entrinsic bioscience Secures $49 Million in Financing To Accelerate Development and Commercialization of Next Generation Functional Ingredients and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident entrinsic bioscience (EBS), a company pioneering a next-generation protein modulation technology, announced that it has secured $49 million in non-dilutive growth capital from Jefferies Group LLC’s subsidiary, Jefferies Funding LLC (Jefferies).
New Model To Help Patients Holistically Manage Pain Established at UF Health Jacksonville
The PAMI POST-Ed program, created to help people manage pain by using a combination of traditional methods mixed with new coaching and education, has been established at UF Health Jacksonville.
UF Health First in U.S. To Implant New, Advanced Deep Brain Stimulation System
A team of University of Florida Health neurosurgeons and neurologists recently became the first in the U.S. to implant a newly FDA-approved, technologically advanced deep brain stimulation system designed to more precisely target motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and two other movement disorders.
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).
UF Joins Preventing Alzheimer’s With Cognitive Training Study
The University of Florida will serve as a study site for the Preventing Alzheimer’s with Cognitive Training, or PACT, study exploring whether computerized brain training exercises can reduce the risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementias such as Alzheimer’s disease in older adults. The PACT study, led by the University of South Florida, recently received […]
2021 Cade Prize for Innovation Accepting Entries
The 2021 Cade Prize for Innovation is accepting entries from inventors and entrepreneurs in Alabama, Georgia and Florida from June 1 – August 2, 2021.
Gene Therapy Manufacturer Expands Its Footprint in Alachua County
AGTC, a UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum, is determined to change the rare diseases narrative.
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.
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.
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.