AavantiBio and Resilience Announce Strategic Collaboration for Gene Therapy Development and Manufacturing
UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident AavantiBio, a gene therapy company focused on transforming the lives of patients with rare genetic diseases, and National Resilience, Inc. (Resilience), a company building the world’s most advanced biopharmaceutical manufacturing ecosystem and who recently acquired UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Ology Bioservices, announced a strategic collaboration to support the development and manufacturing of AavantiBio’s pipeline of therapies, including its lead program in Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA).
COVID-19 Testing Method Gives Results Within 1 Second
Researchers from the University of Florida and Taiwan’s National Chiao Tung University have developed a rapid and sensitive testing method for COVID-19 biomarkers. Their findings were recently published in the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B.
New Faculty Member Highlight: Dr. Piyush Jain
Dr. Piyush Jain, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has recently joined the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World.
Battling COVID-19 With Smart Wearables
Dr. Swarup Bhunia, director and the Semmoto Endowed Professor at University of Florida's Electric and Computer Engineering Department, and Dr. My T. Thai, associate director and UF's Research Foundation professor at the Computer and Information Science Engineering Department, share the different Covid-19 innovations coming out of the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World.
Cannabix Technologies Provides Update on THC Breathalyzer Beta-Testing
UF startup Cannabix Technologies Inc., developer of the Cannabix Marijuana Breathalyzer devices for law enforcement and the workplace, reports that it expects to ship its THC Breath Analyzer (THCBA) to a clinic in the Northwestern U.S. for beta testing in the coming days.
How Nanotech Can Foil Counterfeiters
University of Florida researchers Dr. Roozbeh Tabrizian and Dr. Swarup Bhunia, professors in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, have developed tiny mechanical ID tags that are unclonable, cheap, and invisible.
Yunnan Orbivirus Found in Florida for First Time
A new study by UF researchers, which published in Microbiology Resource Announcements, documents that Yunnan orbivirus is now in North America too, after it was identified in a farmed white-tailed deer in Florida.
Dr. Ian White From Neobiosis Featured on Health Hacks Podcast
Dr. Ian White, founder, president and CSO of UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident Neobiosis is featured on the Health Hacks podcast.
Neobiosis Appoints Pascal Goldschmidt, M.D. as Chief Medical Officer
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident Neobiosis, a clinical-stage contract development and manufacturing organization, managed by scientists and physicians and focused on the science of regenerative medicine, announced the appointment of Pascal Goldschmidt, M.D. as Chief Medical Officer.
New Process May Help Regenerate Damaged Human Hearts
A groundbreaking new study by UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident Neobiosis may speed up the effort to defeat heart disease.
