The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience is a full-time University of Florida research center for biomedical research and biotechnology located in St. Augustine, Florida. Founded in 1974, the Whitney Lab is dedicated to using marine model animals for studying fundamental problems in biology and applying that knowledge to issues of human health, natural resources, and the environment. Researchers at the lab are on the front lines of a variety of scientific areas including biodiversity, ocean health, marine chemistry, neuroscience, sensory biology, evolutionary genomics, embryology, and cell regeneration – working to Go Greater for all of us.
Research at the Whitney LabComing Soon! Join us to help support hundreds of washbacks cared for by the Sea Turtle Hospital staff each season by symbolically adopting a washback this year, named by you. Available October 23-31.
Dr. Leonid Moroz was interviewed and provided expertise for the NY Times Science Article When Two Sea Aliens Become One - Primitive animals called comb jellies can fuse their bodies and nervous systems together Read More
The Evenings at Whitney Lecture Series continues Thursday, November 14, 2024, at 6 p.m. with the program titled “Florida Loves Manatees: A Cultural History of Manatees in Florida”. Dr. Steven Noll, Instructional Professor, Department of History at the University of Florida, will be the speaker. Read More
If you missed our September Evenings at Whitney, "A Journey Around the Globe – How Microbes Can Provide Drugs to Combat Diseases” with Dr. Sandra Loesgen, Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Florida Whitney Laboratory, the YouTube link is below. Read More
He joins the Liao Lab as a research scholar, funded by the European project 'iNavigate'. During his stay, he is interested in developing hardware and software to remotely monitor the movement of fishes. Read More
Dr. Setton recently joined the Seaver Lab as a Postdoctoral Associate. In Dr. Seaver's laboratory, she will be working on characterizing the putative multipotent stem cell cluster of this marine annelid using classical embryological, next generation sequencing, and gene manipulation techniques. Read More
Research
Sea Turtle Hospital
Education and Conservation
New Marine Research Institute Building
Center for Biological Imaging and Discovery
Advancing Research and Conservation Strategies
Our videos give you a taste for marine science and the exciting opportunities for discovery at the University of Florida Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience.