Data Licensing Opportunities Abound, but Deals Are Not Without Challenges
It appears, at first glance, like a no-brainer: Universities, particularly those with affiliated health care centers and organizations, have virtually immeasurable stores of data — the kind of data that companies in the forefront of areas like AI, machine learning, and quantum computing would love to have. It seems like an obvious source of significant potential licensing revenue.
However, “obvious” does not equal “easy,” and the barriers TTOs face in discovering, collecting, and developing an inventory of all the potentially valuable data they have are significant.
New Field Guide Shows How Arts Can Lead to Better Health
The University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine released a guide this week for healthcare practitioners, insurance companies, and community organizations on how to integrate arts, culture, and nature into referral programs, a concept within a social prescribing model known as arts on prescription.
56 Million Americans Unknowingly Exposed to Secondhand Smoke
More than half of American adults have been recently exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke – and the vast majority of them were unaware, according to new research.
NovaBone’s New Bioactive Glass Syringe for Foot & Ankle
UF startup NovaBone Products, leader in synthetic biologics, announced the Alachua, Florida, company has made commercially available a new syringe for targeted delivery of its 45S5 bioactive glass putty device for the foot and ankle market. The newly launched syringe comes in both a 2.5cc and a 5cc formulation.
UF Distinguished Professor Leads National Academies Panel on Future of Space Research
Rob Ferl has spent his career working with NASA to understand what happens to Earth’s living organisms on the journey to space, so it has been particularly gratifying for him to co-chair a National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine committee that is charting the course for the next 10 years of biological and physical sciences research in space.
UF Health Selected to Join U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Medical Network Providing Care to Team USA Athletes
Building on a long history of providing health care to athletes at the University of Florida and beyond, UF Health joins a select group of health organizations providing care to Team USA athletes as they prepare for international competition, including the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Tech Tuesday: NOMAD Project
In this episode of Tech Tuesday, we meet a researcher who is trying to build larger structures in space than have ever been built before using lasers and robotics.
Zomedica Acquires UF Startup Structured Monitoring Products Adding Revolutionary VetGuardian Touchless Vital Signs Monitor to Product Portfolio
Zomedica Corp., a veterinary health company offering diagnostic and therapeutic products for companion animals, announced it has completed the acquisition of UF startup Structured Monitoring Products, Inc., the makers of the VetGuardian touchless vital signs monitoring technology.
President Sasse Begins Yearlong Strategic Planning Process
Sustainable research expenditure growth, effective post-tenure review, recruiting even more top-flight faculty, and establishing even greater impact beyond Gainesville are all part of University of Florida President Ben Sasse’s far-reaching vision for UF as he launches a yearlong strategic planning process to chart UF’s course for the next decade.
UF Research Spending Up 15% to Record $1.25 Billion
University of Florida faculty conducted a record $1.25 billion in research in fiscal year 2023, a nearly 15% increase over 2022.
