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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...

Full Interview: Algernon Pharmaceuticals Updates Phase 2 Human Testing of Ifenprodil for COVID-19

Christopher Moreau, CEO of UF startup Algernon Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical development company, joins Steve Darling from Proactive Vancouver to provide an update about its...

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