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Ivan Ramos
PositionGraphic Designer
JoinedJanuary 18, 2017
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UF funds second round of research on racial disparities

The University of Florida recently announced the second round of Advancing Racial Justice awards, totaling more than $400,000. The seven...
Seen from a distance, four students examine striations in red volcanic rock on the edge of a crater strewn with boulders. They wear sun hats to protect from the glare and heat. One points at the rock patterns, which are crumbled and eroded.

Field Tested

The drone wouldn’t fly. The wheelchair-accessible van spun its tires, digging into the dusty gravel. And the men with shotguns...
Illustration of the spread of disease through connections.

The race between a quantitative epidemiologist and COVID-19

In January 2020, rumors of a nascent disease proliferating through Wuhan, China were spreading. Tom Hladish, a quantitative epidemiologist at...
Jiri Hulcr

7 astonishing facts you need to know about bark beetles

University of Florida entomologist Jiri Hulcr loves each of the 6,000 species of bark beetles, and he wants you to...
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New hope for coral disease comes from probiotics

You’ve probably heard of probiotics’ role in creating a healthy gut biome. But what if they could help coral reefs,...

Innovation is in his DNA

Thomas Burris boarded his flight, found his seat and opened a book on nuclear receptors, the class of proteins he...
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Traces of DNA in sand, water could be key to protecting sea turtles

DNA “fingerprints” left behind by sea turtles offer scientists a simple, powerful way of tracking the health and whereabouts of...
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Here’s how AI could bring better fruit to your table

On a farm outside Gainesville, plant geneticist Patricio Muñoz strides through rows of shoulder-high blueberry bushes. He’ll log up to...
Feature image for "Revealing the Ancestry 'Blind Spot'", from the Summer 2022 issue of Explore

Revealing the Ancestry “Blind Spot”

Josephine Allen and Erika Moore are keenly aware of the racial health disparities in the conditions they study. But until...
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This geneticist’s goal: Cure the disease that runs in his family

In 2006, specialists around the country started getting emails from a recent Harvard grad named Eric Wang asking about myotonic...
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No Time to be Patient

Shandra Trantham’s research into genetic disease began at age 13, when she snuck a look at her own medical chart....
Shark teeth genetic research

Could sharks teach us how to grow new teeth?

When UF evolutionary biologist Gareth Fraser gives a talk titled “Why sharks are the future of dentistry” at dental conferences,...
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