Keynote Session for Entrepreneurs Returns at Annual Standing InnOvation Event
From Founder to Funder with Melissa Medina Gainesville, Fla., September 5, 2025— The eighth annual Standing InnOvation celebration will kick off with a high-impact keynote session, From Founder to Funder with Melissa Medina, at Santa Fe College’s Blount Center. Returning for a second consecutive year, this entrepreneurial-focused session offers attendees an opportunity to collaborate and […]
LightPath Technologies Announces First Germanium-Free G5 Camera Variants Utilizing Proprietary BlackDiamond™ Glass
UF startup LightPath Technologies announced that its subsidiary G5 Infrared has begun producing two high-end cooled infrared cameras using LightPath’s proprietary BlackDiamond™ Glass instead of Germanium.
New Lightning Sensors Could Detect Tahoe Wildfires in Seconds. Here’s How They Work
A real-time lightning detection system developed by UF Innovate | Accelerate resident client FNN is helping California officials better prepare for wildfires, offering earlier alerts to reduce disaster risk.
AI Tool Speeds Acute Myeloid Leukemia Diagnosis
A team of UF researchers has developed a digital tool digital tool that uses artificial intelligence to accelerate the diagnosis of acute leukemia
Oragenics Selects Southern Star Research As Clinical Research Organization for ONP-002 Phase IIa Trial
UF Innovate | Accelerate graduate Oragenics, Inc., announced the selection of Southern Star Research as its Clinical Research Organization (CRO) for the upcoming Phase IIa clinical trial of ONP-002, the company’s lead drug candidate for concussion.
UF Researchers Get Closer to Saliva Test for Breast Cancer
UF researchers have improved a potentially transformative handheld device to detect breast cancer in saliva, simplifying the design and confirming its accuracy.
NIH Award Supports New Extracellular Vesicle Loading Platform To Develop Gene Therapy
UF researcher Mei He, Ph.D., has received a $1.3 million award from the National Institutes of Health to support a new extracellular vesicle platform used to develop gene therapy.
Study: Gene Therapy May Block HIV Transmission During Breastfeeding
UF researchers have published in Nature a breakthrough gene therapy that delivers broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies at birth, offering long-term protection against breastfeeding transmission with a single dose.
Florida Scientists To Send Seeds to ISS To Study Farming Solutions for Earth’s Harsh Conditions
UF researchers will send four types of UF-bred seeds to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to study farming solutions for harsh conditions on Earth.
Solid Biosciences Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for SGT-501 First-in-Class Gene Therapy for Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT)
Solid Biosciences Inc., which acquired UF startup AavantiBio, announced that it received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for SGT-501, the Company’s novel, AAV-based investigational gene therapy for the treatment of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT).