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 […]
Tech Company Helps Businesses Promote With “Swag” While Minimizing Carbon Footprint
“People want technology and they want something sustainable. So we went to set out the next generation of what swag can be.” That was the inspiration for UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Imprint Genius, according to CEO Isaac Hetzroni. So what is “swag”? It’s possible you have collected many items of swag yourself. […]
AGTC Boosts AAV Manufacturing Productivity With Herpes Simplex Virus
By using the herpes simplex virus (HSV) as a helper for its adeno-associated viral (AAV) platform UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC) created AAVs that are more robust, purer and lower cost than any of the other methods. Its gene therapy program for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa […]
The Journey to 3D Map the World – Amir Rubin of Paracosm
In 2012, inspired by a desire to recreate the amazing locations Amir Rubin and his wife Katie had visited, he was hit by the vision to 3D map the world. With funds from his personal savings earned from consulting gigs and proceeds from the exit from Prioria Robotics, his first company, UF startup Paracosm, a […]
Harnessing Genome Editing for COVID-19 Drug Discovery
A University of Florida research team is harnessing the power of genomic editing to illuminate druggable targets in human cells for the fight against COVID-19. By taking advantage of high-containment labs in UF’s Emerging Pathogens Institute—especially designed for studying highly contagious and virulent pathogens—the team is using CRISPR genome editing techniques to screen human cell […]
University of Florida Vets Use Placenta-Derived Treatment for Animals With Severe Bone Loss
A human placenta-derived compound developed by a University of Florida faculty member in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering is being used with promising results by veterinarians at UF’s College of Veterinary Medicine to treat animals with severe bone loss. Without the compound, the animals — which included a giraffe at the Jacksonville Zoo and […]
Adapting Neurological Care Amid COVID-19
As the ongoing battle against the spread of COVID-19 continues, the medical community is learning more about the disease and at-risk populations by the day. Many symptoms and comorbidities associated with neurologic disorders place patients, especially those in the neuromuscular disease community, within those high-risk categories established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]