UF IFAS Plant Molecular & Cellular Biology - PMCB Graduate Program

Welcome to the Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology (PMCB) Graduate Program at the University of Flo You can learn more about us at http://pmcb.ifas.ufl.edu

We are an interdisciplinary graduate program at University of Florida that focuses on PhD degrees. We emphasize the understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms that control plant development, adaptation and evolution.

10/03/2024

Welcome to our fantastic group of Fall 2024 students!

11/21/2023

🎓 REMINDER: The deadline for submissions is 12/1/2023 and you can apply via the following link: https://admissions.ufl.edu/apply/graduate/ For any questions or inquiries, feel free to reach out to Emily Murphy at [email protected]. Join us in cultivating knowledge and advancing plant science! 🌱

11/15/2023

🌿 Exciting News: Our UF Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program is now accepting PhD applications! 🎓 The deadline for submissions is 12/1/2023 and you can apply via the following link: https://admissions.ufl.edu/apply/graduate/ For any questions or inquiries, feel free to reach out to Emily Murphy at [email protected]. Join us in cultivating knowledge and advancing plant science! 🌱

08/10/2023

Congratulations to PMCB Faculty member Matias Kirst on being awarded the title of Distinguished Professor.

07/27/2023

Scientists from the Basset lab in the Horticultural Sciences Department at UF and the Chemistry Research Unit at the ARS-CMAVE in Gainesville FL, discovered an evolutionary mechanism that could help develop new herbicides & algicides. The research is published at https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad202

Space Bread: University of Florida student creates a winning recipe for Deep Space Food Challenge

12/14/2021

Our very own Ph.D. student, Hope Hersh has been selected by NASA as 1 of 18 proposals to win a cash prize of $25,000. This will help Hope further develop her idea of Space Bread. To learn more about this project, please see the link below.

Space Bread: University of Florida student creates a winning recipe for Deep Space Food Challenge GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Hope Hersh has her sights set on something out of this world—freshly baked bread for astronauts. As a plant molecular and cellular biology doctoral student in the UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and... Read More

11/09/2021

PMCB is now accepting applications for Fall 2022. Apply by December 1st to be considered. For additional information, please visit our website: https://pmcb.ifas.ufl.edu/

02/17/2020

Check out this outstanding K-12 outreach initiative spearheaded by our PMCB doctoral student Drake Garner!!

Exploring Plants Educational Site - Learn about plant science!

01/15/2020

Niche Market and Dooryard Citrus for the HLB World - Citrus Industry Magazine The University of Florida citrus improvement team is working on interesting and possibly lucrative selections with niche market and dooryard potential.

01/14/2020

https://www.usabreakingnews.net/2020/01/exotic-new-crop-could-put-florida-on-world-spice-map/

Exotic new crop could put Florida on world spice map In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, photo, Alan Chambers, assistant professor of horticultural sciences at UF/IFAS, checks the beans on an open pod of vanilla tahitensis, from Ecuador that he is studying as part of a research study on growing Vanilla in South Florida, at the University of Florida Tropi...