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Spring 2021 HiPerGator Symposium Highlights Artificial Intelligence Research

Winners of UF Research's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Catalyst Fund presented how they are pursuing multidisciplinary applications of artificial intelligence across the university at the Spring 2021 HiPerGator Symposium.

Artificial Intelligence Leads the Way in a Sea Change for Agriculture

UF agricultural engineer Yiannis Ampatzidis says artificial intelligence — the convergence of new tools for data collection with cloud computing to analyze the explosion of information — is changing the face of agriculture in a way that is nothing short of revolutionary.

UF Researchers Awarded $2.4M RO1 Grant From the NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Dr. Parisa Rashidi, associate professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Term Fellow, and her team for recieved a $2.4 million RO1 grant from the NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) for a collaborative project (Co-PI: Dr. Azra Bihorac) on “Intelligent Intensive Care Unit (I2CU): Pervasive Sensing and Artificial Intelligence for Augmented Clinical Decision-making.”

Neuroscientist Duane Mitchell Is Committed to Elevating the Clinical & Translational Science Institute

Duane Mitchell’s team at the University of Florida is a world leader in understanding how the body’s own immune system can be marshaled to fight cancers, especially brain cancers, in children and adults.

Silent MRSA Carriers Have Twice the Mortality Rate of Adults Without the Bacteria

A University of Florida study of middle-aged and older adults finds those who unknowingly carry methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, on their skin are twice as likely to die within the next decade as people who do not have the bacteria.

StartGNV Hosts Women in Innovation AMA

StartGNV hosted a live ‘Ask me Anything’ on Thursday, March 25, 2021, to highlight women in Gainesville innovation. The three panelists were UF Innovate | The Hub resident clients Helena Cowley, president and CEO of Oxidien Pharmaceuticals; Victoria Liu, founder of Byppo; and our very own Jennifer Harrell, interim assistant director of UF Innovate | The Hub.

More Florida Mangoes, Please! Scientists Are Working on It

Did you know that Florida is the No. 1 producer of mangoes in the U.S.? And even though production has been increasing modestly over the past decade, consumer demand continues to grow at a greater rate for the popular fruit. A team of scientists at the University of Florida are working hard to grow a domestic industry, and might have found a way to gain ground.

UF Researchers Use AI Datasets To Track Feral Pigs, Minimize Disease Risk

Farmers and ranchers will benefit from research by University of Florida scientists who are using artificial intelligence to gather data on feral hog reproduction and movement.

UF Health Launches NIH-Sponsored Trial to ‘POuND OUT’ Painful Kidney Stones

Kidney stones can be excruciatingly painful and dangerous, but relief may be on the way. A new University of Florida Health clinical trial will test two existing drugs that may slow the growth of these stones or prevent them from forming.

Tampa Bay Company Searching for Other Vaccine Methods

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate Oragenics, Inc., a leader in the development of new antibiotics against infectious diseases and effective treatments for oral mucositis, is in the pre-clinical phase of developing a vaccine they say would solve two critical problems when it comes to ending the pandemic.

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