The Future of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Higher Ed
Mark Long, director of incubation services at UF Innovate, shared on The Place Makers podcast, episode 10, along with Pete Cramer, director of development at Wexford, and Jabir McKnight, co-founder | director of campus recruitment & business development at DREAMBEACON, what needs to be done in order to be more innovative and more entrepreneurial in […]
University of Florida Received £500,000 Grant From Duchenne UK to Overcome Immunity Challenges in Gene Therapy
Duchenne UK has partnered with one of the world’s leading gene therapy teams focusing on AAV immunology. Drs. Manuela Corti and Barry Byrne at the Powell Gene Therapy Center, University of Florida, will try to temporarily modify the immune system so that anybody can be treated with gene therapy, and, if necessary, can receive repeat […]
Oragenics Provides Update on SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Program
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate company Oragenics, Inc., a leader in the development of new antibiotics against infectious diseases and effective treatments for oral mucositis, provided an update on progress with its SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) vaccine candidate and announced the termination of its clinical development program with AG013 for the treatment of severe oral […]
Oxidien Pharmaceuticals Announce Addition to Scientific and Medical Advisory Board
UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Oxidien Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a best-in-class enzyme therapeutic for an underserved kidney disease indication, announced three additions to its Scientific and Medical Advisory Board (SMAB) to provide external advice on its development activities and clinical program in secondary hyperoxaluria. Helena Cowley, CEO of Oxidien, said “The […]
UF Investigators Earn Michael J. Fox Foundation Award
Investigators at UF’s Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, or CTRND, earned a one-year, $200,000 award from the Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Target Advancement Program to explore novel approaches to treat Parkinson’s disease. “We hope that this study will help us understand more about the role of CB2 in brain immune cells to remove […]
Collagen Solutions Enters Into Three-Year New Agreement With NovaBone Products
Collagen Solutions, a company producing custom formulations of medical-grade collagen biomaterials and tissues for use in medical devices, had entered into a new minimum three-year agreement with UF startup NovaBone Products, a designer and manufacturer of synthetic bone grafts. The agreement formalized a longer-term supply arrangement to ensure NovaBone had consistent and increased access to this […]
New Study Demonstrates the Brain’s Ability to Shift and Utilize Different Neural Circuits
A new study by UF neuroscientists demonstrates an example of the brain’s ability to shift and utilize different neural circuits to perform a task in order to compensate for brain aging. The rat model study, published recently in the Journal of Neuroscience, was designed to test the hypothesis that cognitive impairments due to the aging […]
University of Florida, Part of the Florida High Tech Corridor, Recognized for Excellence in Innovation
The three founding universities of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council – the University of Central Florida (UCF), the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of Florida (UF) – ranked for the eighth consecutive year among the “Top 100 Universities Worldwide Granted U.S. Utility Patents.” The University of Florida ranked No. 15 with […]
Cannabix Technologies Files Patent for Detection of Molecules in Breath Using FAIMS technology
UF startup Cannabix Technologies Inc., the developer of the Cannabix Marijuana Breathalyzer for law enforcement and the workplace, is pleased to report that it has filed a provisional patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) entitled, “Apparatus and Methods for Detection of Molecules”. This provisional patent covers multiple new inventions and intellectual property […]
Ology Bioservices Wins Three Department of Defense Awards Totaling More Than $16 Million
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Ology Bioservices Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced that the Department of Defense (DOD), through the Joint Science and Technology Office of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), has awarded the company with three biomanufacturing contracts with a combined value of […]