Biotech Firm Picks Gainesville As It Seeks COVID-19 Vaccine
Noachis Terra Inc., a new biotechnology company that will focus its efforts on the development of a vaccine for COVID-19 announced its headquarters will be... Read More
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Seeing a Hand Sanitizer Shortage, UF Chemistry Has a Solution
The UF Department of Chemistry has found a creative way to use its expertise to help those on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis. With courses... Read More
Ochsner Health and BioInfoExperts Complete First Genomic Sequences of COVID-19 From New Orleans
Scientists from UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech startup BioInfoExperts LLC (BIE), a company that provides connected services and technologies related to detecting and monitoring pathogens... Read More
UF Veterinary College’s Efforts Yield Vehicles Loaded With Protective Gear for Front-Line Teams
Before the UF College of Veterinary Medicine was asked by UF Health to donate extra personal protective equipment to health workers responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, members of... Read More
Nursing Program Switches to Virtual Education With Shadow Health
The rise of COVID-19 may have caused cancellations across much of the United States, but healthcare professionals never stop treating those in need. The Liberty... Read More
UF Researcher Talks About Parkinson Disease Information for Patients
More than 6 million people worldwide have Parkinson’s disease. Even though it is classically associated with tremors, the disease has many manifestations and is very... Read More
UF Health Researchers Join National Study of COVID-19 Impacts on Health Workers, Potential Remedies
A new research program to understand the effect of COVID-19 on health care workers is soon to be underway at University of Florida Health and other sites... Read More
UF Startup TearClear Appoints Robert J. Dempsey as CEO
UF startup TearClear, a global Ophthalmic Pharmaceutical Company, announced the appointment of Robert J. Dempsey as Chief Executive Officer. TearClear, a resident client at UF... Read More
Sid Martin Startup Alchem Awarded $20.7M for Clinical Trials on Potential COVID-19 Therapies
President Trump has pledged to release billions in funding to fight the coronavirus. Now, information from the Federal Procurement Data System shows well over $3.02... Read More
Assistant Professor Develops a Rapid Point-of-Care Detection Technology for SARS-Cov-2
Piyush Jain, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and a member of UF Health Cancer Center, and his Ph.D. student Long Nguyen have... Read More
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