Florida University Presidents, High Tech Corridor CEO Unveil Commitment for the Future
Leaders of the 23-county Florida High Tech Corridor today shared the stage at Synapse Summit 2022 where they celebrated a 25-year legacy of partnership and innovation and unveiled a commitment to “unleash the region’s expotential.”
Mosquitoes That Transmit West Nile Virus Love To Bite Non-Native Lizards: What’s Next?
A new study published in Frontiers by faculty at UF/IFAS Florida Medical Entomology finds that Culex mosquitoes prefer to feed on lizards. This finding might help researchers find ways to reduce the number of West Nile-carrying mosquitoes within an ecosystem.
UF College of Medicine 23rd in 2021 NIH Funding for Public Universities
With a record $121 million awarded to the University of Florida College of Medicine from the National Institutes of Health in 2021, the medical school reached the top 25 in NIH funding among public universities.
Ancestry Matters . . . Even at the Cellular Level
Diseases impact different populations in different ways. Despite this, the samples used for medical research are often not representative of diverse populations. That disparity is at the heart of the studies conducted by Drs. Josephine Allen and Erika Moore.
Fitness App FitOn Raises $40M, Acquires Corporate Wellness Platform Peerfit
Digital fitness and wellness company FitOn has raised $40 million in Series C funding led by Delta-v Capital, the company announced on Tuesday. FitOn is also expanding its reach in wellness by acquiring Tampa-based corporate wellness platform Peerfit, a UF startup that incubated at UF Innovate | Accelerate at The Hub.
National Resilience Snares Takeda Plasma Development and Manufacturing Deal
Resilience has clinched a deal to chip in on development and manufacturing of “multiple” products in Takeda’s plasma-derived therapies portfolio.
GrowFL Announces Lacerta Therapeutics as an Honoree: 11th Annual Florida Companies to Watch
Lacerta Therapeutics is pleased to be among the top 50 second-stage companies in Florida selected as an 11th Annual GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch honoree, a statewide competition that identifies companies expected to see significant growth over the next several years.
Resilience Subsidiary Ology Bioservices Awarded Contract Worth Up To $250 Million from U.S. Department of Defense for Botulinum Neurotoxin Treatment
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded UF startup Ology Bioservices, Inc. (Ology), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resilience, a contract valued as much as $250 million for manufacturing development of a monoclonal antibody as a medical countermeasure (MCM) to botulinum neurotoxins (BoNT).
UF Health Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence To Better Predict Hepatitis C Treatment Outcomes
When hepatitis C treatments fail, patients can face major health risks and the expense of a second therapy. Now, University of Florida Health researchers have developed algorithms that use artificial intelligence to accurately predict when treatment won’t work.
2 UF Researchers Named to the National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 111 new members and 22 international members, including Drs. Michele Viola Manuel and Deepika B. Singh of the University of Florida. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,388 and the number of international members to 310.