utilizing the tools of genetics and genomics. The UFGI includes 246 faculty members representing 7 different colleges and 51 different academic departments at the University of Florida. Their research includes human genetics, bioinformatics, agricultural and plant
11/05/2025
Our Poster Session 1 is happening right now! The Symposium has been an amazing experience hearing from our students and their incredible research. You don’t want to miss it!
If you can, drop a comment to say hi to our students and cheer them on — they’ve all done an outstanding job! 🙌
Be sure to stop by tomorrow for Poster Session 2!👀
10/14/2025
Predicting disease outbreaks before they happen! 📊
Dr. Robert P. Guralnick, UFGI member and Curator of Biodiversity Informatics at the Florida Museum, is part of a groundbreaking team that can now forecast West Nile virus outbreaks up to six months in advance.
Dr. Guralnick's data science expertise was crucial. He helped digitize decades of paper records that had nearly been lost in a flood, transforming them into the foundation for a predictive model that could shift disease prevention from reactive to proactive.
Read the full story: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/disease-experts-team-up-with-florida-museum-of-natural-history-to-create-a-forecast-for-west-nile-virus/?j=1932666&sfmc_sub=210167057&l=272_HTML&u=83473013&mid=518003454&jb=2002
07/30/2025
🔬🧠 Meet Juan Arboleda!
Our latest UFGI blog post features Juan, a 6th-year PhD candidate in the Genetics & Genomics program whose work bridges the lab bench and the broader community. From researching myotonic dystrophy to co-founding a student organization and hosting a neuroscience podcast in Spanish, Juan is redefining what it means to be a researcher.
Read the full story at the link in bio! 💻✨
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