Gainesville Expert Proves Blockchain Isn’t Just for Software Engineers
Blockchain expert Palveshey Tariq is a modern-day Renaissance woman. She holds a position with the Public Utility Research Center (PURC) at the University of Florida, for which she leads semiannual sessions for the World Bank Program in the capacity of blockchain to streamline energy generation, distribution and regulation. This was the spark that ignited her […]
Plant Improvement Specialist to Ensure New Citrus Varieties Have Best Traits
Many citrus growers want to replant their groves that are withering because of greening. But they need field data to know which varieties to plant. Gathering that information takes time. As a rule, though, it takes 15 to 20 years to develop a new citrus variety and get data on how it will perform in […]
UF Diabetes Institute Director Receives International Acclaim for Groundbreaking Research
The director of the University of Florida Diabetes Institute has been awarded the 2019 Jacobæus Prize, one of the top international honors in the field of endocrinology and metabolism, for his contributions to groundbreaking Type 1 diabetes research. Mark Atkinson, Ph.D., a professor in the UF College of Medicine’s departments of pathology and pediatrics, received […]
What Would It Take to Shut Down the Entire Internet?
Gizmodo.com, a design, technology, science and science fiction website, asked cybersecurity experts how exactly one would go about shutting down the entire internet. Dr. Kevin Butler, associate professor of Computer and Information Science and Engineering and associate director of the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research at the University of Florida, shared his thoughts. “Probably the […]
Fourth Annual Lemon Ball Helps Fund Childhood Cancer Research
UF Health’s Brain Tumor Immunotherapy program will benefit from the annual Lemon Ball organized by Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer. All of the proceeds raised at the event will help fund Dr. Catherine Flores, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, brain cancer research. Learn more about Fourth Annual Lemon Ball Helps […]
UF Neuroscientist to Serve on NIH Aging Study Section
Paramita Chakrabarty, Ph.D., an assistant professor in UF’s Department of Neuroscience and investigator at UF’s Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, has been appointed by the National Institutes of Health as a member of the Neuroscience of Aging Review Committee of the National Institute on Aging. She will serve a four-year term as a […]
University of Florida Researchers Among 2019 Inductees Into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
UF’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering alumnus Chris Malachowsky and Chemistry Professor Richard Yost are among the newest members of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Dr. Malachowsky co-founded Fortune 1000 company NVIDIA which invented the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) that transformed the visual computing industry by creating a consumer-oriented 3D graphics market. Dr. Yost […]
A Breakthrough in the Battle Against Citrus Greening
Washington is known for apples, but researchers at Washington State University — along with colleagues at the University of Florida — may have discovered a long-sought holy grail in the quest to stem citrus greening, the disease that has decimated Florida’s flagship crop. WSU scientists are able to grow the bacteria that causes citrus greening […]
Therapeutic Protein Delivery Prevents Diabetic Complications in Preclinical Models
A bacterium commonly found in fermented foods can be used to deliver therapeutic protein and prevent a common, sight-stealing diabetic complication in mice, University of Florida Health researchers have found. If clinical studies also succeed, such genetically engineered probiotics could be an effective and affordable treatment option for diabetic complications in humans, the researchers said. […]
Signet Medical Solutions, Inc. Announces Option to Acquire Rights of Method to Detect Melanoma Cancer by Smell
Tom Donaldson, President, announced that Signet executed an Option to license all rights to medical non-invasive system to detect melanoma skin cancer using a vapor analysis system. The technology was developed by a University of Florida team led by Dr. Nikolaus Gravenstein, professor of anesthesiology, as well as a professor of neurosurgery and professor of […]