Pheronym Begins Scaling Pest Bio-Control Solution at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Pheronym, an ag-biotech pest management company that got its start at UF Innovate | Accelerate's incubator The Hub, has begun scaling up production of its patented NemastimTM pest bio-control solution at Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, through a development agreement that provides access to key fermentation and quality control systems.
BioInfoExperts Expands FoxSeq Licensing Partnerships in Healthcare and Oil and Gas Industries
BioInfoExperts LLC, a bioinformatics company located at UF Innovate | Accelerate at Sid Martin Biotech, has licensed FoxSeq®, a community cloud-based platform that integrates pathogen genetics with clinical data and contact tracing efforts in near-real-time, to Ochsner Health LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and the New Orleans Department of Health. The oil and gas industry also has adopted FoxSeq for genomic pathogen sequencing analysis to better understand transmission in their vulnerable employee population.
Nematodes in Space: The Final Frontier
Researchers at ARS’s Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Station in Byron, Georgia, teamed with UF Innovate | Accelerate alumni Pheronym, Inc., a company that specializes in eco-friendly pest control, to send beneficial nematodes, known as entomopathogenic nematodes, to the International Space Station (ISS) to study their ability to function under microgravity conditions.
UF Innovate | Accelerate at the Hub Unveils Its New “The Flow of Innovation” Mural
UF Innovate | Accelerate @ The Hub unveiled its new mural called “The Flow of Innovation.” It’s the first time this mural is being updated since The Hub opened in 2011.
UF Innovate Reveals New Display in Lobby of The Hub
More than 150 innovators and entrepreneurs attended an in-person event, while 40 joined via livestream to unveil a new, lighted floor-to-ceiling mural in the lobby of UF Innovate | Accelerate at The Hub.
University of Florida Innovators Honored at 4th Annual Standing InnOvation Event
On a sunny and fresh fall afternoon, UF Innovate | Tech Licensing hosted its annual event to recognize top innovations stemming out of the University of Florida. More than 150 innovators and entrepreneurs attended the in-person event, and around 40 joined the livestream to celebrate their achievements in fiscal year 2021.
UF Innovate | Accelerate Welcomes John Mayfield to Its Advisory Board
UF Innovate | Accelerate is honored to welcome John D. Mayfield, Ph.D., vice president of corporate and business development at EQRx, to its advisory board.
Resilience Turns to Harvard for Biologics Manufacturing Tech, Inks 5-Year R&D Pact
Resilience, a company developing technologies that overcome the challenges of manufacturing complex biological medicines, is turning to Harvard University to find some of those new solutions.
Here’s How Seasonal Affective Disorder Can Make Sleep Worse—And What You Can Try, According to a Therapist
Sherry Benton, founder of TAO Connect, a UF Innovate | Accelerate startup, shares why seasonal affective disorder occurs and ways to overcome it.
How This 23-Year-Old’s Startup Became The Fastest-Growing Company in a $25B Industry
With year-over-year growth of 762.3%, UF Innovate | Accelerate graduate Imprint Genius, a company providing high-quality, unique promotional products, takes the number one position for “Fastest Growing Distributors” in 2020, as published in Print+Promo Marketing Magazine.