Fourth Annual Lemon Ball Helps Fund Childhood Cancer Research
UF Health’s Brain Tumor Immunotherapy program will benefit from the annual Lemon Ball organized by Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer. All of the proceeds raised at the event will help fund Dr. Catherine Flores, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, brain cancer research. Learn more about Fourth Annual Lemon Ball Helps […]
UF Neuroscientist to Serve on NIH Aging Study Section
Paramita Chakrabarty, Ph.D., an assistant professor in UF’s Department of Neuroscience and investigator at UF’s Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, has been appointed by the National Institutes of Health as a member of the Neuroscience of Aging Review Committee of the National Institute on Aging. She will serve a four-year term as a […]
University of Florida Researchers Among 2019 Inductees Into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
UF’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering alumnus Chris Malachowsky and Chemistry Professor Richard Yost are among the newest members of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Dr. Malachowsky co-founded Fortune 1000 company NVIDIA which invented the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) that transformed the visual computing industry by creating a consumer-oriented 3D graphics market. Dr. Yost […]
Redox Power Systems $1 Million Project Award for H2 Production
The U.S. Department of Energy announced that UF startup Redox Power Systems, an affordable fuel-cell power generation system for commercial, industrial, residential, military and mobile applications, is to receive $1M in FY 2019 funding to further the H2@Scale concept, which will advance hydrogen storage and infrastructure technologies and identify innovative concepts for hydrogen production and […]
A Breakthrough in the Battle Against Citrus Greening
Washington is known for apples, but researchers at Washington State University — along with colleagues at the University of Florida — may have discovered a long-sought holy grail in the quest to stem citrus greening, the disease that has decimated Florida’s flagship crop. WSU scientists are able to grow the bacteria that causes citrus greening […]
Therapeutic Protein Delivery Prevents Diabetic Complications in Preclinical Models
A bacterium commonly found in fermented foods can be used to deliver therapeutic protein and prevent a common, sight-stealing diabetic complication in mice, University of Florida Health researchers have found. If clinical studies also succeed, such genetically engineered probiotics could be an effective and affordable treatment option for diabetic complications in humans, the researchers said. […]
Cannabix Technologies Expands Marijuana Breathalyzer Portfolio With Licensing of UBC Technology for Workplace and Parental Use
UF startup Cannabix Technologies Inc., developer of the Cannabix Marijuana Breathalyzer for law enforcement and the workplace, reported that the Company has entered into an exclusive license agreement with the University of British Columbia (UBC) to use and commercialize certain technology for the detection of volatile organic compounds for testing (to be used for marijuana […]
Signet Medical Solutions, Inc. Announces Option to Acquire Rights of Method to Detect Melanoma Cancer by Smell
Tom Donaldson, President, announced that Signet executed an Option to license all rights to medical non-invasive system to detect melanoma skin cancer using a vapor analysis system. The technology was developed by a University of Florida team led by Dr. Nikolaus Gravenstein, professor of anesthesiology, as well as a professor of neurosurgery and professor of […]
Updated Perishable Food Transportation Guidelines Now Available
A 1987 handbook published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Division of Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA-AMS) received a 21st-century update thanks to a team led by University of Florida researchers. “Many people in the food transportation industry had been asking for a revised handbook for years, to include all of the developments in technology, best […]
An Alzheimer’s Study Used Electrostimulation to Evoke Vivid Memories – Here’s What It Could Mean
A group of researchers tested the use of deep brain stimulation to improve memory and cognition in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (ADvance trial). While the long-term benefit on memory was not as robust as expected, almost half of the patients reported recalling past experiences. This is a notable observation as it occurred in individuals with […]