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
Dean Julie Johnson named as a 2018 Highly Cited Researcher
Clarivate Analytics has named Julie Johnson, Pharm.D., dean and distinguished professor in the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, as a 2018... Read More
Two UF Researchers Named 2018 Fellows in the NAI
Two University of Florida researchers, Dr. Christine Schmidt and Dr. Philip Koehler, have been named 2018 fellows in the National Academy of... Read More
Ophthotech Expands Gene Therapy Pipeline in Orphan Retinal Diseases with Exclusive Option for Novel Product Candidates to Treat Best Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy (Ophthotech)
Ophthotech Corporation announced that it has entered into an exclusive option agreement with the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and the University of... Read More
Lasers May Aid Greening-Diseased Citrus Trees (Morning AgClips)
A University of Florida scientist hopes to improve on laser technology to enhance the efficiency of spray solutions aimed at restoring vitality... Read More
