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Tech Tuesday: Fighting Cancer With Human Waste

In this Tech Tuesday, our host Melanie Morón goes into the lab of UF researcher Christian Jobin, who is using bacteria from human waste – along with existing drugs – to supercharge the immune system and kill cancer.

“The Horse’s Mouth” with Enrico Levi of Inzecto

The Horse’s Mouth is a talk show where Tom McManus’s guests sidle up to his bar to discuss the intersection of sports, business, and life. Today, Tom sits with Enrico Levi of Inzecto, a UF startup licensing mosquito control technology created by Levi, Roberto Pereira, and principal investigator Philip Koehler at the UF College of Agriculture and Food Sciences.

Florida Tech Corridor Celebrates Success

The Florida High Tech Corridor has seen a 20% bump in revenue from federal grants and has invested in even more research collaborations in the region and provided funding for businesses, growing its impact on innovation.

Unlocking Your Business Potential

Maybe you’re considering your company's +1 or more, knowing it’s time for expansion. If so, now is the time to make significant changes to reach your business’s potential. In today’s hack, UF Innovate | Accelerate Director Karl LaPan will tell you how.

BioMérieux Receives CE Mark for Biomarker Assay for Mild TBI

BioMérieux, which signed an agreement in 2017 with Banyan Biomarkers to commercialize its TBI assay, has obtained the CE Mark for its assay to detect two biomarkers associated with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).

Tech Tuesday: Gene Therapy

In this week’s Tech Tuesday, we meet Dr. Shannon Boye, a researcher at the University of Florida, who is working to use gene therapy to restore or improve vision for people with genetic disorders causing poor eyesight or even blindness.

ID-Cap™ System Powers Historic HIV Digital Pill Study

etectRx announces record-breaking use of the ID-Cap™ System, utilized in University of Colorado’s HIV treatment study.

Asadi Works to Make X-Ray Imagery Less Noisy

Current X-ray machines often produce images with significant noise and poor resolution when dealing with intricately shaped parts. A newly funded NSF project aims to change that. UF's Dr. Navid Asadi received $2.6M of funding from the National Science Foundation for “Track 2 Acquisition of a Novel Performance-Driven 3D Imaging System for Extremely Noisy Objects (NPIX).”

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.

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