Alachua County Beekeepers Struggle Against Mites
A recent national survey of beekeepers showed a significant loss rate of colonies, which may impact the future of commercial beekeeping. The annual survey from the Bee Informed Partnership found that 37.7% of honeybee colonies died this past winter. This is about 9% higher than the average winter loss. More than 4,700 beekeepers managing over […]
UF Agricultural Researchers Cultivate Industrial Hemp
With the help of state lawmakers, industrial hemp is now a growing crop across the state of Florida. A new law makes it legal for state industrial programs to administer and oversee the cultivation of hemp. Researchers at the University of Florida are growing industrial hemp. Industrial hemp is not marijuana, but they are the […]
SharpSpring Recognized with Three Major Industry Awards in Less than One Month
UF startup SharpSpring, Inc., a leading cloud-based marketing automation platform, announced it has been recognized with its third industry award in as many weeks. These awards include: a TrustRadius Top Rated All-in-One Marketing Tool for 2019, Top Marketing Resource Management Software by G2 Crowd and, most recently, a TrustRadius 2019 Most Revolutionary Software Award. TrustRadius […]
Cannabix Technologies Makes Advances with Marijuana Breathalyzer Development and THC Breath Capture
UF startup Cannabix Technologies Inc., developer of the Cannabix Marijuana Breathalyzer for law enforcement and the workplace, is pleased to report that company scientists have made significant advancements with the analyte in breath capture and field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS) cell development. Cannabix scientists have been optimizing the breath/sample capture procedures and technology […]
SharpSpring Unveils Sales Optimizer, a First-of-Its-Kind Product to Streamline the Sales Process
UF startup SharpSpring, Inc., a leading cloud-based marketing automation platform, announced the release of Sales Optimizer, a suite of tools that allows users to control the quality and cadence of the entire sales process, enabling more closed deals and increased revenue. Fully integrated with SharpSpring marketing automation, Sales Optimizer provides the same systematic structure to […]
Leading Medical Physics Meeting to Feature More than 40 Presentations on ViewRay’s MRIdian MRI-Guided Radiotherapy
UF startup ViewRay, Inc., a company dedicated to giving clinicians new and better ways to treat cancer with radiation therapy, announced that the company’s MRIdian® System is the focus of more than 40 abstracts selected by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) for presentation during their 2019 Annual Meeting. AAPM is the largest […]
They Called It a Stupid Toy. Now It Makes Billions and Saves Babies.
A chemistry professor at the University of Florida, Richard Yost, Ph.D., will be inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame for his work on the mass spectrometer that’s revolutionizing the medical field. After collecting the sample, nurses send the newborn screening form to be tested for up to 100 different targeted disorders, including phenylketonuria, an […]
UF Health Joins Research Network Developing a Data Repository on Infectious Diseases
With funding from a five-year, $6.7 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, researchers at UF Health have joined the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and other academic centers to form a collaborative research network focused on improving global knowledge of infectious diseases. The NIH originally launched the Models of Infectious Disease […]
National Science Foundation Awards TAO Connect $500K Grant to Develop and Launch Its AI-Based Chatbot
UF startup TAO Connect, a digital health company aiming to make behavioral health therapy more accessible and efficient, announced it has received $500,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch its artificial intelligence-based chatbot. The addition of the chatbot will provide its users with a more humanized, engaging and personalized experience. “The continued support […]
New Leadership for Innovation District
The Gainesville Innovation District is under new leadership and is working to create a more inclusive environment. This expansion includes the university working in partnership with Gainesville and the chamber of commerce to bring in new businesses to the innovation district, said David Norton, vice president for UF research. Jim O’Connell, the assistant vice president […]