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UFDI Medical Director Recipient of Prestigious JDRF George Eisenbarth Award

Desmond Schatz, M.D., professor and interim chair of the Department of Pediatrics, and Pediatric Medical Director of the University of Florida Diabetes Institute, has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious 2021 JDRF George Eisenbarth Award for Type 1 Diabetes Prevention.

Meditation Brings Robust Immune System Activation, UF Health Researchers Find

Eight days of intense meditation causes robust activation of the immune system, University of Florida researchers and their colleagues have found.

Civil Engineer Says Buildings Will Need To Prepare for Stronger Storms

David Otway Prevatt, Ph.D., an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Florida, shared with NPR's Audie Cornish about how to prepare buildings for tornadoes following a series of deadly storms.

UF Department of Chemical Engineering Awards Term Professorships

Four members of University of Florida's Department of Chemical Engineering at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering were selected for the department's term professorships.

Panbela Announces Positive Preclinical Data Strongly Supporting the Activity of SBP-101 in Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines

Panbela Therapeutics, Inc., formerly Sun Biopharma, a UF startup and clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing disruptive therapeutics for the treatment of patients with cancer, announced positive preclinical data supporting the activity of SBP-101 in ovarian cancer cell lines.

SATLANTIS, the Company That Manufactures Small Satellites for NASA

SATLANTIS specializes in making small cameras and satellites, weighing around 50 kilos, something that is not widely used on the market. Most companies are dedicated to making large satellites and this is where Juan Tomás Hernani, SATLANTIS' CEO, believes that one of the keys to his success is.

Digital Behavioral Health Platform TAO Connect Launches New Learner Dashboard, Offering Users Greater Personalization Experience

UF startup and UF Innovate | Accelerate at The Hub graduate TAO Connect, a digital platform designed to make behavioral health care more accessible and effective, announced the launch of its brand new Learner Dashboard.

Driving Innovations in Cardiovascular Care: Q&A With UF’s Dr. John Catanzaro

John Catanzaro, MD, MBA, FACC, associate medical director and program director of University of Florida Health's Clinical Cardiology Electrophysiology Section, shares how he is ramping up work on two innovative projects with the help of the educational hospital.

UF/IFAS Study: Forget the Queen, Kill the Brood To Eliminate Subterranean Termite Colonies

Thomas Chouvenc, an assistant professor of urban entomology at the UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center (REC), presented a study where he demonstrated the process of how subterranean termite colonies feeding on bait products that contain chitin synthesis inhibitors can be eliminated successfully from the inside.

Oragenics Co-Authors a Publication Describing the Dual Mechanism of Action of Lantibiotics

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate Oragenics, Inc., in collaboration with researchers from Florida International University’s Department of Physics and Biomolecular Sciences Institute, announced the publication of a study entitled “Lipid II Binding and Transmembrane Properties of Various Antimicrobial Lanthipeptides.”

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