Novel Peer-to-Peer Car Charging System Proposes to Automate, Mobilize EV Charging
While electric vehicles (EVs) are a critical part of envisioning a future without the internal combustion engine (ICE), there is still much work to be done before EVs are a practical means of long-distance travel in the United States. Current U.S. infrastructure and limited battery capacities have proved to be the limiting factors. A novel […]
UF MSE Researchers Discover Potential Pathway for Bone Growth
The discovery came while evaluating a synthetic polymer substrate as a potential cell-growth platform. The cells were performing modestly on the new surface, but to get them to both attach to the synthetic material and actually thrive they typically need at least one of a special set of proteins to also be present, namely fibronectin, […]
University of Florida Researchers Find Promising New Treatment in Fight to Beat Citrus Greening
University of Florida researchers have discovered another possible solution to the plague of citrus greening that is impacting Florida’s citrus groves. This new information adds to the growing portfolio of knowledge that UF scientists are amassing to fight the disease. Led by UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences microbiology and cell science professor Claudio […]
VetGuardian Developing Innovative Technology for Pet Monitoring
Veterinary medicine is dangerous, but being bitten, scratched, or clawed is just part of the job. What if there were a remote health monitoring solution that allowed veterinarians to check the vitals of pets and other animals without putting themselves at risk? Scott Ijaz, VP of commercial development at VetGuardian, a company developing the first […]
UF Professor Named as an Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine by National Academy of Medicine
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced the 2020 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Scholars. These individuals are early- to mid-career professionals from a wide range of health-related fields, from emergency medicine and health economics to biomedical engineering and research and public health policy. The scholars are an essential part of a major NAM […]
UF/IFAS Scientists Help National Team Breed Better Pomegranates
California farmers produce 90% of the nation’s pomegranates, but ‘Wonderful’ pomegranates come from cuttings in Florida, and some Florida farmers seeking alternative crops see pomegranates as among their options. Zhanao Deng, a professor of environmental horticulture at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC), soon will collaborate with researchers nationwide to breed more […]
A Lifelong Science Nerd is Winning the Fight Against Blindness
Shannon Boye, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of Florida College of Medicine, is at the top of her game. She’s emerged as a renowned retinal researcher, making invaluable contributions to the advancement of treatments and cures including the development of gene therapy, now in a clinical trial, for Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA1, GUCY2D mutations). Her […]
Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul Appointed Director of UF ICBR
The University of Florida Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research recently announced the appointment of its new director, Anna-Lisa Paul, Ph.D. Dr. Paul assumed the position effective March 20, 2020. For the past year, Dr. Paul has served as ICBR’s interim director. During that time, Dr. Paul spearheaded the center’s acquisition of state-of-the-art equipment and furthered […]
UF Health to Provide Coronavirus Test-and-Trace Program to Help Reopen University
University of Florida Health is rolling out plans for a rigorous “test-and-trace” program to support the phased reopening of UF, an expansive data-driven effort that will allow students, faculty, and staff to return to campus as safe as possible while minimizing the risk of infection from the novel coronavirus. The program builds on UF Health’s […]
Oragenics Acquires Noachis Terra Inc., to Develop Its TerraCoV2 NIH-Generated SARS-CoV-2 (COVID 19) Vaccine Candidate Utilizing “Spike Protein”
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 its acquisition of UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Noachis Terra Inc., following its entry into a stock purchase agreement, to develop and […]