UF Incubator Firm Gets $2 Million Boost for New Screen Technology
Two resident companies at a University of Florida business incubator recently received a hefty investment from Samsung to further develop technology that... Read More
AI Could Help Citrus Growers Find, Detect Dangerous Psyllids
Precision agriculture engineer Yiannis Ampatzidis sees a day when citrus farmers use artificial intelligence to detect the pin-sized insects that can infect... Read More
UF Startup Combatting Mosquito Diseases Featured at National Showcase
UF has been nationally recognized for working with a pest control company to prevent the spread of insect-borne diseases. On April 10,... Read More
How Nature’s Creatures Are Helping Us To Live Better Lives
UF researchers are developing synthetic versions of shark skin to be used in hospitals and reduce bacterial infections, one of the biggest... Read More
UF Startup Florida Insect Control Group Featured at University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Showcase in Washington, D.C.
University of Florida researchers behind Florida Insect Control Group, a pest control device company, originally intended to protect deployed military personnel from... Read More
AGTC Announces Reaching Enrollment Milestones in Phase 1/2 Clinical Trials
UF startup Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation, a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment... Read More
Roche Makes $4.8 Billion Bid for Spark Therapeutics and Its Gene Therapy Programs
Research by UF’s Dr. William Hauswirth is behind the gene therapy that resulted in Spark Therapeutics’ Luxturna, an FDA-approved gene therapy for... Read More
Automated System Would Deliver Chemicals to Help Ward Off Citrus Greening
Imagine using a robotic arm to grip and puncture the trunk of a citrus tree to deliver chemicals into the vascular parts... Read More
UF/IFAS Scientist to Work with Team Developing New Greening-Tolerant Citrus
When Nian Wang pieces together sequences of genes, he hopes to make citrus varieties that are more tolerant to the deadly disease... Read More
Expertscape Ranks World’s Top Doctors and Institutions in Type 1 Diabetes
UF researcher Dr. Mark Atkinson is honored for his preeminent contributions to the treatment and understanding of Type I diabetes. As part... Read More
