Saia LTL Freight Chooses Optym RouteMAX Software to Improve Service Levels and Deliver Savings in Route Planning, Fuel and Labor Costs
Saia, Inc. announced that Saia LTL Freight has deployed the industry-defining software RouteMAX, developed by UF startup Optym, an optimization intelligence (OI) company. Optym’s RouteMAX is a dynamic route optimization software designed to streamline and speed pickup and delivery operations for the less-than-truckload (LTL) industry. Through the ability to quickly and accurately build routes, RouteMAX […]
From Chill to Kill – Pheronym Treated Nematodes Aggressively Disperse in Lower Temperatures
UF Innovate | The Hub and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Pheronym, an ag-biotech pest control company, announced the results of their third peer-reviewed study demonstrating the efficacy of their patented Nematism pheromone extract for bio-remediation of agricultural pests. In a study to be published in Scientific Reports by Springer Nature, Dr. David […]
Dr. Juan Gilbert Shares His “Secret Sauce” on Modern Figures Podcast
Dr. Juan Gilbert, the Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and chair of the Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department, is passionate about diversifying computer science and the professoriate. He is a first-generation college student whose parents instilled in him the value of education. Dr. Gilbert purposefully chose to be a scholar-athlete but by […]
AFWERX Contract Awarded to IC2 for Calibrated MHz-Bandwidth Pressure Sensors
UF startup Interdisciplinary Consulting Corporation (IC2), a technology-development company commercializing miniaturized instrumentation that monitors the health of aerospace propulsion systems and enables reduced aircraft noise and improved fuel efficiency, was awarded an AFWERX Phase 1 contract for Calibrated, MHz-Bandwidth, Dynamic Pressure Sensors for Quantitative Measurements in Hypersonic Flows through the SBIR program. AFWERX is a […]
UF Plant and Soil Diagnostic Labs Essential to Florida Agriculture, Economy During COVID-19
In the time of COVID-19, plants still get sick, and the soil that nourishes them needs care. The health of plants and soil is critical to agriculture, an industry designated an essential service in response to the pandemic. That’s why when many American universities have transitioned to online-only and their employees adapt to working from […]
Algernon Submits for Ethics Approval for Phase 2 IPF and Chronic Cough Study
UF startup Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical development company, is pleased to announce that it has submitted for ethics approval in Australia for its planned Phase 2 study of its re-purposed drug NP-120 (Ifenprodil) for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and chronic cough. Ethics submission is the next step in the company’s clinical development program […]
Ticagrelor Alone, Without Aspirin, Shows Benefit in Patients With Diabetes
Patients with diabetes who stopped taking aspirin three months after the insertion of a coronary stent and then took the anti-platelet medication ticagrelor alone for a year had fewer episodes of bleeding and no increase in heart attacks, stroke or other adverse events caused by blockages in the arteries, compared with patients who took both […]
UF Brain Tumor Researcher Embarks on First-in-Human Clinical Trial of Novel Immunotherapy Vaccine
UF Health pediatric oncologist Elias Sayour, M.D., Ph.D., has received a $2.5 million grant from the pediatric cancer foundation CureSearch for Children’s Cancer to undertake a first-in-human clinical trial to test a novel form of immunotherapy to treat the most aggressive forms of malignant brain tumors. The FDA-approved clinical trial, slated to begin this summer, […]
University of Florida Researchers Among 2020 Inductees Into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
Three University of Florida researchers were selected among the newest members of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Christine Schmidt, Ph.D. is professor and chair of the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, known for her prominent contributions to biomaterials science and cellular/tissue engineering. Schmidt’s research and unique approach to neural regeneration resulted […]
UF Health Anesthesiology Team Devises Respirator Mask Made From Existing Hospital Materials
With respiratory masks used by health workers battling the coronavirus in short supply, the University of Florida Health’s department of anesthesiology has developed masks that can be produced in large quantities using materials already found in hospitals and medical facilities. N95 respirator masks have been in high demand worldwide since the outbreak of COVID-19. That led […]