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TAO Connect Opens Mental Health Resources to the Public at No Cost to Assist With the Effects of COVID-19

UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub graduate TAO Connect, a digital platform designed to make behavioral health therapy more accessible and effective, announced...

UF Professor Elected American Institute of Chemical Engineers Fellow

University of Florida‘s Chemical Engineering professor, Richard B. Dickinson, Ph.D., was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). This honor is the organization’s highest...

UF-Led Ventilator Design Clears First FDA Review

A ventilator envisioned by a University of Florida engineer and built with do-it-yourself parts gained first-step FDA authorization this week, offering hope that it could...

SharpSpring Releases First-of-Its-Kind CRM-Integrated Video Calling and Screen Sharing to Address COVID-19

UF startup SharpSpring, Inc., a leading cloud-based marketing and sales automation platform, announced the release of integrated video calls, a free solution for SharpSpring customers,...

Entegris Acquires UF Startup Sinmat

Entegris, a specialty chemicals and materials company, has acquired UF startup Sinmat, a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurry manufacturer, based in Gainesville, FL. Sinmat designs...

Florida Watermelons: Crops in the Ground, Uncertainty Abounds

Today, as fruit and vegetable farmers in South Florida decide what to do with produce once destined for now-closed schools and restaurants, watermelon farmers in...

Clinical Trial for ‘Promising’ Gene-therapy Treatment for Cancer Is Unveiled

Is it finally possible that an effective, minimally invasive, cost-efficient treatment for cancer is on the horizon? UF startup Morphogenesis Inc., a clinical-stage immunotherapy company...

Military Drone Maker, Altavian, Is Churning Out N95 Masks for COVID-19 Response

UF startup Altavian, a drone maker that supplies the US military, has shifted some of its production to a new kind of N95-grade mask to...

OxThera Announces Completion of Recruitment in Phase 3 ePHex Study With Oxabact in Patients With Primary Hyperoxaluria

UF startup OxThera AB, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the lives of people with Primary Hyperoxaluria (PH), announced that it has completed enrollment...

UF Innovate Launches COVID-19 Resource Section on Website

The new dedicated section offers tools for researchers and startups during the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of UF Innovate’s continuous commitment to inform, it has...

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