Entomology and Nematology Department
(at Gainesville)Facilities
Updated January 2005
The department is housed principally in the Entomology-Nematology
building, a 88,000 (net) sq. ft. structure completed in 1990.
It houses 28 faculty, about 40 staff, 90 graduate students, and
15 post-doctorals and visitors. The building complex consists
of an administrative section, matching east and west wings that
house teaching, research and extension functions, a service area,
and support buildings.
The administrative wing has a large lecture room which
accommodates
an audience of 70, two conference rooms, a state-of-the-art computer
facility with 14 stations, graduate student offices, an art and
graphics facility, business and administrative offices, storage,
and a central photocopy room.
The west wing has 24 offices and 75 laboratory spaces dedicated
to biotechnology, medical and veterinary entomology, acarology,
biochemistry, toxicology, and pest management. It also houses a
teaching laboratory, a BL3 facility, Faraday cage, walk-in
refrigeration units, and
arthropod culture rooms.
The east wing has 24 offices and 52 laboratory spaces dedicated
to nutritional ecology, forest entomology, physiology, biological
control, insect systematics and behavior, and nematology. Teaching
laboratories, insect
and nematode diagnostics, a photographic facility, a reading room,
quarantine, low-sound room, insect and nematode culture, walk-in
refrigeration, and a shop are also located in this wing.
The department is located adjacent to a 40+ acre tract used
by faculty and students for studies in ecology and biotic diversity.
This tract, the Natural
Area and Outdoor Teaching Laboratory,
is "maintained" in several natural Florida habitats.
The building is surrounded by trees, a large pond, and fruit groves.
The main entrance to the building is through a covered atrium
that connects the administrative section with the main wings.
A butterfly garden in the atrium won Second Prize in the annual
City of Gainesville Beautification Awards. The two main wings
create a large courtyard that includes another butterfly garden
and a 17'x25' pond with water
lilies and other aquatic plants.
Covered wooden tables provide
faculty, staff and students a pleasant
area for discussions and meals. This courtyard won First Prize
in Gainesville's Beautification Awards.
Service and support areas accommodate receiving and storage
functions, and electron microscopy. Support buildings include
pesticide storage (330 sq. ft.), and headhouse/storage (1,500
sq. ft.). An urban entomology laboratory has recently been added
(2,000 sq. ft.). Greenhouse space at this location totals 4000
sq. ft. distributed in 14 buildings. A shadehouse (1800 sq. ft.)
is also available.
The department also has facilities at other locations on campus.
The principal locations are the nematology field laboratory and
greenhouse complex, and the bee biology research unit. The nematology
field laboratories provide 2380 sq. ft. of headhouse, growth rooms,
and storage. At this location are 3045 sq. ft. of greenhouse divided
among 9 structures. The bee biology unit consists principally
of 2 buildings with 1650 sq. ft. of space.
