Morrisville-Based Clinipace Adds Another $10.5M to Its Coffers As It Goes on Hiring Spree
UF startup Clinipace, a global full-service contract research organization (CRO), continues to raise cash as it continues to look for talent. The Morrisville-based CRO has raised an additional $10.56 million in debt, according to a securities filing. That brings its total raised to $14.7 million in a mix of as part of this round opened in […]
SATLANTIS Enters Into Launch Services Agreement With Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace, Inc., a provider of economical and dependable launch vehicles, spacecraft and in-space services, announced the execution of a Launch Services Agreement with UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident company SATLANTIS, a provider of high-performance payload technologies for Earth observation and remote sensing. Beginning in 2022, SATLANTIS will utilize the Firefly […]
Trualta and University of Florida Study Evaluates Impact of Family Caregiver Education
Trualta, the only skills-based learning management platform for the family caregiver, is partnering with the University of Florida to demonstrate how healthcare system outcomes can be improved by empowering informal family caregivers with the skills and confidence they need to ensure the best possible care for their loved ones. Participants in the UF-Trualta study are […]
Paul, the Premature Infant Simulator, Creates Realistic Training for UF Health Staff
His skin turns blue when he needs oxygen; his abdomen becomes distended. He even cries out in pain. He may be made of synthetic materials, but Paul, the premature infant simulator, produces an authentic experience for those who train with him. Tom LeMaster, director of operations for the UF Center for Experiential Learning and Simulation, […]
How Some Men Are Challenging Gender Inequity in the Lab
Dr. Juan E. Gilbert, the Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and Chair of the Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department at the University of Florida, shares with Nature magazine his efforts to support female colleagues. “At the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the University of Florida, we have about 20% of the […]
Amadeus Buys Optym’s Flight Network Planning Tech
Amadeus, a travel technology company, is acquiring the airline tech unit of UF startup Optym, a privately-held world leader in new-generation optimization software solutions, for an undisclosed amount. The unit helps airlines with planning and scheduling their flight networks. Optym, privately held and founded in 2000 by University of Florida professor Ravi Ahuja, Ph.D., aims to […]
A Case for Durational Research: Space Plants Co-Investigators Robert Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul
University of Florida co-investigators Robert Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul are no strangers to suborbital research. They’ve been conducting plant research in microgravity since the late 1990s—first on the Space Shuttle and then on the International Space Station (ISS) and parabolic flights, many of which have been facilitated by Flight Opportunities. More recently, the pair have […]
SharpSpring Implementing “Performance-Based” Workweek
UF startup SharpSpring, Inc., a leading cloud-based marketing automation platform for digital marketing agencies, is changing the way employees view their work schedule by moving from a time-based workweek to a performance-based one. The changes are intended to reward employees who are able to reach their weekly goals without being tied to a typical 40-hour […]
The Loss Prevention Research Council Plans to Relocate Mock Store, Formerly Named Research Lab
UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC), a “tactical to practical” company that conducts research to develop crime and loss control solutions to improve the performance of its members and the industry, has announced its plans to relocate its formerly named Research Lab by mid-March 2020. This mock store environment […]
University of Florida Researcher Among Directors of World Parkinson Coalition
The World Parkinson Coalition® (WPC) announced the appointment of five new members to its board of directors. Drawing on their many years of experience in the Parkinson’s field as movement disorder specialists, researchers, and advocates. Dr. Malu G. Tansey from University of Florida College of Medicine joined the WPC Board as of January 2020 along […]