Oragenics CEO Alan Joslyn Recognized As Health Care Innovator 2020 on Tampa Bay Business Journal
The Tampa Bay Business Journal recognized Alan Joslyn, president and chief executive officer of UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate company Oragenics, Inc., a leader in the development of new antibiotics against infectious diseases and effective treatments for oral mucositis, for being part of the region’s top health care innovators. The feature was part […]
Morphogenesis CEO Patricia Lawman Recognized As Health Care Innovator 2020 on Tampa Bay Business Journal
The Tampa Bay Business Journal recognized Patricia Lawman, founder and chief executive officer of UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate company Morphogenesis, Inc., a clinical-stage immunotherapy company headquartered in Tampa, for being part of the region’s top health care innovators. The feature was part of the Florida Business Journal’s statewide Future of Health Care […]
Blood Biomarkers for Detecting Brain Injury in COVID-19 Patients
COVID-19 can directly cause neurologic symptoms and long-term neurological disease.
Patricia Lawman Develops Novel Cell and Gene Therapies to Fight Cancer
Patricia Lawman is on a mission to change the future of cancer care. After losing her parents to lung cancer and lymphoma, respectively, she recognized the detrimental impact of radiation and chemotherapy. She knew there must be a way to treat a patient’s cancer without the risk of toxicity and other negative side effects. After […]
AGTC Reports Additional Positive Data From Its Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial in Patients With X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC), a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare diseases, reported positive data from its ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical program in patients with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP). Visual sensitivity, visual acuity […]
Amsterdam University Medical Centers Treats 1,000th Patient With MRIdian SMART MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy
UF startup ViewRay, Inc., a leading medical technology company that provides groundbreaking MRI-guided radiation therapy, announced that the clinical team at Amsterdam University Medical Centers (Amsterdam UMC) has treated one thousand patients using MRIdian SMART (stereotactic MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy). Amsterdam UMC continues to advance the practice of high-dose ablative radiation therapy with MRIdian through research […]
Lacerta Therapeutics Signs Gene Therapy Research Partnership With UCB
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Lacerta Therapeutics, a clinical-stage gene therapy company, announced a new gene therapy research collaboration with UCB, a global biopharmaceutical company. The research collaboration and licensing agreement with UCB will focus on a central nervous system (CNS) disease with a high unmet need. “At Lacerta, we […]
SATLANTIS CEO Talks About Earth Observation, Smart Imaging and Super Resolution
Markus Payer, editor in chief at SpaceWatch.Global, a digital magazine and portal for those interested in space and the far-reaching impact that space developments have, spoke with Juan Tomas Hernani, CEO of UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident company SATLANTIS, a provider of high-performance payload technologies for Earth observation and remote sensing, about trends in […]
Lacerta Therapeutics Strengthens Its Position in the AAV Gene Therapy Space With New Leadership
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Lacerta Therapeutics, a clinical-stage gene therapy company, announced new leadership. Dr. Edgar Rodriguez-Lebron, co-founder, will serve as president and chairman of the Board of Directors. Co-founders and scientific advisors, Drs. Ken Warrington and Coy Heldermon, will round out the additions to the board. The company […]
Department of Defense Awards Ology Bioservices Contract to Manufacture and Test Novel Live Attenuated Tularemia Vaccine Candidate
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Ology Bioservices Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced that the Department of Defense (DOD), through the Joint Science and Technology Office of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), has awarded the company with a contract to manufacture a novel live attenuated […]