LightPath Technologies Acquires Amorphous Materials, Inc. (PR Newswire)
UF startup LightPath Technologies, Inc. announced it has acquired the assets of Amorphous Materials, Inc., which is an industrial manufacturer with complementary Chalcogenide glass melting technologies.
Tech Tuesday: University of Florida Lab Explores How Silk Can Used in Medicine (WCJB TV20)
In this week’s Tech Tuesday, UF Innovate spotlights genetically modified silk materials at the University of Florida. Led by Dr. Whitney Stoppel, the lab explores how insect-derived materials, such as silk, can be adapted for use in healthcare and medicine.
Genezen and Atsena Therapeutics Announce Strategic Commercial Manufacturing Partnership (PR Newswire)
UF startup Atsena Therapeutics and Genezen announced a manufacturing partnership to support the clinical development and future production of Atsena’s gene therapies for inherited retinal diseases.
Neuropacs Closes Seed Round of Financing (Businesswire)
UF startup neuropacs™ Corp. announced the successful raise of over $1.0 million in early-stage capital.
Alachua County’s Bystander CPR Rates Save Lives, Study Finds (UF Health)
A study UF researchers published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine shows that following the local activation of PulsePoint, an app that alerts CPR-trained individuals about a nearby cardiac event, rates of bystander CPR performed outside a hospital setting significantly increased in Alachua County.
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs and Alchem Laboratories Announce Alliance To Advance Essential Medicines (EIN Newswire)
UF Innovate client Alchem Laboratories announced a partnership with Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs to support the development and delivery of essential medicines.
UF/IFAS Awards $524K to Research Teams To Drive Agricultural Innovation (UF/IFAS)
UF researchers were selected as recipients of the 2026 SEEDIT funding program, supporting innovative research to address emerging agricultural challenges.
Tech Tuesday: University of Florida Team Researches Environmental Impact of Water-Soluble Polymers (WCJB TV20)
In this week’s Tech Tuesday, UF Innovate spotlights UF research on the biodegradation and environmental fate of water-soluble polymers that are widely released into soil and other ecosystems.
UF Researchers Collaborate With NASA’s Deep Space Logistics Team To Reduce and Repurpose Mission Waste (UF News)
UF researchers are collaborating with NASA to develop biomanufacturing methods that use cells and enzymes to recycle space mission packaging waste into useful materials, supporting more sustainable long-duration space missions.
Solid Biosciences Doses First Patient in Phase 1b FALCON Trial for Friedreich’s Ataxia (Solid Biosciences)
Solid Biosciences Inc., which acquired UF startup AavantiBio, announced that the first participant has been dosed in FALCON, the Company’s Phase 1b, first-in-human clinical trial evaluating SGT-212, its investigational gene therapy for the treatment of Friedreich’s ataxia (FA).