Moroz Lab News

One of our favorite model organisms here at Whitney Laboratory is discussed in this Nature article. Read More

The 2022 Florida Genetics Symposium hosted by the University of Florida Genetics Institute will be held on November 2 and 3 at the Cancer & Genetics Research Complex. Read More

The paper, ""Development of the nervous system in the early hatching larvae of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi," is the analysis of nervous system evolution in ctenophores and other basal animal groups and is the major focus of the Moroz Lab. Read More

A new research paper was just published in Science by the Moroz lab (Prof. Leonid Moroz and Dr. Andrea Kohn) as a part of long-term collaboration with EMBL (Germany). The paper provides the first deciphering the genealogy of the main cell types in descendants of early animals such as sponges using single-cell sequencing and advanced bioinformatics. Unexpectedly, this research led to the discovery of a new cell type - Read More

Through a private donation to the University of Florida Foundation an expedition will further launch UF Distinguished Professor Leonid Moroz’ research in functional marine genomics, including understanding neuronal evolution and biodiversity. Through a private donation to the University of Florida Foundation an expedition will further launch UF Distinguished Professor Leonid Moroz’ research in functional marine genomics, including understanding neuronal evolution and biodiversity. Read More

An important species in the history of Whitney Laboratory research, Leonid Moroz, Ph.D. and Andrea Kohn, Ph.D. publish in Science Advances with key collaborators. Read More

An interdisciplinary team (Hoencamp et al. May 28, Science, 2021, including the University of Florida/Whitney Lab (Prof. Leonid L. Moroz and Dr. Andrea Kohn), reconstructed of twenty four genomes at three dimensional resolution (3D). Read More

Congratulations to Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, Genetics, Biology and Chemistry Dr. Leonid Moroz for receiving a $2+ millon grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his project titled: Development of neuron-specific nanoscale toolkits for single-cell recognition Read More

Congratulations to the Moroz Lab who recently published a paper in the Journal of Morphology titled "Mapping of neuropeptide Y expression in Octopus brains." Read More

Congratulations to Dr. Leonid Moroz, Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, Genetics, Biology and Chemistry at the Whitney Laboratory, who recently published a paper in the Journal of Comparative Neurology titled "Atlas of the neuromuscular system in the Trachymedusa Aglantha digitale: Insights from the advanced hydrozoan." Read More

Congratulations Caleb Bostwick of the Leonid Moroz Laboratory for completing your PhD! Caleb graduated with a PhD in Biomedical Sciences with Neuroscience Concentration and did his research in Leonid Moroz’ Lab at Whitney Laboratory. Read More

Congratulations to Dr. Leonid Moroz and the Moroz Lab for two recent publications in The Journal of Comparative Neurology. Read More

Congratulations to Dr. James Liao and Dr. Leonid Moroz, who each received the University of Florida Term Professorship Award from the UF Provost’s Office. The awards are based on assessment of academic accomplishment, and awardees have displayed a distinguished career that places them among the leaders in their discipline. Read More

Congratulations to the Moroz Lab at Whitney Lab for being awarded a grant from the Human Frontier Science Program. This highly prestigious four-year international program will study genomic bases of morphological innovations in Cephalopod mollusks. These “primates of the sea” include octopuses, squids, nautilus and their kins. Read More

Congratulations to University of Florida Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, Genetics, Biology and Chemistry Leonid Moroz, members of his lab (Peter Williams, Tatiana P. Moroz, Krishanu Mukherjee) and Gustav Pauley from Florida Museum of Natural History for their recent breakthrough paper Read More

At the Fourth International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology held August 18-23, 2017, in Moscow, Whitney Laboratory is represented by three faculty, including Dr. Mark Martindale, director and professor of biology, Dr. Christine Schnitzler, assistant professor of biology, and Dr. Leonid Moroz, distinguished professor of neuroscience, genetics, biology and chemistry. Read More