Ology Bioservices, Inovio Partner To Manufacture COVID-19 DNA Vaccine With $11.9 Million Department of Defense Grant
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Ology Bioservices Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), and Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc., a company developing DNA medicines for infectious diseases and cancer, announced that the Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded Ology Bioservices with a contract valued at $11.9 million to work with Inovio on […]
Wesley Bolch Receives 2019–2020 UF Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award
Wesley Bolch, Ph.D., a professor in the department of biomedical engineering, received the 2019-2020 UF Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award from the UF Graduate School. The UF Graduate School’s annual Faculty Doctoral Mentoring Award encourages and rewards excellence, innovation, and effectiveness in mentoring doctoral and Master of Fine Arts students through their final dissertation or fine […]
UF Professor Among Recipients of the Colgate Award for Research Excellence
Colgate announced the 2020 recipients of the Colgate Award for Research Excellence (CARE). The CARE program recognizes a new generation of academic researchers by providing up to $30,000 (per project) to support oral health research projects across multiple disciplines. Robert Shields, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, is among the […]
COVID-19 Expert Nursing Panel Q & A
UF startup Shadow Health, an educational technology company, facilitated a panel discussion and Q & A with the Global Nursing Education Virtual Simulation Consortium on the topic of Clinical Hour Replacement in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Learn more about COVID-19 Expert Nursing Panel Q & A.
DiaCarta SARS-CoV-2 Test Kit Receives CE Mark
Molecular diagnostic firm and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum DiaCarta said that its QuantiVirus SARS-CoV-2 test recently received the CE mark. The firm has also filed for Emergency Use Authorization of the test with the US Food and Drug Administration. The company’s qRT-PCR test detects viral RNA extracted from nasopharyngeal swabs, oropharyngeal swabs, […]
Ology Bioservices, Vanderbilt University Medical Center to Develop, Manufacture Monoclonal Antibody for Treatment, Prevention of Infection With COVID-19 Virus for Department of Defense
The Department of Defense (DOD) awarded a contract valued at $14 million with UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Ology Bioservices Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), to develop and manufacture a monoclonal antibody for treatment and prevention of infection with the COVID-19 virus. This work is supported by the Office […]
Sun BioPharma Provides Business Update and Reports Operating Results for FY2019
UF startup Sun BioPharma, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing disruptive therapeutics for the treatment of pancreatic cancer, provided a business update and reports financial results for the year ended December 31, 2019. Sun BioPharma is developing SBP-101, a proprietary polyamine analogue designed to induce polyamine metabolic inhibition (PMI), a metabolic pathway of critical importance […]
Algernon Appoints Novotech As CRO for Phase 2 Coronavirus Ifenprodil Trial
UF startup Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical development company, announced that it has chosen to appoint award winning Novotech as the contract research organization (CRO) for a planned physician initiated study of NP-120 (Ifenprodil) for COVID-19 infected patients in South Korea. Novotech is an internationally recognized full service CRO known for its experience across […]
Reflections on a 10-Year Journey in the Microbiome
Following a fortuitous path, researcher Aaron Cowley established expertise in process development for live biotherapeutic products at his company Captozyme. Today, as part of CDMO Arranta Bio, he is looking forward to helping drug developers bring the first microbiome-based therapies to the market. Dr. Aaron B. Cowley is the chief scientific officer at Arranta Bio, […]
Digital Mental Health Solution Offers Group Teletherapy to Universities
UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub graduate company TAO Connect, a digital platform designed to make behavioral health therapy more accessible and effective, announced the addition of its Group Room feature, while also offering its video conferencing services to all 180 of its university partners. With this update, TAO Connect is giving more […]