Florida Institute and MPWRM Resource Center Fund Amend Surgical
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Amend Surgical, Inc., an Alachua-based medical device company, announced that it has finalized a funding agreement with the Institute for Commercialization of Florida Technology (the Florida Institute) along with being awarded a substantial product development funding from The Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Regenerative Medicine (MPWRM) Resource Center.
UF Scripps Biomedical Research names new chief financial officer
Management of financial and administrative operations at UF Scripps Biomedical Research, the Jupiter-based scientific research institute, will be overseen by James Lapple, MBA, CPA, the current vice president for finance at the Rockefeller University in New York.
Fighting Pediatric Cancer Focus of V Foundation-UF Health Collaboration
In pursuit of its ongoing mission to achieve Victory Over Cancer®, the V Foundation for Cancer Research announced its renewed support and a new $250,000 grant for the University of Florida’s efforts to combat brain cancer in children. Combined with private support, a total of $600,000 in new funding will bolster critical research programs.
Vehicles Equipped With On-Board Technology Increase Driver Awareness and Safety
A University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) study funded by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) found that advanced communication technologies and vehicle on-board units (OBUs) are effective in increasing driver awareness. These technologies provide information to drivers regarding their surroundings, such as the presence of pedestrians and traffic signal information. The study was supported by the City of Gainesville, Fla., with equipment supplied by Brandmotion LLC and Yunex Traffic (formerly Siemens ITS), and it is part of the research conducted by the I-STREET living lab.
Vobile Locates in Gainesville Innovation District Solidifying Collaboration With UF
Vobile, the worldwide leading Software-as-a-Service provider in digital content protection and monetization, announced on April 21 the opening of a new R&D and Operations Center in Gainesville, FL, home to more than 75,000 college students between the University of Florida and Santa Fe College. This strategic move is part of the company’s rapid growth initiatives. This is the first step in Vobile’s plan to create hundreds of jobs in Gainesville.
This Is How We Can Double Food Production by 2050
Agriculture is embracing technology, specifically artificial intelligence, in what is widely referred to as the fourth revolution in food production, following advances from fertilization, mechanization and genetics. Land-grant universities — a group that in the southeast includes the University of Florida, University of Georgia, Fort Valley State University, Tuskegee University, Clemson University, and the University of Tennessee — is to perfect and de-risk these innovations and then help private partners develop them into affordable technologies.
DHS Announces Cooling Solutions Prize Challenge Finalists in Celebration of Earth Day
UF startup Micro Nano Technologies, announced as finalists in the Cooling Solutions Challenge prize competition. Launched in September 2021, by DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), this $195,000 prize competition marks the first in a series focusing on national climate resilience.
Dean Elected to the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida
The dean of the College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida, Chimay Anumba, Ph.D., has been elected to the Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine of Florida.
New UF College of Public Health and Health Professions Dean Named
Beth Virnig, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, the sixth in the college’s 64-year history.
Pushy Plants? Student Discovery ‘Adds New Dimension to Plant Biology’
A new University of Florida study conducted by mathematics and botany senior Camille Sicangco, has been accepted for publication in Current Biology and shows the plant exerts force on its own, not just in response to external forces such as climate and soil. It is rare for an undergraduate student to publish research in such a prestigious journal — let alone to do so using new methods of discovery — but advisor Dr. Francis E. “Jack” Putz encouraged the naturally creative and inquisitive Sicangco to follow her curiosity.
