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UF Innovate | Ventures Invests in AbFero Pharmaceuticals

The University of Florida’s newly established venture fund, directed by UF Innovate | Ventures, has invested part of its inaugural fund in AbFero Pharmaceuticals, Inc. UF Innovate Ventures is acting as a follow-on investor to the lead investor Longwall Ventures from the United Kingdom. AbFero’s therapeutic platform addresses transfusion-related iron...

UF Innovate | Ventures Announces Inaugural Investments; Follows JSR Corporation’s Repeat Investment in OLED Display Startup Mattrix Technologies

The University of Florida’s newly established venture fund, directed by UF Innovate | Ventures, has closed an investment in Mattrix Technologies. Repeat investor JSR Corporation is leading the $3M series A1 financing, which will support the joint development of production-ready materials for a new class of video display technology that...

University of Florida, Part of the Florida High Tech Corridor, Recognized for Excellence in Innovation

The three founding universities of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council – the University of Central Florida (UCF), the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of Florida (UF) – ranked for the eighth consecutive year among the “Top 100 Universities Worldwide Granted U.S. Utility Patents.” The University of...

UF’s Sid Martin Biotech Named Top Global Incubator for Record Third Time

For the third time, the International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) has awarded its highest honor – the Randall M. Whaley Incubator of the Year award – to UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech. “Being named the best incubator on the planet is amazing. Receiving this award three times in a...

UF Ranked No. 1 Nationally in Innovation Impact

The University of Florida is the most productive large university in the country at leveraging its research funding into new companies, new jobs and new ideas, according to a report released last week by the George W. Bush Institute and the Opus Faveo Innovation Development consulting firm. A team of...

UF Researcher Developed a Low-Cost Chemical and Enzymatic Process to Synthesize Glycosphingolipids

Although they are invisible to the naked eye, glycolipids, such as glycosphingolipids (GSLs), are essential molecules for the human body. They keep cell membranes stable and play a key role in various biological processes and in the development and therapeutic discovery for many diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. ...

The Pandemic Can’t Keep Nursing Students from Clinical Practice Experience

Shadow Health’s ‘Digital Clinical Experiences’ fill a need, especially now One potential casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic might have been nursing programs. Might have been but wasn’t, due to a virtual-patient interaction program created by University of Florida researcher Benjamin Lok. Because personal protective equipment was in high demand, nursing...

3D-Printed Model Mimics Spinal Cord Injury to Aid Research

Includes biochemical compositions and mechanical properties of natural spinal cords with structural integrity A unique collaboration between two University of Florida engineering departments has produced a valuable and holistic 3D model of spinal cord injuries. UF researchers Dr. Christine Schmidt and Dr. Thomas Angelini combined their engineering expertise to create...

UF Researchers Find Potential Vaccine for Gonorrhea Using Honey Bee Bacteria

While studying immunology, University of Florida researchers Massimo Maddaloni, Ph.D., and David Pascual, Ph.D., were surprised to find a potential vaccine for the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea hidden right inside the gut of a honeybee. As important food crop pollinators, honeybees greatly contribute to the world’s ecosystem. But honeybees also...

Pain Assessment Management Initiative Balances Pain Relief and Safe Prescribing of Medications

Each day more than 140 Americans die from drug overdose. Millions more struggle with opioid addiction. The Department of Health and Human Services says the opioid epidemic is the worst drug crisis our nation has ever faced. In the midst of this crisis, health care professionals must balance pain relief...