GCPSA - Gulf Coast Post-Doc and Student Association

10/02/2026

Stuck on paperwork every time you travel?

Don't worry. GCPSA is hosting a seminar on student travel procedures with Michelle Middleton-Philpot, Administrative Specialist I at GCREC. Michelle works with these procedures every day and will walk you through what you need to know before, during and after your trip.
📅 Date: October 5, 2026
🕑 Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
💻 Location: Zoom
Please register here: https://lnkd.in/e68GxD8c

09/28/2026

GCPSA Seminar Series is back! 🎉
Our first speaker is Dr. Yirina Valdes Vazquez, a research scholar in Dr. Desaeger's nematology lab at GCREC and a Professor in the Department of Biosciences at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), Brazil.
Topic: "H**p in Root-Knot Nematode Management: A Host, a Potential Bionematicide, or Both?"
📅 Thursday, October 1, 2026
🕚 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 GCREC Main Auditorium (Kitchen Side)
Join us to learn about new work in nematode management and connect with fellow students and researchers.
RSVP link: https://lnkd.in/etE83fZr

09/02/2026

Thank you to everyone who showed up and made Welcome Day so much fun! 💙

08/28/2026

GCPSA is hosting a welcome day for the 2026 Fall semester to help new students get to know more about our center. This will be a great time to meet and greet with fellow students, ask questions, and connect with your very own GCREC community.
Join us
📍 Where: GCREC auditorium
📅 Date: Tuesday, September 1st, 2026.
🕒 Time: 4 pm - 6pm
Registration link: https://forms.gle/kPL9RXLfJ1Z9rPa8A

3 days left for registration. Hurry up!

08/24/2026

Deadline Extended to September 1. Register ASAP - don't miss your chance to present!

The Gulf Coast Post-doc and Student Association (GCPSA) is organizing 2026 Inter-REC Poster & Flash Talk Competition. We are inviting all UF/IFAS undergraduate and graduate students to share your research, connect with peers across departments, and compete for cash prizes.
⏰ Abstract submissions due August 21, 2026.
🔗 Register here: https://forms.gle/AEmAovuhMbuyAdzMA
We look forward to seeing you there!

07/20/2026

The Gulf Coast Post-doc and Student Association (GCPSA) is organizing 2026 Inter-REC Poster & Flash Talk Competition. We are inviting all UF/IFAS undergraduate and graduate students to share your research, connect with peers across departments, and compete for cash prizes.
⏰ Abstract submissions due August 21, 2026.
🔗 Register here: https://forms.gle/AEmAovuhMbuyAdzMA
We look forward to seeing you there!

07/15/2026

World Cup fever hit GCREC! Huge thanks to everyone who turned up the heat and made it a day.
#2026

06/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined the social mix at Laven Brewing. It was great to see students, interns, postdocs, faculty, and administration all connecting. You made the event a success.

05/15/2026

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? 🐝

This week, GCPSA welcomed PhD student Jack T. Koster for an engaging seminar titled, “Buzzing Systems: Unraveling the Inner Workings of Honeybees.”

Attendees explored how honeybee colonies function as a superorganism — with thousands of individual bees working together through chemical communication, nutrition, and developmental cues.

From pheromone-driven behaviors inside the hive to the processes that determine whether a bee becomes a worker or queen, the seminar highlighted how remarkably complex biological systems can emerge from simple interactions.

These insights are especially important because honeybees play a critical role in agricultural productivity and ecosystem health.

Thank you, Jack, for sharing your work and contributing to the GCPSA - Gulf Coast Post-Doc and Student Association Spring Seminar Series.

04/30/2026

We had an insightful seminar on “Field-Ready AI for Florida Agriculture: A Short Journey Through Applications Ranging from Robotic Mapping to AI Agents” on April 22. It was exciting to see how AI is actively transforming the agricultural landscape from precision mapping to intelligent decision-making systems in the field.