USDA Awards Grant to UF for Food Safety in Shared-Use Kitchens
The U.S Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced 28 grants to address the needs of new farmers, small to mid-sized farms, small processors and small fresh fruit and vegetable wholesalers. NIFA’s Food Safety Outreach Program (FSOP) facilitates the integration of the Food Safety Modernization Act food safety guidelines into […]
Scientists Close In on Explaining Confounding Predator-Prey Cycle
Scientists have long known that snowshoe hare populations follow a 10-year boom and bust cycle. But what drives this cycle has fascinated ecologists for more than a century. In a new study, scientists from the University of Florida and other institutions in the United States and Canada analyzed four decades of field data to reveal […]
Why Are We “Underdogs” in Gainesville?
Mark Long, director of incubation services at UF Innovate | The Hub, participated as a guest blogger in The Underdog, an innovation and growth strategy firm, where he shares his thoughts on why we are putting ourselves at a disadvantage in Gainesville, FL. “I see Gainesville as favored to win, the opposite of the underdog. […]
SharpSpring Announces Program to Pay for HubSpot Partner Program Fees
UF startup SharpSpring, Inc., a leading cloud-based sales and marketing platform for digital agencies, announced that it will cover 100% of the $3,600 annual fee for marketing agencies currently enrolled or wishing to enroll in HubSpot’s Solutions Partner Program that joins SharpSpring’s Agency Partner Program. “Speaking plainly, any chance we have to compare our partner […]
Depression Can Be Identified Using Gut Bacteria, University of Florida Health Researchers Find
There’s a new ally in the effort to help people living with depression: gut bacteria. People with depression have distinct intestinal microbes that differ from those without the disorder, University of Florida Health researchers have found. That discovery has the potential to lead to new methods of diagnosing and treating depression using genetic profiling of […]
Florida Strawberry Festival’s Featured Fruit Comes From UF/IFAS Research
When you hear the words “Plant City,” what comes to mind? Strawberries, probably. As thousands of people come here for the annual Florida Strawberry Festival in February, many will eat various types of the fruit. They may be surprised to learn that University of Florida scientists toil in nearby labs and fields to develop the […]
Credit Card Vigilantes – Skim Reaper
MacroFab engineering podcast interviewed Skim Reaper‘s founders, Patrick Traynor, Ph.D., The Dasburg Family Preeminent chair in engineering in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the University of Florida and Christian Peeters, a Ph.D. candidate in the same department. What is Skim Reaper, how does it work, how did it start, what […]
UF Researchers Link Gene From Ancient Virus With Plant Stature
A new study from the University of Florida links the ability of plants to grow to great heights to a 500-million-year-old interaction between a virus and a type of algae. Daniel Conde, a postdoc in the Forest Genomics Laboratory who co-authored the new study with Cíntia L. Ribeiro, a recent graduate of the UF/IFAS Plant […]
UF Researcher Talks About Parkinson Disease With JN Learning Podcast
More than 6 million people worldwide have Parkinson disease. Even though it is classically associated with tremors, the disease has many manifestations and is very treatable for most patients. Michael S. Okun, MD, the chair and a professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Florida, as well as the administrative director and […]
Gainesville-Based Company Develops Digital Pill
UF Innovate | The Hub resident client etectRx, a privately-held digital health company, has developed a digital pill that could help patients keep track of their medications. Eric Buffkin, the senior vice president, helped develop the ID-Capsule that is made out of hard gelatin and an embedded ingestible sensor. “You don’t go to a technology […]