Harvard’s Tough Gel Technology Licensed to Amend Surgical for Oral Surgery Applications
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University announced that its tough gel adhesive technology has been licensed by UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Amend Surgical, a Florida-based medical device company focused on developing and manufacturing novel biomaterials. Through a licensing agreement coordinated by Harvard’s Office of Technology Development (OTD), Amend […]
UF Announces $70 Million Artificial Intelligence Partnership With NVIDIA
The University of Florida announced a public-private partnership with NVIDIA that will catapult UF’s research strength to address some of the world’s most formidable challenges, create unprecedented access to AI training and tools for underrepresented communities, and build momentum for transforming the future of the workforce. The initiative is anchored by a $50 million gift […]
Montagu Private Equity LLP Completes Acquisition of the RTI Surgical OEM Business
Montagu Private Equity LLP, a leading European private equity firm, announced the completion of its acquisition of UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum RTI Surgical OEM business. Following the acquisition, the OEM business will operate as a standalone company and retain the RTI Surgical name. The new RTI Surgical will further […]
New Study Shows Common Diabetes Drug Improves Symptoms in Genetic Form of ALS in Mice
University of Florida neuroscientists showed in a mouse-model study that metformin, a widely prescribed drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat Type 2 diabetes, reduces levels of specific mutant proteins central to the most common genetic form of ALS and frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, two intractable neurodegenerative diseases. The study, published […]
Collaboration Aims to Cure Trigeminal Neuralgia Pain
The Facial Pain Research Foundation (FRPF) and researchers at the University of Florida are collaborating to combat a chronic facial pain disorder, trigeminal neuralgia (TN) through translational research such as human imaging and MRI studies to get a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in the debilitating disorder. “Trigeminal neuralgia is probably the worst pain […]
Tiny Florida Medical Research Firm Faces Giant Challenge — COVID-19 Vaccine
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate company Oragenics, Inc., a Tampa-based medical research business with roots in Gainesville, found itself at a crossroads earlier this year right before the COVID-19 pandemic struck America. The company’s previous project had been working on modifying genes related to bacteria in the hopes of stopping oral mucositis in […]
The First Optical Space Mini-Camera Takes 20,000 Images in a Month
The first miniaturized space-based Earth-observing optical camera has begun sending huge-resolution images after a complex process of calibration, thermal stabilization, and connection tests. The camera, developed by UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Satlantis, a provider of high-performance payload technologies for Earth observation and remote sensing, has reached image number 20,000 […]
UF/IFAS Experts Outline Hurricane Prep, Recovery for Citrus Growers
Like all farmers, Florida’s citrus producers must prepare for the worst before a hurricane strikes. That’s why Fernando Alferez co-wrote a manual that gives growers tips on how to get their citrus farm ready for – and recover from — the potentially dangerous storms. It’s not just coastal counties, where ]the storms hit first, that […]
UF Researchers Receive Funding to Address Pain in Older Adults
University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville researchers were awarded a Florida Blue Foundation 2019 Quality of Patient Care Grant for $275,000 to implement a three-year project addressing pain management in older adults in Northeast Florida. The project is named the Aging and Integrative Pain Assessment and Management Initiative, or AI-PAMI. The work is […]
UF Team Hopes to Finish Designing Affordable Post-Disaster Housing by 2021
A UF team is working on a project, known as Advanced Modular Housing Design, which aims to provide a safe and affordable housing option for families that lost their homes to natural disasters. The team calls its housing units CORE+. “The project’s primary goal is to design sustainable, affordable and resilient post-disaster housing,” said Charles […]