HLB Control: A New Potential Method
A University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) researcher has found a material that can be used to silence essential genes within Asian citrus psyllids and in the HLB-causing bacterial pathogen that the psyllids spread.
UF Anticancer Drug Receives FDA Clearance for Clinical Trials
An anticancer drug developed by researchers from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy has become the first drug of its kind allowed to proceed to clinical trial by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Stuart Raetzman Appointed as Interim CEO at TearClear
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident client TearClear has appointed Stuart Raetzman as interim CEO and is preparing for a pivotal study on proprietary latanoprost for glaucoma treatment, according to a press release.
StrideBio Announces Closing of $81.5M Series B Financing
StrideBio, Inc., a leading developer of novel engineered adeno-associated virus (AAV) based gene therapies, announced the closing of an oversubscribed Series B funding round, which raised $81.5 million.
UF Researchers Use Satellite Images To Help Cattle Ranchers
Two University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers, Chris Wilson, an assistant professor in agronomy, and Hunter Smith, a doctoral student, are creating a new data-interpretation tool using satellite imagery to help ranchers better manage their pastures and grazing.
TearClear Moving Toward Clinical Trials and Strengthening Leadership Team
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident client TearClear, an emerging ophthalmic pharmaceutical company, continues to make progress on the development of its first-in-class platform of preservative-free topical medications.
Field Trials for Cultivar Evaluation; Soil and Root Health
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) citrus researchers are collaborating on ground-breaking research projects to fight against HLB.
Exposing the Shortcuts: Improving Fairness of Artificial Intelligence in the Connected World
At the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World, located in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering on the University of Florida campus, My T. Thai, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering and associate director of the Institute, is developing software technologies that can explain how bias can creep into artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.
Evolugate Improves DNA-Plasmid Production, Ready To Impact COVID-19 Vaccines Manufacturing Throughput
UF startup Evolugate, LLC, a Gainesville-based biotech company, has demonstrated that its proprietary technology can be used to improve the throughput of plasmid DNA manufacturing.
Florida-Grown Coffee? How UF Scientists Are Using AI To Serve Up the Possibilities
Scientists at the University of Florida are growing coffee plants at the UF/IFAS Plant Science Research and Education Unit, about 30 minutes south of the main UF campus in Gainesville.
