UF Health Researcher Explains Herd Immunity and How It Could End COVID-19 Pandemic
Cindy A. Prins, Ph.D., M.P.H., a University of Florida Health infectious disease epidemiologist who is an associate professor in the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions and the UF College of Medicine, looks at herd immunity and explains how it might be part of the answer.
CROs dMed and Clinipace Merge To Accelerate Customer Success
dMed Global, a full-service Clinical Contract Research Organization (CRO) based in Shanghai, China, and UF startup Clinipace Incorporated, a full-service clinical CRO with headquarters in North Carolina, USA, announced that the two companies will merge.
DiaCarta’s Novel XNA Technology Rapidly Detects Raging New SARS-CoV-2 Variants
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum DiaCarta Inc. announced the publication of a study to rapidly detect new COVID-19 variants in MedRxiV.
Using DNA, UF Research Shows Which Bats Binge on Crop Pests
UF study, published in the journal Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, found that the three most common bat species voraciously ate insects that otherwise cause major economic damage to several crops.
Florida High Tech Corridor Incubators Experience Startup Surge
Florida native and CEO of Agriculture Intelligence Matt Donovan has discovered a “renewed environment with a fertile ground for talent.” A resident company in UF Innovate | The Hub, Agriculture Intelligence is a precision agriculture science company combining machine vision, machine learning and artificial intelligence to provide cloud-based, precision data for specialty crops.
Breakthrough Paper Outlines Path to Heart Regeneration After Cardiac Injury
Cardiovascular disease kills more than 650,000 Americans annually. Those who survive myocardial infarction remain at risk of death because the human heart has a very limited ability to repair itself. No one has yet found a method that leads to cardiovascular regeneration for a damaged human heart. But all that may change thanks to a revolutionary medical paper written by Dr. Ian White, president and CSO of UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident Neobiosis, a company that focuses on the science of regenerative medicine.
Robert Ferl Named Chair of the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences Research in Space 2023–2032
The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine announced that Dr. Robert J. Ferl, a distinguished professor and plant molecular biologist at the University of Florida, will co-chair the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences Research in Space 2023–2032 along with Dr. Krystyn J. Van Vliet from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Does Paternal Health Status in Mosquitoes Influence Maternal Offspring Results?
Scientists at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are one step closer to learning the factors that ultimately lead to characteristic differences in mosquito offspring—a key takeaway in the make-up of mosquito species and a critical finding in the continued research of mosquito-borne illnesses.
Tabrizian Receives Prestigious DARPA Director’s Fellowship Award
Dr. Roozbeh Tabrizian has been selected to receive a highly prestigious Director’s Fellowship from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Cannabix Technologies Receives Notice of Allowance for Cannabis Drug Detection Device Canadian Patent
UF startup Cannabix Technologies Inc., developer of the Cannabix Marijuana Breathalyzer devices for law enforcement and the workplace, reports that it has received a notice of allowance from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) for its 2015 licensed patent application, No. 2887841 entitled, “Cannabis Drug Detection Device”.
