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 […]
How to Mentally Cope With the Coronavirus
Beyond making people sick, the coronavirus has spurred anxiety and panic as it spreads across the globe and in the United States. But Sherry Benton, founder and chief science officer of online therapy provider TAO Connect, a UF startup, says the paranoia surrounding the potential pandemic is vastly overblown. “You’ve got to step back and […]
Cannabix Technologies Makes Significant Breakthrough in FAIMS Technology Development
UF startup Cannabix Technologies Inc., developer of marijuana breathalyzer devices for law enforcement and the workplace, reports that significant technological development has been achieved with its FAIMS- (field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry) marijuana breathalyzer prototype. Cannabix scientists have been characterizing the device for several months to increase resolving power and sensitivity. The company is […]
How NASA Is Using Synthetic DNA in Its Search for Alien Life
In the coming decades, new rovers will roam the sands of Mars. An orbiter will sample the seas of Jupiter’s moon Europa. A drone will grace the skies of Saturn’s moon Titan. Mission planners dream of equipping these mechanical scouts with instruments capable of scouring the unknown environments for signs of life, but the technology […]
IC2 Enters the PXI Systems Alliance
UF startup Interdisciplinary Consulting Corporation (IC2), a technology-development company commercializing miniaturized instrumentation that monitors health of aerospace propulsion systems and enables reduced aircraft noise and improved fuel efficiency, is now a registered member of the PXI System Alliance (PXISA) and has initiated sales of its PXI product line. PXI (PCI eXtentions for Instrumentation) products are […]
New Generation of Miniaturised Cameras Changes the Face of the Satellite Market
Founded 6 years ago, UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident client SATLANTIS, a technology development company specializing in innovative technologies for use on constellations of microsatellites, was quick to make a name for itself in the space industry, gaining support from the likes of Telefonica and Everis. The center of all this […]
UF Scientists Are Trying to Prevent the Next “Coronavirus” in Florida
University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers, Kwang Cheol Jeong, Ph.D., and Samantha Wisely, Ph.D., are looking at the zoonotic potential of feral swine. These animals carry the pathogen that causes brucellosis, the most frequent wildlife disease that infects humans. If they also carry disease that can spread to domestic pigs or […]