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Genetic Mutation Could Play Role in Improving Leukemia Treatment, UF Health Researchers Find

In the battle against one type of leukemia, a genetic mutation could hold the key to more effective, lower-dose treatments. The new, early findings by University of Florida Health researchers and their colleagues are especially relevant for older or frail patients who may not be able to tolerate high-dose chemotherapy.

UF Health Researchers’ New Findings Have Implications for Muscle Development, Disease

A group of University of Florida Health researchers has learned more about how skeletal muscle cells organize their components to function properly and sustain life. The findings have important implications for muscle development, maintenance and disease, the researchers said.

Pheronym Begins Scaling Pest Bio-Control Solution at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Pheronym, an ag-biotech pest management company that got its start at UF Innovate | Accelerate's incubator The Hub, has begun scaling up production of its patented NemastimTM pest bio-control solution at Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, through a development agreement that provides access to key fermentation and quality control systems.

UF/IFAS Challenging Conventional Wisdom for the Cattle Industry

One of the jobs of UF/IFAS scientists is to challenge conventional wisdom. You don’t want to bet the ranch on something that only seems true, says Scott Angle, UF VP for Agriculture and head of UF/IFAS. Facts, empirical evidence, and data are a more solid foundation for the truth you need to make decisions about the herd.

BioInfoExperts Expands FoxSeq Licensing Partnerships in Healthcare and Oil and Gas Industries

BioInfoExperts LLC, a bioinformatics company located at UF Innovate | Accelerate at Sid Martin Biotech, has licensed FoxSeq®, a community cloud-based platform that integrates pathogen genetics with clinical data and contact tracing efforts in near-real-time, to Ochsner Health LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and the New Orleans Department of Health. The oil and gas industry also has adopted FoxSeq for genomic pathogen sequencing analysis to better understand transmission in their vulnerable employee population.

Teledyne FLIR Develops New Drone System for Defense and Public Safety Customers

Teledyne FLIR, which acquired UF startup Altavian, Inc. in December 2020., has launched a next-generation drone system, named the ION M640x tactical Unmanned Aerial System (UAS).

Nematodes in Space: The Final Frontier

Researchers at ARS’s Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Station in Byron, Georgia, teamed with UF Innovate | Accelerate alumni Pheronym, Inc., a company that specializes in eco-friendly pest control, to send beneficial nematodes, known as entomopathogenic nematodes, to the International Space Station (ISS) to study their ability to function under microgravity conditions.

SharpSpring Named Gold Medalist for Product Features and UX by SoftwareReviews

Marketing Automation - Midmarket Software Data Quadrant Awards, naming four vendors as gold medalists. UF startup SharpSpring was one of the gold medalists.

UF Researchers Awarded $1.1M Grant by National Institute of Health on AI-Powered Medical Research

A multi-departmental team from the University of Florida, Shigang Chen, Ph.D., Samuel Wu, Ph.D., David Vaillancourt, Ph.D., and Kejun Huang, Ph.D., was recently rewarded a $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health on AI-powered medical research, specifically for Parkinson’s disease.

UF Innovate | Accelerate at the Hub Unveils Its New “The Flow of Innovation” Mural

UF Innovate | Accelerate @ The Hub unveiled its new mural called “The Flow of Innovation.” It’s the first time this mural is being updated since The Hub opened in 2011.

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