Expert: Outbreak Transmission Dynamics
As the world grapples for answers and action on the new coronavirus outbreak, researchers who study the dynamics of infectious disease outbreaks are quickly digging into the data. It’s familiar territory for Derek Cummings, Ph.D., a professor of biology at the University of Florida’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Emerging Pathogens Institute. Cummings […]
Future Innovators Receive $1,000: Santa Fe High School Institute of Biotechnology
Students in the Institute of Biotechnology at Santa Fe High School will be benefitting from a donation from UF Innovate and the local Center State Bank. On Feb. 25, 2020, Santa Fe High School’s C. Wyland Oyama of the Institute of Biotechnology and Principal Dr. Elizabeth LeClear met with Center State Bank Manager Romina Mincey […]
Some Things Can Wait, Colorectal Cancer Doesn’t
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the U.S., and second-leading cause of death, taking 50,000 lives each year. However, thanks to years of raising awareness and education, there are currently over 1 million colorectal cancer survivors alive in the U.S. Luckily, when detected early, colorectal cancer is highly treatable. Most commonly, treatment […]
New Study Using Big Data Sheds Light on the Value of Specialist Care in the Treatment of Gout
A recent article published in ACR Open Rheumatology found that rheumatologist care was associated with better disease management for patients with advanced gout versus care from general practitioners. In fact, many patients not seen by a rheumatologist were not being cared for according to accepted guidelines. “Gout is a common disease, but still one that […]
Algernon Explores the Use of NP-120 (Ifenprodil) as a Novel Treatment for Coronavirus
UF startup Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical development company, announced that it is exploring the potential of using NP-120 (Ifenprodil) as a novel treatment for COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus. A recent independent study found that Ifenprodil significantly reduced acute lung injury (ALI) and improved survivability in an animal study with H5N1 infected […]
Viruses Might Help As Biocontrol on Asian Citrus Psyllids
University of Florida scientists are working toward establishing a new biological method that may help farmers control the insect that transmits the deadly greening disease into citrus trees. Greening is present in about 95 percent of the citrus trees in Florida, so by using a virus that may kill the insect, growers may be able […]
How the Tip of Florida Became a Tropical-Fruit Paradise
The Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, Florida—or TREC, as it’s known to local farmers—is nearly as far south and east as you can go in the United States before you hit saltwater. Perched on a narrow strip of land between the peat marsh of the Everglades and the mangrove forest of Biscayne Bay, […]
Coronavirus Consultant
John Lednicky, Ph.D., is a research professor, microbiologist and molecular biologist at UF’s College of Public Health and Health Professions and the Emerging Pathogens Institute where he studies an array of disease-causing microorganisms. He has spent decades investigating coronaviruses that affect people, bats, birds, cats, cows, dogs, ferrets, mice, and even pigs. But some of this work […]
UF ISE Alum Honored As 2020 Gator100 Awardee
Gator100 honors the 100 fastest-growing, Gator-owned or Gator-led businesses in the world. Congratulations to University of Florida Industrial & Systems Engineering alumnus Aidan Augustin who made the list for leading one of the World’s Fastest-Growing Gator Companies. Augustin is the co-founder and president of UF Innovate | The Hub graduate Feathr, a digital marketing platform […]
Dr. Hendrik Luesch Wins Doctoral Dissertation Mentoring Award
Hendrik Luesch, Ph.D., a professor and chair of medicinal chemistry and the Debbie and Sylvia DeSantis Chair in Natural Products Drug Discovery and Development, was named the 2019-20 Doctoral Dissertation Mentoring award winner for the University of Florida College of Pharmacy. The award recognizes excellence, innovation, and effectiveness in mentoring doctoral students throughout their dissertation […]