Tech Tuesday: University of Florida Lab Produce Tracers for Biomedical Imaging Modality (WCJB TV20)

In this week’s Tech Tuesday, UF Innovate highlights University of Florida research using magnetic particle imaging to improve how drug delivery is tracked and measured.
Old Lessons, New Outbreak: Experts Speak on the Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak (UF EPI)

University of Florida researchers are analyzing the current Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak to better understand the virus’s behavior, transmission and public health risks.
Pheronym Awarded $378,000 NSF Phase IIB Supplemental Funding To Accelerate Commercialization and Scale Manufacturing (EIN Presswire)

UF Innovate | Accelerate alum Pheronym, an ag-biotech pest control company, announced it has been awarded $378,000 in National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR Phase IIB supplemental funding.
Strawberry Producers Nationwide Rely on UF Plant Pathologists for Fast, Accurate, Disease Diagnoses; Fusarium Wilt Is Latest (UF/IFAS)

UF researchers are investigating the spread of Fusarium wilt, a difficult-to-control strawberry disease threatening growers along the East Coast.
A $3.5 Million Grant Will Help UF Researchers Identify Viruses, Limit Infectious Disease Spread (UF Health)

UF researchers received a $3.5 million grant to develop new diagnostic tools for detecting and monitoring dengue, yellow fever and other mosquito- and tick-borne diseases in Florida.
New AI Partnership and Innovation Hub Poised To Transform the UF College of Pharmacy (UF Health)

A new artificial intelligence hub at the University of Florida will centralize the college’s growing AI initiatives, strengthening collaboration across research, clinical applications and education while positioning UF as a national leader in pharmacy AI.
FNN™ Selects D-Link to Support Wildfire Intelligence and Emergency Response (EIN Presswire)

UF Innovate | Accelerate resident client FNN is partnering with D-Link to deliver real-time wildfire, lightning and utility intelligence using advanced 5G/4G IoT connectivity solutions.
Tech Tuesday: UF Research Targets Defects in Concrete 3D Printing (WCJB TV20)

In this week’s Tech Tuesday, UF Innovate highlights University of Florida research exploring how to monitor, detect, and ultimately mitigate internal and external defects in the concrete 3D printing process.
Watching the Detectors: Researchers Probe Efficacy – and Danger – of AI Detection Tools (UF News)

A UF-led study found that widely used tools for detecting AI-generated text in scientific literature are unreliable and poorly suited for academic and high-stakes settings.
Myosin Therapeutics Initiates Phase 1/2 STAR-GBM Trial of MT-125 Targeting Non-Muscle Myosin II in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma (PR Newswire)

UF startup Myosin Therapeutics has dosed the first patient in its Phase 1/2 glioblastoma trial, advancing the development of a potential new cancer therapy in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic and NCI.