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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.

Genascence Announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration Grants Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy Designation to GNSC-001 for Knee Osteoarthritis (OA)

UF startup Genascence Corporation announced that the U.S. FDA has granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to GNSC-001, a potential first-in-class gene therapy that targets interleukin-1 (IL-1) for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA)

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.

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.

Study Reveals World’s Largest Turtle Nesting Site Thanks to Smarter Drone Surveys

A UF research team has developed a more accurate method for counting wildlife using drones—an innovation that helped confirm the world’s largest known nesting site for a threatened turtle species.

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 Health Shands Liver and Lung Transplant Programs Top in the Nation

The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) ranked UF Health’s liver transplant program No. 1 nationally for overall patient outcomes, and its lung transplant program best in Florida and among the top five in the U.S. for three consecutive reporting cycles.

Chatterjee Receives NSF CAREER Award To Advance the Future of Medical Electronics Through Body-Coupled Network of Devices

Baibhab Chatterjee, Ph.D. has received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, the agency’s highest honor for early-career faculty.

University of Florida Grants Exclusive Worldwide License to Phageolytix for Breakthrough Phage Therapy Technology

The University of Florida has granted an exclusive worldwide license to Phageolytix, a biotechnology company specializing in innovative antimicrobial solutions, for multi-indication treatments with bacteriophage cocktails developed by UF researchers in the University of Florida's College of Medicine-Jacksonville.

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.

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