Feed the Future – UF Researcher Featured on Cade Museum Podcast
Technology and farming always have mixed well in the United States, but in many other countries, particularly in the underdeveloped world, it’s a different story. Why does it matter, and what can be done about it? Richard Miles, Radio Cade host, interviews University of Florida researcher Adegbola Adesogan, Ph.D., director of the Livestock Systems Innovation […]
Arranta Bio Announces Key Leadership Additions As It Commits to a $100M Investment in Building End-to-End Microbiome Capacity
Arranta Bio, the leading microbiome contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced the strengthening of its senior leadership team with the addition of David Stevens as Chief Operations Officer and Jason Rahal as Senior Vice President of Business Development. Arranta has committed $100M to build end-to-end capacity as the first dedicated microbiome CDMO. Arranta Bio […]
Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications Northrop Grumman CRS-13 Experiments and Payloads
Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications (SLPSRA) enables human spaceflight exploration to expand the frontiers of knowledge, capability, and opportunity in space and pioneers scientific discovery in and beyond low-Earth orbit to drive advances in science, technology, and space exploration to enhance knowledge, education, innovation, and economic vitality. Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul and Dr. […]
Shark Attacks Remained Low in 2019 – But Bites From the Elusive Cookiecutter Were Up
Shark attacks were unusually low for the second year running, with 64 unprovoked bites in 2019, according to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File. The total was roughly in line with 2018’s 62 bites and about 22% lower than the most recent five-year average of 82 incidents a year. While the number of […]
Oak Leaves Contain Potential Cure for Citrus Greening Disease, Researchers Say
Scientists in Florida have confirmed what some citrus growers suspected for years — that oak trees could inhibit citrus greening disease, which has brought the once-thriving Florida industry to the brink of collapse. Oak leaves represent “the first potential organic cure” for the destructive tree sickness, said Lorenzo Rossi, a UF/IFAS biologist and co-author of […]
Algernon Signs Novotech Up for Midstage Respiratory Therapy Test
UF startup Algernon Pharmaceuticals has chosen contract research organization (CRO) Novotech to help run its phase 2 idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and chronic cough trial for its experimental med NP-120 (Ifenprodil). The study is slated to start in the second quarter of 2020, and Algernon will tap Novotech’s experience across the Asia-Pacific region. Also, the CRO […]
Visitor Relationship Management Pioneer Admiral Selected to Present at the 2020 Florida Venture Capital Conference
UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Admiral, the world’s leading Visitor Relationship Management (VRM) platform, announced that it has been invited by the Florida Venture Forum (FVF) to present at the organization’s 2020 Florida Venture Capital Conference taking place in Orlando on January 30th – 31st. With a mission to connect the state’s most […]
Molekule Launches on Amazon, Broadening Consumer Reach and Access to Its Clean Air Technology
UF startup Molekule, the leader in reinventing air purification, announced the availability of its home product line on Amazon. Since launching its first product 2.5 years ago, Molekule has become one of the most-searched-for terms within Amazon’s air purifier category. Available for pre-order immediately, Amazon users now have access to Molekule’s breakthrough Photo Electrochemical Oxidation […]
Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s, Tourette’s
Parkinson’s, Tourette’s, dystonia. What these movement disorders all have in common is that they can significantly reduce a person’s quality of life. Movement disorders make it extremely difficult, and sometimes impossible, to perform everyday activities such as tying your shoes, drinking water, walking, and even talking. But there is hope. Deep brain stimulation procedures address […]
UF Engineer Testifies Before U.S. House Committee About Election Security
Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor, testified as an expert witness regarding election security during a hearing by the House Administration Committee on Thursday, January 9, 2020. Dr. Gilbert, who has been conducting research on elections for more than 15 years and who was one of two academics asked to testify, […]