Bondtech and Slice Engineering Join Forces to Create and Launch an Extended Range of Print-Head Solutions for the Desktop and Industrial 3D Printing Space
Bondtech, a 3D printing company based in Sweden, and UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Slice Engineering, a design and engineering company focused on developing cutting edge technologies for the additive manufacturing (3D printing) industry, have signed an agreement for strategic co-operation on product development. The aim of this agreement is sharing the pool […]
Entomologist to Present History of Vegetable Pests, Points to Collaboration
About the time Hugh Smith was a graduate student in entomology and nematology at the University of Florida, his academic department was housed on the top floor of McCarty Hall in Gainesville. Steinmetz Hall, the department’s current location, was a construction site. Now, about 30 years later, Smith is a vegetable entomologist for UF/IFAS, and […]
Alachua County-Based Biotech Company Develops Skincare Products Out of Exosomes
A biotechnology company based in North Central Florida is developing health products that could help patients with their skincare. EriVan Bio’s lab is located at UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech Incubator in Alachua, Florida. For Nasser Nassiri, co-founder and CEO of EriVan, this lab is a place where ideas can end up helping people […]
UF/IFAS Highlights Precision Agriculture During Gator Day at the Capitol
As orange and blue blanketed the Capitol for Gator Day, folks from the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) presented about advancements in agriculture technology to the Senate Agriculture Committee. IFAS also provided free samples of various oranges and orange juice, along with a new grapefruit that has been taste-tested to […]
Alchem Laboratories Announces Expansion of Its Screening and Clinical Trial Manufacturing Capabilities
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech member Alchem Laboratories Corporation, a contract manufacturing organization dedicated to excellence in custom synthesis, announced the expansion of its screening and clinical trial manufacturing capabilities through the construction of Building 3 in Alachua Florida. The new building, located near buildings 1 and 2 planned for completion in 2020, closed […]
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 […]