Innovators Celebrated, Inventions Showcased at Event by UF Innovate’s Tech Licensing
Tables with up-and-coming inventions that include an environment-scanning robot and augmented reality goggles lined the UF Innovate Tech Licensing organization’s sixth annual Standing InnOvation event this week.
Dr. Shannon Boye Named Innovator of the Year
UF Innovate | Tech Licensing hosted its sixth annual Standing InnOvation event on Wednesday, October 18, to honor and celebrate innovators and their work at the University of Florida in fiscal year 2023.
New Study Points to Concerns of Dangerous Vibrio Bacteria in Florida’s Coastal Waters Following Hurricane Ian
When Hurricane Ian struck Southwest Florida in September 2022, it unleashed a variety of Vibrio bacteria that can cause illness and death in humans, according to a new study conducted in October 2022 by researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Maryland, based on genome sequencing as well as satellite and environmental data collected off the coast of Lee County, where Hurricane Ian hit directly.
Dr. Shannon Boye Named Innovator of the Year
UF Innovate | Tech Licensing hosted its sixth annual Standing InnOvation event on Wednesday, October 18, to honor and celebrate innovators and their work at the University of Florida in fiscal year 2023.
“The Horse’s Mouth” with Enrico Levi of Inzecto
The Horse’s Mouth is a talk show where Tom McManus’s guests sidle up to his bar to discuss the intersection of sports, business, and life. Today, Tom sits with Enrico Levi of Inzecto, a UF startup licensing mosquito control technology created by Levi, Roberto Pereira, and principal investigator Philip Koehler at the UF College of Agriculture and Food Sciences.
Cannabix’s MSBS Marijuana Breathalyzer Technology Advances Quantification of THC in Breath
UF startup Cannabix Technologies Inc., developer of marijuana and alcohol breath testing devices, reported its Mass Spectrometer Breath Sampler technology along with the Breath Collection Unit have been used to quantify delta-9 THC levels from smoking and edibles in humans.
Capsida Biotherapeutics Enters Strategic Collaboration With Kate Therapeutics to Manufacture KateTx’s Next-Generation Gene Therapies
Capsida Biotherapeutics Inc. and UF startup Kate Therapeutics announced a strategic partnership to leverage Capsida's expertise and adeno-associated virus (AAV) manufacturing capabilities to enable KateTx's initial internal portfolio of muscle and heart disease programs.
Fresh off Raising $150M, Durham Gene Therapy Startup Kriya Acquires Spain-Based Company
Kriya Therapeutics Inc., with dual headquarters in Durham and Palo Alto, Calif., has acquired a gene therapy startup that Kriya says will align with its approach to treating metabolic disease.
Data Licensing Opportunities Abound, but Deals Are Not Without Challenges
It appears, at first glance, like a no-brainer: Universities, particularly those with affiliated health care centers and organizations, have virtually immeasurable stores of data — the kind of data that companies in the forefront of areas like AI, machine learning, and quantum computing would love to have. It seems like an obvious source of significant potential licensing revenue.
However, “obvious” does not equal “easy,” and the barriers TTOs face in discovering, collecting, and developing an inventory of all the potentially valuable data they have are significant.
NovaBone’s New Bioactive Glass Syringe for Foot & Ankle
UF startup NovaBone Products, leader in synthetic biologics, announced the Alachua, Florida, company has made commercially available a new syringe for targeted delivery of its 45S5 bioactive glass putty device for the foot and ankle market. The newly launched syringe comes in both a 2.5cc and a 5cc formulation.
