New UF-Led Study Finds Bacterial Similarities Among Diseased Coral Species
In 2014, an unprecedented disease outbreak affecting the soft tissue of many species of stony coral was first detected in Florida. Since then, stony coral... Read More
UF News
New Location for Lacerta Therapeutics in Alachua’s Copeland Park
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident client Lacerta Therapeutics, a clinical-stage gene therapy company, has announced the commencement of construction on... Read More
Dr. Ben Lok Named Innovator of the Year
Inventors Honored at Annual Standing InnOvation Event Nearly 150 innovators celebrated their achievements in fiscal year 2019 at UF Innovate | Tech Licensing’s second annual... Read More
UF Creates $1 Million Venture Fund for Faculty Startups
In its ongoing efforts to rise to Top 5, the University of Florida has established its own venture fund to benefit startups founded on university... Read More
Exactech Expands Foot and Ankle Treatment Options with New Fixed Bearing Flat Cut Talus Ankle Implant
UF startup Exactech, Inc., a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products for extremities, hip, and knee, announced the launch of the new... Read More
Fang and Ding Awarded NSF Grant to Study Brain Dynamics
Dr. Ruogu Fang, assistant professor, and Dr. Mingzhou Ding, distinguished professor & J. Crayton Pruitt Family Professor, received NSF Information Integration & Informatics award entitled,... Read More
Combating Cancer
Scientists are using powerful magnets to learn how to better detect, treat and track the second leading cause of death worldwide, cancer. Dr. Duane Mitchell,... Read More
Brain Cancer Researcher Visits TV20 Studio
Catherine Flores, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the UF College of Medicine’s Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery and a principal investigator in UF’s Brain... Read More
Study Finds Rising Ozone a Hidden Threat to Corn
University of Florida molecular genetics and microbiology professor Lauren McIntyre collaborated on a research led by Lisa Ainsworth, a U.S. Department of Agriculture scientist, along... Read More
AGTC and Otonomy Announce Strategic Collaboration to Develop and Commercialize Gene Therapy for Congenital Hearing Loss
UF startup Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC), a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare... Read More
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