Foundation Park Building Sells for $12M
Avison Young real estate services announced the sale of a $12 million, newly-constructed 43,180-square-foot biotech and life science research facility at Foundation Park in Alachua. The sale, the largest in Alachua County since 2015 and part of a 1031 exchange, is the first of four buildings that are scheduled to be developed for UF Innovate […]
UF Researchers Shine Light on Dearth of Research on How Anti-Cancer Drugs Impact Aquatic Ecosystems
A group of graduate students working on a class project at the University of Florida developed a critical review of what’s known — and unknown — about the effects of certain cancer drugs on aquatic ecosystems. Their conclusion: Studies are lacking that characterize these impacts, and more research is needed to inform future regulations. […]
UF Anesthesiology Teams Up With Wind Engineering Laboratory to Make Economy Face Shields
Aiming to help front-line health care workers from exposure to COVID-19, the University of Florida College of Medicine’s department of anesthesiology has teamed up with UF’s wind engineering laboratory to produce simple face shields and intubation technology when supplies of personal protective equipment were unknown in early April 2020. Using a 5-foot by 10-foot table computer numerical control, […]
Can Air Conditioning Spread the Coronavirus? Why Experts Are Concerned About Public Spaces
Federal officials are exploring the role of the upcoming summer season on the spread of the novel coronavirus in the United States, debating experts’ arguments that humidity, temperatures, and direct sunshine won’t have a direct impact on the virality of COVID-19. But a new piece of evidence published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, shared by the Centers for Disease […]
Unique Sensors Will Improve Aerodynamic Design, Aircraft Performance
Even after almost 150 years of wind tunnel testing, no commercial product had ever been able to directly measure the localized force that passing air exerts on the surface of a vehicle model—until now. Known in the industry as wall shear stress, or skin friction, the force is a major factor in a vehicle’s drag, […]
A Blood Test to Detect Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is hard to detect, and is sometimes called the “invisible injury.” Ron Hayes and Nancy Denslow, both scientists at the McKnight Brain Institute and the founders of UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Banyan Biomarkers, have developed a blood-based test that will make TBI detection and treatment […]
Full Interview: Algernon Pharmaceuticals Receives OK From South Korea for Phase Two Study of Ifenprodil
Christopher Moreau, CEO of UF startup Algernon Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical development company, joined Steve Darling from Proactive in Vancouver with big news. The company has received approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in South Korea for a Phase 2 COVID-19 clinical study of their repurposed drug Ifenprodil . Moreau shares with Proactive […]
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 […]