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Project NextGen Selects Initial Vaccine Candidates and Awards Over $500 Million to Advance Development of Vaccines and Therapeutics

BARDA is awarding over $240 million to support Project NextGen clinical studies for COVID-19 vaccines, including investments in cold-chain sample management, genomic sequencing, and increased central laboratory capacity for sample testing. UF Innovate | Accelerate client BioInfoExperts is among the recipients. BARDA provided $4 million to the startup to provide genomic sequencing of COVID-19.

UF Leaders Launch Florida Semiconductor Institute To Expand Domestic Chip Technology Research

Following the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act, University of Florida and state leaders are partnering to expand semiconductor research throughout the United States.

Florida Semiconductor Institute to Help Lead State in Critical Chips Sector

The University of Florida’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering announced today the establishment of the Florida Semiconductor Institute, a campus- and state-wide coordinating hub to provide intellectual and technological leadership for semiconductors in the 21st Century.

NCI U01 Grant Funds Study Exploring Medical Marijuana in Breast Cancer Treatment

With a five-year $3.2 million U01 award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a team of researchers from the UF Health Cancer Center and the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center will study the benefits and harms of medical marijuana in breast cancer patients.

Tech Tuesday: LPRC

In this Tech Tuesday, UF Innovate host Melanie Morón introduces us to Dr. Read Hayes, the director of LPRC, a company here in Gainesville working with major retail corporations to detect and prevent theft, fraud, and violence.

NIH ‘High Risk-High Reward’ Grants Go to Two UF Health Researchers Exploring Strategies To Fight Cancer and Other Diseases

Two University of Florida Health researchers have received prestigious High Risk-High Reward grants from the National Institutes of Health’s Common Fund for their trailblazing proposals to tackle cancer and other diseases, the NIH announced.

Cannabix’s MSBS Marijuana Breathalyzer Technology Advances Quantification of THC in Breath

UF startup Cannabix Technologies Inc., developer of marijuana and alcohol breath testing devices, reported its Mass Spectrometer Breath Sampler technology along with the Breath Collection Unit have been used to quantify delta-9 THC levels from smoking and edibles in humans.

Capsida Biotherapeutics Enters Strategic Collaboration With Kate Therapeutics to Manufacture KateTx’s Next-Generation Gene Therapies

Capsida Biotherapeutics Inc. and UF startup Kate Therapeutics announced a strategic partnership to leverage Capsida's expertise and adeno-associated virus (AAV) manufacturing capabilities to enable KateTx's initial internal portfolio of muscle and heart disease programs.

UF Health Researchers Developing AI System Aimed at Improving Kidney Transplant Outcomes

For people needing a kidney transplant, there has long been a sobering reality: The demand for usable organs falls well short of the supply. Now, University of Florida Health researchers and their colleagues are deploying artificial intelligence to help improve transplant outcomes.

UF Researchers’ Genetic Detection Discovery Has Implications for Medical Diagnostic Testing

University of Florida researchers have found a new use for “genetic scissors” to detect RNA, a discovery that could lead to faster, more accurate and less expensive diagnostic tests for a host of diseases.

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