Tech Tuesday: BehaviorMe Making Reality a Little Easier for Kids With Autism
Virtual reality technology is often used for video games, but one Gainesville startup is using it to help children with autism learn life skills UF Innovate | The Hub resident client “BehaviorMe” is a company designed to help behavioral therapists, parents, and kids. Learn more about Tech Tuesday: BehaviorMe Making Reality a Little Easier for […]
Exactech Knees Deliver Excellent Results
Exactech, a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products for extremities, hip and knee, announced today new scientific and clinical research that documents excellent results with the Truliant® Total Knee System implants and instruments and ExactechGPS® computer-assisted technology. The studies, which also demonstrate positive surgeon experience and improved accuracy in total joint replacement, […]
Captozyme Named to Gator100 List of Fastest Growing Companies
Captozyme Inc. was named among the top 50 fastest-growing UF alumni led businesses on the University of Florida’s annual 2019 Gator100. Captozyme is a graduate of both UF Innovate incubators. Sponsored by the UF Alumni Association and in partnership with the UF Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center, the Gator100 recognizes the 100 fastest-growing businesses owned or […]
Roche Makes $4.8 Billion Bid for Spark Therapeutics and Its Gene Therapy Programs
Research by UF’s Dr. William Hauswirth is behind the gene therapy that resulted in Spark Therapeutics’ Luxturna, an FDA-approved gene therapy for a rare, genetic form of blindness. Shares of Spark Therapeutics have skyrocketed more than 120 percent this morning after Swiss pharma giant Roche announced plans to acquire all outstanding shares of the gene therapy company’s stock at $114.50 per […]
Merck Animal Health and Rapid Genomics Sign Exclusive Agreement on Vaccine Verification
Merck Animal Health, a division of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., USA, announced a collaboration agreement with UF Innovate | The Hub anchor client Rapid Genomics which grants the company exclusive rights to Rapid Genomics’ vaccination verification tool, Viral Flex-Seq®. This tool will be utilized in combination with Merck Animal Health’s Innovax® range of […]
How Machine Learning-Based Security Sees Risk Faster than Legacy Tools
This opinion piece by eWeek’s Zeus Kerravala discusses UF startup Red Lambda’s MetaGrid, which works in what was described as “stream time,” in which the telemetry data is constantly being analyzed, enabling risks to be found based on behaviors. Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) are in the process of changing almost every aspect […]
Pheronym Secures $100K Grant for First Ever Agriculture Bio-Control Experiment in Space
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident client Pheronym, a bio-ag-tech pest control company, announced it has received a $100,000 research grant from the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory to conduct agriculture bio-control experiments in space. The science will focus on Pheronym’s breakthrough nematode bio-remediation technology and determine the impact that space travel has on […]
Starship Nematode: One Tiny Step for a Nematode, One Big Step Toward Sustainable Agriculture in Space
An exciting collaboration between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech client Pheronym (Alachua, FL), will send nematodes (small round worms) into space to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission represents a look into the future where food crops will be grown in space. The […]
Peerfit Pushes Deeper Into Medicare Advantage Markets
Digital fitness benefits platform Peerfit, a UF startup located in Tampa, has announced that it will be launching a new service in 2020 built specifically for Medicare Advantage plan members. Peerfit Move will work much like its parent service, allowing users to book fitness appointments and gym memberships while connecting to a community of other […]
FDA Clears Advancements for Viewray MRIdian Radiation Therapy System
UF startup ViewRay Inc. received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market new soft tissue visualization capabilities for its MRIdian image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) system. The new upgradable capabilities enhance the features of MRIdian’s SmartVISION MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), including: Expanded high-definition visualization and enhanced contrast between different tissues, to […]