CDTI Enters in SATLANTIS’ Capital, in a 16.5 Million Round of Investment
With the entry of CDTI (the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology) in its capital, UF startup and UF Innovate | Accelerate at The Hub resident SATLANTIS has closed its second-round investment to which Enagás, Sepi, Orza and Axis-Ico are also incorporated, for a cumulative total of 16.5 million euros.
Why Hundreds of Retail Thefts Are Going Unreported in Bay Area
Dr. Read Hayes, a research scientist and criminologist at the University of Florida, conducted a study on retail crime. He said in many cases, especially in urban centers, stores don’t contact authorities because there are simply too many thefts for police to respond to every time.
Lacerta Therapeutics Appoints Min Wang, PhD, JD and Marc Wolff to Its Board of Directors
UF startup and UF Innovate | Accelerate at Sid Martin Biotech graduate Lacerta Therapeutics, Inc., a gene therapy company dedicated to the discovery and development of AAV-based gene therapies, appoints Min Wang, PhD, JD and Marc Wolff to its Board of Directors.
Talking About Feeling: Axogen Raises Awareness for Mastectomy Side Effect
In the wake of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, UF startup and UF Innovate | Accelerate at Sid Martin Biotech graduate Axogen has expanded the scope of a campaign to raise awareness about a side effect of mastectomies.
Shoplifters Cost Stores Billions. UF Professor Speaks on How AI Can Help Curb Store Theft and Fraud
Read Hayes, Ph.D. is a world-renowned expert on the science of stealing from department and grocery stores. Based in FLEX in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, he works with engineering and computer science faculty to help design programs that can identify shoplifters. He is also the director of UF Innovate | Accelerate at The Hub resident company Loss Prevention Research Council, which works with more than 70 major retail chains by providing them with innovative loss- and crime-control solutions.
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.
