GuideWell Innovation Selects Six Women-Founded Health Tech Companies for Summer Scale-Up Accelerator Cohort
Sherry Benton, founder of TAO Connect, a company that incubated at UF Innovate | The Hub, has been selected as one of the six health technology companies for the Summer 2019 GuideWell Scale-Up Accelerator cohort. The GuideWell Scale-Up Accelerator is an eight-week technology accelerator program focused on “Scale-Up” health technology or medical device companies. This cohort is dedicated […]
Recent Peer-Reviewed Publication on Oragenics, Inc.’s Lantibiotic Antimicrobial Compound Identifies Alternative Mechanism of Action
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech client Oragenics, Inc., a leader in the development of new antibiotics against infectious diseases and effective treatments for oral mucositis (“OM”), announces the publication of a collaborative study investigating an additional mechanism of action of the company’s lantibiotic compounds, which shows the formation of water permeating pores across bacterial […]
RTI Surgical® Wins 2019 MedTech Breakthrough Award
UF startup RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc., a global surgical implant company that graduated from UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech, has announced MedTech Breakthrough has selected TETRAfuse® 3D Technology as the “Best New Technology Solution – Orthopedics” in their 2019 Awards Program. MedTech Breakthrough is an independent organization recognizing the top companies and solutions in […]
State of Innovation: All the Small Things
Today’s innovation generally rests squarely on the shoulders of yesterday’s giants. Recently, 2013 Cade Prize winner, UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident client NanoPhotonica announced a $3.5 million investment led by Samsung Ventures. NanoPhotonica’s system of light emitting nano-materials, including Quantum Dots (QDs), and method of layering these materials together, form the […]
Licensing of Academic Patents Has Contributed Up to $1.7 Trillion to U.S. Economy
The licensing of university and nonprofit research has made a significant contribution to US gross domestic product (GDP), industrial gross output, and jobs over the last 22 years, according to an independent study commissioned by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) and AUTM, a global nonprofit that works to advance ideas from research institutions into the […]
AxoGen CEO Says Innovation and Culture Gives Company a Hiring Edge
Karen Zaderej, chairman, president & chief executive officer at UF startup AxoGen, discusses the company’s hiring practice in a competitive job market. She speaks with Bloomberg’s Jonathan Ferro on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas.”
UF Health Researcher’s Gene Therapy Technique Being Further Developed to Treat Neurodegenerative Disorders
A gene therapy technique discovered by a University of Florida Health researcher and her colleague is now being used to develop treatments for neurodegenerative disorders. During gene therapy, engineered viruses are used to deliver new genes to a patient’s cells. But in some patients, the immune system recognizes and fights the helpful adeno-associated virus, or […]
Anchor Biologics Wins the 2019 Cade Prize
The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention announced Anchor Biologics as the first place winner of its 2019 Cade Prize. Anchor Biologics is a collaboration of UF biomedical engineering researchers that aim to create a new treatment for inflammatory diseases. The Anchor Biologics team, Dr. Benjamin Keselowsky, professor, and Dr. Gregory Hudalla, assistant professor, accepted […]
Tech Tuesday: Curing Inflammation with Anchor Biologics
Measuring Vaccine Application and Field Virus Exposure
A new genomic test provides feedback on the uniformity of vector vaccine administration in poultry flocks and another can provide data on the level of field virus challenge on a farm. Next generation vector vaccines for poultry can be administered in the hatchery and are minimally interfered with by maternal antibodies, are safer to use […]