SATLANTIS Enters Into Launch Services Agreement With Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace, Inc., a provider of economical and dependable launch vehicles, spacecraft and in-space services, announced the execution of a Launch Services Agreement with UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident company SATLANTIS, a provider of high-performance payload technologies for Earth observation and remote sensing. Beginning in 2022, SATLANTIS will utilize the Firefly […]
Amadeus Buys Optym’s Flight Network Planning Tech
Amadeus, a travel technology company, is acquiring the airline tech unit of UF startup Optym, a privately-held world leader in new-generation optimization software solutions, for an undisclosed amount. The unit helps airlines with planning and scheduling their flight networks. Optym, privately held and founded in 2000 by University of Florida professor Ravi Ahuja, Ph.D., aims to […]
SharpSpring Implementing “Performance-Based” Workweek
UF startup SharpSpring, Inc., a leading cloud-based marketing automation platform for digital marketing agencies, is changing the way employees view their work schedule by moving from a time-based workweek to a performance-based one. The changes are intended to reward employees who are able to reach their weekly goals without being tied to a typical 40-hour […]
Algernon Signs Novotech Up for Midstage Respiratory Therapy Test
UF startup Algernon Pharmaceuticals has chosen contract research organization (CRO) Novotech to help run its phase 2 idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and chronic cough trial for its experimental med NP-120 (Ifenprodil). The study is slated to start in the second quarter of 2020, and Algernon will tap Novotech’s experience across the Asia-Pacific region. Also, the CRO […]
Molekule Launches on Amazon, Broadening Consumer Reach and Access to Its Clean Air Technology
UF startup Molekule, the leader in reinventing air purification, announced the availability of its home product line on Amazon. Since launching its first product 2.5 years ago, Molekule has become one of the most-searched-for terms within Amazon’s air purifier category. Available for pre-order immediately, Amazon users now have access to Molekule’s breakthrough Photo Electrochemical Oxidation […]
Sun BioPharma, Inc. Presents SBP-101 Phase 1 Clinical Data
UF startup Sun BioPharma, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing disruptive therapeutics for the treatment of people with pancreatic cancer, summarized initial Phase 1 clinical data for SBP-101, which was presented in a poster session at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. SBP-101 is a proprietary polyamine analogue designed to […]
Job Interview Anxiety: How to Cope
Sweaty palms. Rapid breathing. Trouble concentrating. These are just a few of the symptoms of job interview anxiety. When speaking with a recruiter or hiring manager, the goal is to sound and appear confident, in control. Anxiety can come across as a chink in the armor. “Job interviews cause stress and anxiety because, no matter […]
Vic Keller Becomes New Optym CEO
UF startup Optym, a privately-held world leader in new-generation optimization software solutions, has appointed Dallas-based Vic Keller as chief executive officer. Ravi Ahuja, Ph.D., founder of Optym and a professor at the University of Florida, has been appointed to chief science officer. For over 20 years, Keller has established, grown and operationally optimized national and […]
TAO Connect Adds Alcohol Prevention and Sexual Education Programs to Its Existing University Behavioral Health Services
UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub alum TAO Connect, a digital platform designed to make behavioral health therapy more accessible and effective, announced the addition of two training programs to its online platform: the Alcohol Literacy Challenge (ALC) and the Dimensions Learning sexual education program. The evidence-based programs are now available to both […]
AGTC Announces Agenda for R&D Day on January 28, 2020 in New York
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, announced that it will host an R&D Day beginning at 7:30 am ET on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, in New York. […]