SATLANTIS, the Company That Manufactures Small Satellites for NASA
SATLANTIS specializes in making small cameras and satellites, weighing around 50 kilos, something that is not widely used on the market. Most companies are dedicated to making large satellites and this is where Juan Tomás Hernani, SATLANTIS’ CEO, believes that one of the keys to his success is.
Oragenics Co-Authors a Publication Describing the Dual Mechanism of Action of Lantibiotics
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate Oragenics, Inc., in collaboration with researchers from Florida International University’s Department of Physics and Biomolecular Sciences Institute, announced the publication of a study entitled “Lipid II Binding and Transmembrane Properties of Various Antimicrobial Lanthipeptides.”
Why Hundreds of Retail Thefts Are Going Unreported in Bay Area
Dr. Read Hayes, a research scientist and criminologist at the University of Florida, conducted a study on retail crime. He said in many cases, especially in urban centers, stores don’t contact authorities because there are simply too many thefts for police to respond to every time.
CDTI Enters in SATLANTIS’ Capital, in a 16.5 Million Round of Investment
With the entry of CDTI (the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology) in its capital, UF startup and UF Innovate | Accelerate at The Hub resident SATLANTIS has closed its second-round investment to which Enagás, Sepi, Orza and Axis-Ico are also incorporated, for a cumulative total of 16.5 million euros.
Lacerta Therapeutics Appoints Min Wang, PhD, JD and Marc Wolff to Its Board of Directors
UF startup and UF Innovate | Accelerate at Sid Martin Biotech graduate Lacerta Therapeutics, Inc., a gene therapy company dedicated to the discovery and development of AAV-based gene therapies, appoints Min Wang, PhD, JD and Marc Wolff to its Board of Directors.
Shoplifters Cost Stores Billions. UF Professor Speaks on How AI Can Help Curb Store Theft and Fraud
Read Hayes, Ph.D. is a world-renowned expert on the science of stealing from department and grocery stores. Based in FLEX in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, he works with engineering and computer science faculty to help design programs that can identify shoplifters. He is also the director of UF Innovate | Accelerate at The Hub resident company Loss Prevention Research Council, which works with more than 70 major retail chains by providing them with innovative loss- and crime-control solutions.
Talking About Feeling: Axogen Raises Awareness for Mastectomy Side Effect
In the wake of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, UF startup and UF Innovate | Accelerate at Sid Martin Biotech graduate Axogen has expanded the scope of a campaign to raise awareness about a side effect of mastectomies.
Pheronym Begins Scaling Pest Bio-Control Solution at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Pheronym, an ag-biotech pest management company that got its start at UF Innovate | Accelerate’s incubator The Hub, has begun scaling up production of its patented NemastimTM pest bio-control solution at Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, through a development agreement that provides access to key fermentation and quality control systems.
Nematodes in Space: The Final Frontier
Researchers at ARS’s Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Station in Byron, Georgia, teamed with UF Innovate | Accelerate alumni Pheronym, Inc., a company that specializes in eco-friendly pest control, to send beneficial nematodes, known as entomopathogenic nematodes, to the International Space Station (ISS) to study their ability to function under microgravity conditions.
BioInfoExperts Expands FoxSeq Licensing Partnerships in Healthcare and Oil and Gas Industries
BioInfoExperts LLC, a bioinformatics company located at UF Innovate | Accelerate at Sid Martin Biotech, has licensed FoxSeq®, a community cloud-based platform that integrates pathogen genetics with clinical data and contact tracing efforts in near-real-time, to Ochsner Health LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and the New Orleans Department of Health. The oil and gas industry also has adopted FoxSeq for genomic pathogen sequencing analysis to better understand transmission in their vulnerable employee population.