Gunduz Inducted Into Prestigious UF Graduate Honor Society
Dr. Aysegul Gunduz, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering associate professor, has been selected for induction into the 2020 class of the UF Graduate School Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. The Bouchet Society, named for the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. in the United States (in physics at Yale in 1876), […]
Vertaeon Co-Founder Partners With Auburn Engineering’s 100+ Women Strong and Corporate Relations
At a time when the future seems uncertain, Rekha Menon-Varma, a chemical engineering graduate from Auburn University, offers solutions. UF Innovate | The Hub resident company Vertaeon – the business she co-founded – provides assessment tools and mitigation solutions for risk management. More specifically, Varma’s business focuses on enterprise and supply chain risks and sustainable […]
UF Startup Optym Is Moving Its Headquarters to North Texas
UF startup Optym, an optimization intelligence (OI) company, is moving its U.S. headquarters from Gainesville, Florida to the Cypress Waters development northwest of Dallas. The international company, whose local clients include Southwest Airlines and Greyhound, has leased 17,327 square feet of space in a building under construction at 3401 Olympus Blvd. “Optym is looking forward to […]
JAXA HTV-9 Spacecraft to Carry Science, Technology to Space Station
A Japanese cargo spacecraft loaded with experiment hardware, supplies, and spare parts is scheduled to launch from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan to the International Space Station at 1:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 20, 2020 (2:30 a.m. May 21 in Japan). The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) unpiloted H-II Transport Vehicle-9 (HTV-9) carries investigations testing […]
Florida Finger Limes Could Be a New Addition to Your Grocery Citrus Aisle
Sweet oranges. Ruby red grapefruit. Sugar Belle mandarins. When one thinks of Florida citrus, these fruits immediately come to mind. But finger limes? A University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher believes that finger limes may be the next food trend that will continue to fortify Florida’s role as a citrus producer […]
UF Researchers Launch Study on Small Materials That May Have a Big Impact on Protecting Communities From COVID-19
Through a newly-funded National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research, or RAPID grant, researchers in the University of Florida departments of environmental and global health and epidemiology are on a mission to improve personal protective equipment, specifically face masks, that are being widely used to protect health care workers and the broader community from infection with SARS-COV-2, the virus that […]
Roozbeh Tabrizian Selected As Hastings Faculty Fellow
During the recent virtual meeting of the ECE External Advisory Board Meeting on April 23, 2020, professor and chair John Harris made an exciting announcement regarding the Alan Hastings Faculty Fellow. This year, in recognition of his superior work in the area of radiofrequency micro- and nano-electro-mechanical resonators and transducers, Dr. Roozbeh Tabrizian was announced as the Alan Hastings […]
Otonomy and AGTC Present Preclinical Results for Gene Therapy Hearing Loss Program
Otonomy, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of innovative therapeutics for neurotology, announced preclinical results from the company’s gene therapy collaboration with UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC), a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare diseases, […]
After Acquisition, Tampa Biotech Firm Looks Toward COVID-19 Vaccine
Serendipity is the word Alan Joslyn uses to describe the meeting and eventual acquisition of a Gainesville-based biotech firm. “It’s not every day all of a sudden a private company falls in your lap that’s working in COVID-19,” said Alan Joslyn, CEO of UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate company Oragenics, Inc., a leader in […]
Cannabix Technologies Develops Version 2.0 of THC Breath Analyzer
UF startup Cannabix Technologies Inc., developer of marijuana breathalyzer devices for law enforcement and the workplace, is pleased to report that the company has developed a new version of its THC Breath Analyzer (THCBA) and is preparing for additional testing with the device. The company engineers have updated several components in the THCBA and have […]