Breakthrough With First Disease-Resistant Wine Grapes Shows Hope for a Florida Wine Renaissance (UF News)
UF researchers have grown and harvested wine grapes that are resistant to the main bacterial disease that has long prevented the state from establishing a large-scale wine industry.
Gene-Editing Platform May Help Treat Hearing Loss (UF Health)
A study led by UF researchers Mei He and Xiaoshu Pan has discovered that progressive hearing loss might be aided by gene-editing therapies that use tiny messengers to nudge cells to repair themselves.
Security Flaws in Portable Genetic Sequencers Risk Leaking Private DNA Data (UF News)
UF researchers Christina Boucher and Sara Rampazzi uncovered critical security flaws in portable DNA sequencers, prompting global updates to safeguard genetic data.
Dr. Christopher McCurdy Honored With AAPS Distinguished Service Award (UF Pharmacy)
UF researcher Christopher McCurdy has been selected as the 2025 Distinguished Service Award recipient by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, or AAPS. The annual award recognizes members for their lifetime of service to the organization and exemplifies the inclusive, collaborative volunteer leadership that AAPS encourages.
Tech Tuesday: University of Florida Lab Helps Patients Better Understand Neuromuscular Diseases (WCJB TV20)
In this week’s Tech Tuesday, UF Innovate spotlights the Wang Lab at the University of Florida, which is focusing on neuromuscular disease research, particularly myotonic dystrophy.
Samantha Ali Wins Best Poster Award at AAPS Annual Meeting (UF Pharmacy)
UF researcher Samantha Ali, mentored by Dr. Mei He, earned the Best Poster Award at the 2025 AAPS Annual Meeting for her research on how microgravity influences muscle aging through extracellular vesicle transcriptomic analysis.
Tech Tuesday: University of Florida’s Photonics Lab Researchers Are Advancing Semiconductor Chips (WCJB TV20)
In this week’s Tech Tuesday, UF Innovate spotlights the University of Florida’s Photonics Lab with Dr. Volker J. Sorger, where researchers are advancing optical technologies on semiconductor chips for AI, data centers, and space applications.
Like Sculpting From Within: New Technique Builds Advanced Materials out of Basic Plastics (UF News)
UF researchers have developed a technique to create highly porous materials from the ubiquitous building blocks of everyday plastics, and the end result could have applications in electronics, separations and battery manufacturing.
Allen Receives Adele L. Boskey, Ph.D., Award for Mentorship and Research Excellence (UF HWCE)
UF researcher Kyle D. Allen, Ph.D., has been named the 2026 recipient of the Adele L. Boskey, Ph.D., Award by the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS).
Turning Up the Light: Harnessing the Potential of Silicon Carbide in Optomechanical Devices (UF ECE)
UF researchers, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), have developed a chip-sized device that uses forces exerted by photons to “strum” a single-crystal 4H silicon carbide (SiC) microdisk, causing it to vibrate at detectable frequencies.