UF/IFAS Scientists Seek To Lure Mosquitoes, Build Better Surveillance System for Southeast Region With USDA-NIFA Grant
Mosquitoes’ sense of smell tells them when humans and wildlife are in biting distance, according to science. Over time, scientists have learned which types of scents and fragrances can lure mosquitoes best.
Over the next two years, a team of researchers from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) will develop a low-cost mosquito trap to lure mosquitoes and create a web-based dashboard to improve surveillance across the southeast United States.
Fresh off Raising $150M, Durham Gene Therapy Startup Kriya Acquires Spain-Based Company
Kriya Therapeutics Inc., with dual headquarters in Durham and Palo Alto, Calif., has acquired a gene therapy startup that Kriya says will align with its approach to treating metabolic disease.
Tech Tuesday: CIED
In this Tech Tuesday, host Melanie Morón meets with Laurence Andrews, who leads Santa Fe College's CIED, a business incubator in the newly constructed Blount Hall. CIED is hosting the first-ever PS27 Veteran Founders Forum on November 2, an all-day event to benefit veterans and those in active military service who want to start their own businesses.
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.
