Lion’s Club Hears From Sun BioPharma Founder on Cancer Treatments (IslandReporter)
The featured speaker at the Sanibel-Captiva Lions Club’s dinner meeting, held on Aug. 15 in the Founders Room at The Community House, wants everyone to know more about cancer. “Getting cancer is a big scary deal, but there are things people should know before they make decisions,” Dr. Michael Cullen, founder and chief executive officer […]
Innovative Space Technologies: Vanguards of Technology Development and Product Commercialization (Energy CIO Insights)
Energy CIO Insights magazine named the Top 10 Energy Technology Startups for 2018 in its August edition. UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Innovative Space Technologies is one of those Top 10 in a list that features “the most prominent startups in the energy technology landscape, capable of inventing and innovating […]
Ology Bioservices Wins $8.4 Million Defense Department Award to Produce Anti-Ebola Medical Countermeasure (BioFlorida)
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alumn Ology Bioservices, Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced that it was awarded an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to support the Joint Project Manager Medical Countermeasure Systems (JPM-MCS), a component of the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear […]
Surgical ‘GPS’ Used Globally, Innovated in Gainesville (WCJB)
If you’ve ever had surgery, your hope is probably that there won’t be any short- or long-term complications. UF startup Exactech is innovating technologies so that your results are spot on. On this Tech Tuesday, TV20 met with a company that created joint replacement products, as well as a technology used for surgeries that made […]
UF Professor Invents Life-Saving Medical Simulators (WCJB)
There’s a first time for everything, but if you’ve ever had a medical procedure, you might find yourself hoping it’s not the doctor’s first time with a patient. A UF professor has helped create medical simulators so students can practice on a human-like subject before seeing you in the doctor’s office. On this Tech Tuesday, […]
UF’s Dr. Bova Teaming Up to Make an Impact (FloridaHighTech.com)
Creating a customized, patient-specific brain tumor treatment that’s also painless and non-invasive may sound far-fetched, but two Corridor innovators are making it happen. For 30 years, Frank Bova, Ph.D., professor in the department of neurosurgery at the University of Florida, has been researching and treating patients with intricate brain tumors using radiosurgery. Radiosurgery attacks cancerous […]
Researchers Find Potential New Gene Therapy for Blinding Disease (National Institutes of Health)
UF researchers Dr. Alfred Lewin and Dr. William Hauswirth, in collaboration with UPenn researchers, reported a gene therapy that may slow or prevent vision loss in people with a genetic blinding condition called autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (AdRP). Scientists funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI) report a novel gene therapy that halts vision loss […]
UF Researcher Bova Wins Medical Physics Award (The Gainesville Sun)
Frank J. Bova, a UF researcher who has discovered more than 30 inventions and worked with UF Innovate | Tech Licensing to translate his research into products or services for the global good, holds 13 patents, with the first awarded in 1992. Dr. Bova has been awarded the Edith Quimby Lifetime Achievement Award for his […]
University Of Florida Researchers Develop Device To Detect Skimmers (PYMNTS.com)
Aiming to detect skimmers that are placed on credit card readers, University of Florida researchers Nolen Scaife, Christian Peeters and Patrick Traynor showcased the Skim Reaper, a new device that can tell when signs of a skimmer are present. According to a report in Ars Technica citing the research that was presented at the USENIX Security Symposium […]
AxoGen Invests $5M in Dayton, Ohio, Site for Expanded Operations (Dayton Daily News)
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum AxoGen, a medical devices manufacturer, has purchased a Vandalia building and land for $5 million for nerve graft work. AxoGen Inc., its principal executive office located in Alachua, bought the 2,400-square-foot building at 913 Industrial Park for $5 million, Montgomery County property records show. Just […]