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Pheronym and USDA Enter Into 5-Year CRADA

UF Innovate | The Hub and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Pheronym, an Ag-biotech pest control company, has signed a 5-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS).

Elsevier Acquires Shadow Health, a Leading Provider of Best-in-Class Healthcare Simulations

Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, and part of RELX, has acquired UF startup Shadow Health, a Florida-based developer of virtual simulations in nursing and healthcare education.

High-Resolution Cameras in Space for a European Maritime Surveillance System

Observe the Earth from space to improve the defense of the European Union. With this objective in mind, UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident company SATLANTIS, a provider of high-performance payload technologies for Earth observation and remote sensing, is leading a European project to develop critical technologies with which to implement a maritime surveillance mission.

FICS Research Expands Industry Partnerships, Workforce Development

The Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research is well-known and regarded as a global leader in hardware security and systems security research. FICS Research Director, Dr. Mark Tehranipoor, is generally acknowledged as the father of hardware security, in many cases having created the first programs, books, publications, and conferences in the domain.

UF Startup Structured Monitoring Products is Revolutionizing the Animal Health Monitoring Industry with Contactless Technology

If you had to collect vital signs from a mountain lion, wouldn’t you prefer to do it with zero contact and at a safe distance? With Structured Monitoring Products’ new technology VetGuardian, exotic animal veterinarians at the Akron (Ohio) Zoo have monitored mountain lions and more.

Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. Completes Enrollment in Its Phase 1b Trial Investigating SBP-101 Combination Therapy for First-Line Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Panbela Therapeutics, Inc., formerly Sun Biopharma, a UF startup and clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing disruptive therapeutics for the treatment of patients with cancer, has completed patient enrollment in its Phase 1 trial evaluating the safety and tolerability of SBP-101 when used in combination with standard of care agents gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel for first-line treatment of patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA).

UAVs and AI Are the Newest Tools Growers Can Use for Crop Management

They say knowledge is power. That philosophy is what drives Dr. Yiannis Ampatzidis, an assistant professor at the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center in Immokalee, where he leads the precision agriculture engineering program.

A Conversation With Helena Cowley, CEO of Oxidien Pharmaceuticals

Helena Cowley, MS, MBA, is CEO of UF Innovate | The Hub resident Oxidien Pharmaceuticals, a therapeutics company mitigating kidney stone disease by using enzyme...

CBS4’s Elliot Rodriguez Sits With Dr. David Ostrov and Talk About Antihistamine Drugs That Can Be Affective Against Coronavirus

A new study at the University of Florida suggests 3 common antihistamine drugs can be affective against coronavirus. Elliot Rodriguez sat with Dr. David Ostrov to discuss the topic.

New Alert System Gives Heads Up on Citrus Postbloom Fruit Drop

Citrus growers won’t soon forget the plague that was postbloom fruit drop (PFD) in 2016. Luckily, it has not been as severe in Florida since then, but there have been pockets of the problem in groves.

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