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Florida Venture Forum Announces Record Number of Companies Selected to Present at 2024 Florida Early Stage Venture Conference

Florida Venture Forum, Florida’s largest statewide support organization for investors and entrepreneurs, has announced the companies selected to present at its 2024 Florida Early Stage Venture Conference, being held at the Dr. Phillips Center in Orlando, June 4 – 5.  Two UF Innovate | Accelerate clients -- Silicon Assurance (early stage) and Cordelia Biosciences (collegiate) -- will present.

The Tale of Two Companies: One Viral Vector Partner for Every Stage of Gene Therapy Development

Gene therapies can correct diseases at their genetic core, but their success hinges on viral vector manufacturing. As gene therapy technology becomes more advanced, producing viral vectors becomes more challenging, requiring a manufacturing partner that is not only versed in viral vector production but also agile enough to adapt to the shifting tides of innovation. A closer look at the experiences of two companies -- NysnoBio, a client of UF Innovate | Accelerate, and bluebird bio -- offers insight into what sponsors at different stages of the development and manufacturing cycle need in a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) partner.

Tech Tuesday: CamoReady

In this week’s Tech Tuesday, UF Innovate and SCAD Media go “under cover”, almost literally, as students at the University of Florida find a way to help the U.S. military camouflage their vehicles

Underwater Data Centers Are the Future. But a Speaker System Could Cripple Them.

A new study from a group of cybersecurity and robotics researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Electro-Communications in Japan reveals for the first time a critical vulnerability of underwater data centers: sound. Carried by dense water, and targeting the resonant frequencies of hard drives, sound injection attacks can make servers unresponsive and crash networks. After just a few minutes, some hard drives are even permanently destroyed. However, the scientists also developed a machine learning algorithm that can accurately identify sound attacks, allowing the system to respond before it crashes.

FDA Approves Blood Test Developed by Abbott, USAMMDA for Traumatic Brain Injury

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a blood test the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity at Fort Detrick worked on with Abbott Point of Care, which can detect signs of traumatic brain injury more quickly than a previous test by UF startup Banyan Biomarkers. Banyan's biomarkers are used in the new device.