UF Health Scientist Lands First-Ever NIH Grant for a Rare Disorder Devastating Lives of Kids
UF Health biochemist and molecular geneticist Andrew Liu, Ph.D., and his collaborators were awarded a $2.4 million, five-year grant in January to investigate the genetic underpinnings of Smith-Kingsmore syndrome, or SKS.
Glint Pharmaceuticals to Present at OIS/SECO 2023 Ophthalmology Conference
UF startup Glint Pharmaceuticals will present its drug releasing contact lens technology at the OIS SECO 2023 ophthalmology conference, in Atlanta on March 1.
Third Annual Science2Startup Symposium Will Foster Collaboration Between Researchers, Entrepreneurs and Top Investors
Kirill Martemyanov, Ph.D., professor and chair of The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, is one of the 10 presenters selected for the third annual Science2Startup Symposium taking place May 3, 2023.
First ‘Institute Professor’ of The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute Inventing New Ways to Target Incurable Diseases Via RNA
Matthew D. Disney, Ph.D., a professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, has been named the first “Institute Professor” at the institution.
Florida Tech Corridor Reaches for the Future
They’re among hundreds of innovations powered by the Florida High Tech Corridor, an initiative anchored by a trio of Florida research universities that rings Sumter County. Just marking its 27th anniversary, leaders of Florida’s tech triangle —UF in Gainesville, UCF in Orlando and USF in Tampa — say the future will bring even more revolution.
Nuclear Sleuths: University of Florida To Lead $25 Million National Consortium on Nuclear Forensics
The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), aims to prepare 135 undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students to help federal laboratories throughout the United States address current and future needs in nuclear forensics, and to replace an aging workforce.
American Association for the Advancement of Science Honors 19 UF Faculty as Lifetime Fellows
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected 19 faculty from the University of Florida to its newest class, breaking previous records for the number of faculty awarded in a single year. The honor, which includes alumni such as Thomas Edison and W.E.B. DuBois, is among the most distinctive in academia and recognizes extraordinary impact and achievement across disciplines, from research, teaching, and technology, to administration in academia, industry and government, to excellence in communicating and interpreting science to the public.
Silver Nanoparticles Show Promise in Fighting Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
In a new study, scientists with the University of Florida found that a combination of silver nanoparticles and antibiotics was effective against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
The researchers hope to turn this discovery into viable treatment for some types of antibiotic-resistant infections. Antibiotic-resistant infections kill more than a million people globally each year.
New College of Engineering Graduate Is on a Mission To Break Barriers to Space Travel for People With Disabilities
Ever since Eric Shear was a child, he has looked up to the sky, watching the stars and wondering “what’s out there.”
With a curious brain wired for space exploration and degrees in physics, planetary science and, as of Friday, a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Florida, it seems natural that Shear pursues his lifelong dream to travel into space.
There’s only one problem. Shear was born profoundly deaf, meaning he can only hear random sounds — like a dog’s loud bark or a jet engine — that are at least 80 decibels, and that bars him from flying to space with NASA or any other space agency, for now.
“My ultimate goal is to be an astronaut,” Shear said, “but if I can’t journey into space, I want to be involved from the ground and develop life-support technologies that assist those who do fly.”
UF Innovate Honors Innovators at Fifth Standing InnOvation Celebration
More than 200 innovators and entrepreneurs gathered for UF Innovate | Tech Licensing’s fifth annual Standing InnOvation event to honor and celebrate innovators and their work at the University of Florida in fiscal year 2022.
