Farahmandi Receives 2024–25 Khargonekar Award
Associate Professor and Walden C. Rhines Endowed Professor for Hardware Security Farimah Farahmandi, Ph.D., has received the 2024–25 Pramod P. Khargonekar Award, which recognizes an outstanding junior faculty member undergoing tenure and promotion review this past fall
Tech Tuesday: University of Florida Lab Working on Making Robotic Hands More Human-Like
In this week’s Tech Tuesday, UF Innovate highlights Dr. Eric Du and his lab at UF’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, who are developing robotic hands that can feel and respond like human hands using advanced touch sensors and AI.
Surprising Finding Could Pave Way for Universal Cancer Vaccine
A University of Florida study found that, like a one-two punch, pairing a test vaccine with commonly used anticancer drugs known as immune checkpoint inhibitors triggered a strong antitumor response.
New UF Research Unlocks the Nutritional Value and Shelf-Life Potential of Passion Fruit
UF researcher Tie Liu has led a study uncovering why some passion fruit varieties stay fresh longer than others, aiding breeders in selecting firmer types that better resist shriveling.
Tech Tuesday: New AI-Supported Platform Assists Nurses With Patient Documentation
In this week’s Tech Tuesday, UF Innovate host Elora Duong interviews Tamara Macieira, CPO of Moxie Hands-Free Nurse—an AI-supported platform that helps nurses with their documentation needs.
UF College of Medicine Investigators Pursue Multidisciplinary Research Projects After 2025 UF Research Opportunity Seed Fund Award Selection
Two UF researchers, Sergio Duarte, Ph.D., and Leighton Elliott, M.D., have dedicated their research to advancing organ transplant and cancer immunotherapy, following their selection for the 2025 UF Research Opportunity Seed Fund Award.
UF Engineering Team Tackles Spaceflight Fuel Challenge in Zero-Gravity Experiment
A UF research team led by Jacob Chung, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and member of the Astraeus Space Institute, has successfully completed a zero-gravity flight experiment testing a breakthrough method to reduce fuel loss in space.
Prestigious NIH Training Grant To Support Doctoral Education in Biomedical Science
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), a branch of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded UF a competitive T32 Institutional Research Training Grant to support doctoral training in biomedical research.
UF Genetics Institute Awarded Prestigious NIH Training Grant To Support Doctoral Education in Biomedical Science
The UF Genetics Institute has been awarded a $2.98 million grant by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to support doctoral education in genetics, genomics, and molecular pharmacology.
Scientist’s Cat, Again, Helps Discover New Virus
A UF researcher’s cat caught a shrew carrying a previously unidentified strain of orthoreovirus—an unexpected find that helped researchers better understand the transmission of mule deerpox virus.