UF Innovate Names New Director of Incubation Services
UF Innovate is pleased to welcome Karl R. LaPan as the incoming director of incubation services. He will join the team May 3 and work alongside current Director Mark S. Long, who will retire this summer. LaPan comes to the position with more than 20 years of experience in business incubation.
UF Research Team Develops System That Could Provide Energy Resilience to Hurricanes, Natural Disasters
A team of researchers at the University of Florida has developed a system powered by solar energy that uses artificial intelligence to ultimately decrease the cost of keeping essential home appliances or devices running through a power outage.
Forte & Maghari Patent “Universal Testing Technique” To Detect Counterfeit Chips
An article recently published in the Academic Times profiled exciting new technology patented by researchers at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research which promises a new way to detect recycled (previously used) and counterfeit electronic parts, especially chips.
Florida Inventors Hall of Fame Announces 2021 Inductees
Seven Florida Inventors whose discoveries are saving lives, transforming the environment, and creating new technologies, will be inducted as the 2021 Class of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame.
How Shark Scales’ Unique Design Inspired the First Manmade Pattern to Help Stop Bacterial Spread
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Sharklet Technologies Inc. is featured in Business Insider for its novel, breakthrough technology that inhibits bacteria growth and even limits touch transfer of viruses, reducing the transmission of harmful microorganisms.
Rafael Guzmán, SATLANTIS’ CTO, Featured on The Space Industry Podcast
Rafael Guzmán, founder and CTO of UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident SATLANTIS, a Spanish business that develops Earth Observation (EO) optical payloads for small satellites around the world, is featured on The Space Industry podcast by Sat Search.
UF Health Researcher Explains Herd Immunity and How It Could End COVID-19 Pandemic
Cindy A. Prins, Ph.D., M.P.H., a University of Florida Health infectious disease epidemiologist who is an associate professor in the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions and the UF College of Medicine, looks at herd immunity and explains how it might be part of the answer.
CROs dMed and Clinipace Merge To Accelerate Customer Success
dMed Global, a full-service Clinical Contract Research Organization (CRO) based in Shanghai, China, and UF startup Clinipace Incorporated, a full-service clinical CRO with headquarters in North Carolina, USA, announced that the two companies will merge.
DiaCarta’s Novel XNA Technology Rapidly Detects Raging New SARS-CoV-2 Variants
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum DiaCarta Inc. announced the publication of a study to rapidly detect new COVID-19 variants in MedRxiV.
Using DNA, UF Research Shows Which Bats Binge on Crop Pests
UF study, published in the journal Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, found that the three most common bat species voraciously ate insects that otherwise cause major economic damage to several crops.
