Everything You Need to Know About the Ventilator Shortage and COVID 19
Building ventilators to help COVID-19 patients could be much easier than we think. Dr. Samsun Lampotang is a professor of anesthesiology and the director of the Center for Safety, Simulation, and Advanced Learning Technologies at the University of Florida. Based on the design, Lampotang helped create 30 years ago, simple “crisis” ventilators that can be built with parts […]
Renowned Brain Tumor Researcher to Lead UF’s Efforts to Move Research Discoveries to Patients
A leading expert in the search for ways to treat aggressive adult and pediatric brain tumors, Duane A. Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D., will direct the University of Florida’s efforts to speed research discoveries to improve health, as well as for UF’s expanded Clinical and Translational Science Award partnership with Florida State University. Mitchell was recently named director […]
Ology Bioservices to Adapt Veroplex Cell Platform for Rapid Response to Viral Threats for Department of Defense
The Department of Defense (DOD) Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Enabling Biotechnologies has awarded a contract valued at $27.3 million to UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Ology Bioservices Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), to establish their proprietary Veroplex cell platform for rapid response to […]
Algernon Submits Application to Health Canada for Ifenprodil COVID-19 Phase 2b/3 Multinational Clinical Trial
UF startup Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical development company, is pleased to announce that it has submitted a Clinical Trial Application (CTA) to Health Canada for an NP-120 (Ifenprodil) COVID-19 Phase 2b/3 multinational clinical trial. The same study protocol is being prepared for submission to the U.S. FDA and Australian regulatory authorities. The study […]
Biotech Firm Picks Gainesville As It Seeks COVID-19 Vaccine
Noachis Terra Inc., a new biotechnology company that will focus its efforts on the development of a vaccine for COVID-19 announced its headquarters will be located in Gainesville at UF Innovate | The Hub. Interim President Gary Ascani said the company is working on proposals to public and private investors who to help develop a […]
Twelve Meditation Tips During the Coronavirus Pandemic by TAO Connect
Sherry Benton, Ph.D., founder and chief science officer of UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub alum TAO Connect, a St. Petersburg, Florida–based virtual platform that provides online behavioral health resources, says that “there’s been a lot of medical research into meditation, particularly mindfulness meditation,” that has shown it can actually impact physical health […]
UF Researcher Created Test That’s Being Used to Find Hidden COVID-19 Patients
As hundreds of tests for COVID-19 go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention every day, there is another test created by a University of Florida scientist that tests Floridians that might have COVID-19 but don’t have symptoms. It’s similar to the CDC test, but the test created by UF scientist Dr. John Lednicky is being […]
UF/IFAS Working Hard to Deliver for the Citrus Industry
While the scenery may have changed, the work remains the same for the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences citrus faculty and Extension agents. “The coronavirus pandemic has altered the daily routine but not our mission to provide research and educational service to the citrus industry,” said Michael Rogers, director of the […]
Stuck at Home? Your Nature Observations Can Help Scientists (and Maybe Your Mood)
If you’re suddenly noticing the wildlife outside your window while sheltering in place — or if you’re trapped far away from nature and craving it — there’s a way to turn quarantine observations into data that can power scientific research. Becoming part of a community of citizen scientists might just soothe your sense of isolation, too, […]
UF Engineers Develop HVAC Powered by Multiple Energy Sources
Saeed Moghaddam, Ph.D., Knox T. Millsaps professor of the UF Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, along with industry and organizational partners, has received a $1.89M grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The group will be developing a breakthrough cooling and heating system based on a technology invented at UF’s Nanostructured Energy Systems Laboratories […]