TearClear Appoints Dr. Amir Shojaei Chief Development Officer
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident client TearClear, a global ophthalmic pharmaceutical company, has announced the appointment of Amir Shojaei, Pharm.D., Ph.D., as chief development officer, a major step towards planning and executing multiple clinical development and registration programs. Over his 23-year career, Dr. Shojaei has focused on the clinical development, […]
Industrial Hemp Pilot Project Research Expands to On-Farm Trials
As the UF/IFAS Industrial Hemp Pilot Project moves into its second year, on-farm research trials begin with commercial growers across the state. Twenty farms across twelve Florida counties were selected for the UF/IFAS on-farm trials. These farms are in different agricultural regions to provide a variety of conditions to study the growth and success of […]
Dr. David Shulkin Named to SmartSteward Board of Directors
UF Innovate | The Hub resident client SmartSteward, Inc., a digital health company focused on advanced infection control and antibiotic stewardship software for skilled nursing facilities, is pleased to announce the members of its Board of Directors and the addition of Dr. David Shulkin, the ninth United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The Board will guide the company’s efforts towards […]
Global Survey Supports Link Between COVID-19 and Loss of Smell and Taste
A new massive crowdsourced survey of COVID-19 patients from around the world provides the greatest evidence to date of a link between COVID-19 and the loss of smell, taste and chemesthesis — or sensitivity to chemicals such as those in chili peppers. The findings may have implications for prioritizing the limited supply of COVID-19 tests. […]
UF Health Cardiologist: COVID-19 Might Be a Disease of the Lungs and the Heart
As researchers continue to unravel the mysteries of COVID-19, they are increasingly realizing the disease caused by the novel coronavirus often involves more than the lungs that it ravages. It can have a devastating impact on the domain of the cardiologist: the heart. University of Florida Health cardiologist Carl J. Pepine, M.D., a professor in and former […]
Oragenics Inc. and Aragen Bioscience Enter Agreement to Accelerate Development of TerraCoV2, a COVID 19 Vaccine Candidate
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, announced that through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Noachis Terra, it has entered into an agreement with Aragen Bioscience, a leading contract research organization focused on accelerating pre-clinical biologics product […]
ImmuneFX Gene Therapy Could Be a Game-Changer for Cancer Treatment
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alumni company Morphogenesis, Inc., a clinical-stage company that develops novel cell and gene therapies based out of Tampa, recently got FDA approval to expand human clinical trials with an innovative cancer vaccine. Grit Daily interviewed Morphogenesis CEO Dr. Patricia Lawman to get more information about this technology that could […]
Gilbert Elected As Member of the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida
Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and chair of the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), was recently elected as a member of the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL). Dr. Gilbert was elected because of his pioneering human-centered computing research focused on societal issues […]
Quicker Reviews, Designated Funding Is Speeding COVID-19 Research Efforts at UF Health
University of Florida Health researcher Mark Brantly, M.D., and his team are working to evaluate a drug treatment for the novel coronavirus that might block the deadly inflammatory response caused by the disease that curtails the lungs’ ability to function. In the absence of any known therapies for COVID-19, Brantly wanted to open a clinical trial […]
Nvidia’s DGX A100 System Packs a Record Five petaFLOPS of Power
At its virtual GPU Technology Conference, Nvidia launched its new Ampere graphics architecture — and with it, the most powerful GPU ever made: The DGX A100. It’s the largest 7nm chip ever made, offering 5 petaFLOPS in a single node and the ability to handle 1.5 TB of data per second. Of course, unless you’re doing data science or […]