New Study Points to Concerns of Dangerous Vibrio Bacteria in Florida’s Coastal Waters Following Hurricane Ian
When Hurricane Ian struck Southwest Florida in September 2022, it unleashed a variety of Vibrio bacteria that can cause illness and death in humans, according to a new study conducted in October 2022 by researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Maryland, based on genome sequencing as well as satellite and environmental data collected off the coast of Lee County, where Hurricane Ian hit directly.
Dr. Shannon Boye Named Innovator of the Year
UF Innovate | Tech Licensing hosted its sixth annual Standing InnOvation event on Wednesday, October 18, to honor and celebrate innovators and their work at the University of Florida in fiscal year 2023.
Tech Tuesday: Fighting Cancer With Human Waste
In this Tech Tuesday, our host Melanie Morón goes into the lab of UF researcher Christian Jobin, who is using bacteria from human waste – along with existing drugs – to supercharge the immune system and kill cancer.
“The Horse’s Mouth” with Enrico Levi of Inzecto
The Horse’s Mouth is a talk show where Tom McManus’s guests sidle up to his bar to discuss the intersection of sports, business, and life. Today, Tom sits with Enrico Levi of Inzecto, a UF startup licensing mosquito control technology created by Levi, Roberto Pereira, and principal investigator Philip Koehler at the UF College of Agriculture and Food Sciences.
BioMérieux Receives CE Mark for Biomarker Assay for Mild TBI
BioMérieux, which signed an agreement in 2017 with Banyan Biomarkers to commercialize its TBI assay, has obtained the CE Mark for its assay to detect two biomarkers associated with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).
Asadi Works to Make X-Ray Imagery Less Noisy
Current X-ray machines often produce images with significant noise and poor resolution when dealing with intricately shaped parts. A newly funded NSF project aims to change that. UF's Dr. Navid Asadi received $2.6M of funding from the National Science Foundation for “Track 2 Acquisition of a Novel Performance-Driven 3D Imaging System for Extremely Noisy Objects (NPIX).”
UF Leaders Launch Florida Semiconductor Institute To Expand Domestic Chip Technology Research
Following the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act, University of Florida and state leaders are partnering to expand semiconductor research throughout the United States.
NCI U01 Grant Funds Study Exploring Medical Marijuana in Breast Cancer Treatment
With a five-year $3.2 million U01 award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a team of researchers from the UF Health Cancer Center and the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center will study the benefits and harms of medical marijuana in breast cancer patients.
NIH ‘High Risk-High Reward’ Grants Go to Two UF Health Researchers Exploring Strategies To Fight Cancer and Other Diseases
Two University of Florida Health researchers have received prestigious High Risk-High Reward grants from the National Institutes of Health’s Common Fund for their trailblazing proposals to tackle cancer and other diseases, the NIH announced.
UF Health Researchers Developing AI System Aimed at Improving Kidney Transplant Outcomes
For people needing a kidney transplant, there has long been a sobering reality: The demand for usable organs falls well short of the supply. Now, University of Florida Health researchers and their colleagues are deploying artificial intelligence to help improve transplant outcomes.
