How Support for Public Scientists Pays Dividends for South Florida – Opinion
University of Florida’s Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources and Leader of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), Dr. Jack Payne, shares his opinion on the South Florida Sun Sentinel about Dr. Thomas Chouvenc’s research, an assistant professor of Urban Entomology at UF/IFAS in Davie. Dr. Chouvenc’s work focuses on the […]
New UF-Led Study Finds Bacterial Similarities Among Diseased Coral Species
In 2014, an unprecedented disease outbreak affecting the soft tissue of many species of stony coral was first detected in Florida. Since then, stony coral tissue loss disease has been identified in nearly half of the 45 coral species on the Florida Reef Tract, the only living barrier reef along the continental United States. Researchers […]
TAO Connect Creates Partnership With UTSA
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is introducing UF startup Therapy Assistance Online (TAO) Connect, an online therapy program developed to address matters related to depression, anxiety and other issues students commonly experience. This program is a self-help service that provides tools to assist students with common mental health issues. 159 students currently […]
UF Researcher Receives $1.29 Million Grant to Support Malaria Research
A $1.29 million grant from the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund will support EPI malaria investigator Rhoel Dinglasan’s work to develop a novel saliva-based malaria diagnostic test that catches infections even when victims don’t show symptoms. Dinglasan, an associate professor of infectious diseases with UF’s Emerging Pathogens Institute, began his career by researching a new […]
New Location for Lacerta Therapeutics in Alachua’s Copeland Park
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident client Lacerta Therapeutics, a clinical-stage gene therapy company, has announced the commencement of construction on a new office and lab building in Copeland Park, located in the heart of the North Florida Research Corridor in Alachua. The 12,950 square foot building is expected to be […]
UF Creates $1 Million Venture Fund for Faculty Startups
In its ongoing efforts to rise to Top 5, the University of Florida has established its own venture fund to benefit startups founded on university research. Starting this fiscal year, the university will provide $1 million a year to fund startups founded on UF technology. Jim O’Connell, assistant vice president for commercialization at UF and […]
Dr. Ben Lok Named Innovator of the Year
Inventors Honored at Annual Standing InnOvation Event Nearly 150 innovators celebrated their achievements in fiscal year 2019 at UF Innovate | Tech Licensing’s second annual Standing InnOvation event. One of those innovators was named Innovator of the Year, and seven teams of inventors shared the spotlight for their Inventions of the Year. Dr. Ben Lok, […]
Brain Cancer Researcher Visits TV20 Studio
Catherine Flores, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the UF College of Medicine’s Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery and a principal investigator in UF’s Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, visited the WCJB TV20 studios to discuss her research in advance of the Lemon Ball, a fund-raising effort organized by Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, started by a […]
Combating Cancer
Scientists are using powerful magnets to learn how to better detect, treat and track the second leading cause of death worldwide, cancer. Dr. Duane Mitchell, co-director of the Preston A. Wells Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy and director of the UF Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, shared his findings with Fields, a magazine about high […]
Fang and Ding Awarded NSF Grant to Study Brain Dynamics
Dr. Ruogu Fang, assistant professor, and Dr. Mingzhou Ding, distinguished professor & J. Crayton Pruitt Family Professor, received NSF Information Integration & Informatics award entitled, “III: Small: Modeling Multi-Level Connectivity of Brain Dynamics.” Fang and Ding’s proposal focuses on a three-year research program to characterize and develop a multi-level connectivity model for brain dynamics and […]