Research
Featured Publications
2021
New research by Dr Brad Gemmell (Tampa campus) on how Jellyfish swim has been featured in New York Times, check out the podcast/radio interview with an international broadcast based in Canada, soon to be featured on the Discovery Channel !

New publication by Dr Sridhar in BMC-Cancer. 'Gene expression analysis of human prostate cell lines with and without tumor metastasis
suppressor CD82'
Research by Dr Sean Doody (St. Petersburg campus) is featured in an article in Science News about how other inhabitants of the monitor lizard’s habitat in Australia use its burrows. The invasive cane toad is depleting monitor lizard populations, and concern is rising that the toad invasion could affect other animals that use the lizard burrows.

Sridhar Lab Fearured in USF News Article. Prostate Cancer: The Second Leading Cause of Cancer Death in Men
Dinosaur feather study debunked in new analysis by Ryan Carney (USF, NY Times, National Geographic).
"Evidence corroborates identity of isolated fossil feather as a wing covert of Archaeopteryx" Scientific Reports, 2020. Ryan M. Carney, Helmut Tischlinger & Matthew D. Shawkey

2020
USF Article on Cane Toad Research by Sean Doody
Publication by Pierce Lab
'The complete disappearance of a long standing sacoglossan sea slug population following
Hurricane Irma, despite recovery of the local algal community'
Symbiosis 2020. M. L. Middlebrooks & N. E. Curtis & S. K. Pierce

Publication by Parkinson Lab
'Molecular tools for coral reef restoration: Beyond biomarker discovery'
Conservation Letters, 2020. John Everett Parkinson, Andrew C. Baker, Iliana B. Baums,
Sarah W. Davies, Andréa G. Grottoli, Sheila A. Kitchen, Mikhail V. Matz, Margaret
W. Miller, Andrew A. Shantz, Carly D. Kenkel
