How Sweet It Is: Vanilla Fresh From Florida Passes Taste Test
UF/IFAS Tropical Plant Geneticist Alan Chambers wanted to mix chocolate and vanilla as he works on the next steps in his vanilla research.
Robots May Eventually Help Kill Weeds That Impede Strawberry Yield
Think of University of Florida scientists Nathan Boyd and Arnold Schumann a bit like surgeons. Except, in this case, their operating room is a strawberry field. With their research, Boyd and Schumann hope to eventually help growers unleash surgical strikes on weeds – without vanquishing their fruit.
A Feathr Touch: Navigating Customer, Employee and Investor Relations With Aleksander Levental
Find out Aleksander Levantel, co-founder or Feathr, lessons he’s learned along the way as entrepreneur on the episode of Founder Shares.
USF, UF Earn High Worldwide Rankings for Patents
The University of Florida and the University of South Florida ranked among the top 15 schools in the world to be granted U.S. utility patents last year, according to a new report.
Can Artichoke Become a New Winter Crop in Florida?
Shinsuke Agehara, a UF/IFAS assistant professor of Horticultural Sciences based at the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC) in Balm, has been leading research efforts for years into making artichokes less alternative and more mainstream for hungry growers in the Sunshine State.
Dr. Lampotang Receives J.S. Gravenstein Award From Society for Technology in Anesthesia
Samsun (Sem) Lampotang, Ph.D., FSSH, FAIMBE, has received the prestigious 2022 J.S. Gravenstein Award from the Society for Technology in Anesthesia (STA).
UF Health Researchers Join Global Effort To Track COVID-19 Pandemic and Others in Future
University of Florida Health researchers are joining an ambitious global effort led by The Rockefeller Foundation to better track the coronavirus and its variants and set up a network of collaborators to stop any nascent pandemic in the future.
Glint Pharmaceuticals Begins Clinical Trials to Treat Corneal Abrasions and Infections
UF startup Glint Pharmaceuticals, an ophthalmic pharmaceutical company that delivers medicated contact lenses to treat eye diseases, announces the start of a phase I safety study to treat corneal infections and superficial injuries.
OncoMyx Announces Exclusive Option to License Intellectual Property Rights for Myxoma Virus Technology from University of Florida
OncoMyx Therapeutics, a privately-held oncolytic immunotherapy company, has extended its intellectual property (IP) portfolio to include an exclusive option to license IP rights for the use and delivery of myxoma virus to treat certain cancers from the University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF).
Karl LaPan, New UF Innovate Director, Plans Continued Growth, Success for Program
Following a record-breaking year of growth for Alachua’s biotechnology industry, the University of Florida’s programs for entrepreneurial incubation and innovation, UF Innovate, has hired a new director of incubation services who’s looking to continue the program’s upward trajectory.