UF Health Jacksonville CEO Believed to Be First in Florida to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
The CEO of UF Health Jacksonville is believed to be the first person in the state of Florida to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
Vanilla DNA Mystery Uncovered by UF/IFAS Research
University of Florida scientists have developed a tool to unlock the genetic traits that pinpoint the vanilla variety that produces an abundance of beans, grows efficiently and sustainably, with consumer-approved taste.
Blueberry App Developed to Help Growers Battle Diseases and Pests
A new University of Florida app will help the state’s blueberry growers identify and manage disease and insect injuries commonly encountered in Florida before their crop is ruined. Collectively, blueberries are a $60 million-per-year crop in Florida.
Pheronym and USDA Enter Into 5-Year CRADA
UF Innovate | The Hub and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Pheronym, an Ag-biotech pest control company, has signed a 5-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS).
Elsevier Acquires Shadow Health, a Leading Provider of Best-in-Class Healthcare Simulations
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, and part of RELX, has acquired UF startup Shadow Health, a Florida-based developer of virtual simulations in nursing and healthcare education.
High-Resolution Cameras in Space for a European Maritime Surveillance System
Observe the Earth from space to improve the defense of the European Union. With this objective in mind, UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident company SATLANTIS, a provider of high-performance payload technologies for Earth observation and remote sensing, is leading a European project to develop critical technologies with which to implement a maritime surveillance mission.
FICS Research Expands Industry Partnerships, Workforce Development
The Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research is well-known and regarded as a global leader in hardware security and systems security research. FICS Research Director, Dr. Mark Tehranipoor, is generally acknowledged as the father of hardware security, in many cases having created the first programs, books, publications, and conferences in the domain.
UF Startup Structured Monitoring Products is Revolutionizing the Animal Health Monitoring Industry with Contactless Technology
If you had to collect vital signs from a mountain lion, wouldn’t you prefer to do it with zero contact and at a safe distance? With Structured Monitoring Products’ new technology VetGuardian, exotic animal veterinarians at the Akron (Ohio) Zoo have monitored mountain lions and more.
Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. Completes Enrollment in Its Phase 1b Trial Investigating SBP-101 Combination Therapy for First-Line Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Panbela Therapeutics, Inc., formerly Sun Biopharma, a UF startup and clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing disruptive therapeutics for the treatment of patients with cancer, has completed patient enrollment in its Phase 1 trial evaluating the safety and tolerability of SBP-101 when used in combination with standard of care agents gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel for first-line treatment of patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA).
UAVs and AI Are the Newest Tools Growers Can Use for Crop Management
They say knowledge is power. That philosophy is what drives Dr. Yiannis Ampatzidis, an assistant professor at the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center in Immokalee, where he leads the precision agriculture engineering program.
