Dr. Elias Sayour Named Innovator of the Year
UF Innovate | Tech Licensing’s annual celebration grew to record numbers, becoming a full-day affair, in which it honored nearly 700 current University of Florida researchers who disclosed, optioned, or licensed technologies or received an issued patent in the fiscal year. One Innovator of the Year and six Inventions of the Year received special recognition.
A New Addition to Standing InnOvation for Entrepreneurs
Featuring keynote speaker David S. Rose, this event offers a collaborative space for networking and learning for entrepreneurs.
UF Health Cancer Center Researchers Receive UF Invention of the Year Awards
The UF Health Cancer Center team of Christian Jobin, Ph.D., and Rachel Newsome was honored with an Invention of the Year award from UF Innovate for their work identifying gut biome bacteria that can make lung cancer tumors responsive to immunotherapy treatment.
Innovators Celebrated, Inventions Showcased at Event by UF Innovate’s Tech Licensing
Tables with up-and-coming inventions that include an environment-scanning robot and augmented reality goggles lined the UF Innovate Tech Licensing organization’s sixth annual Standing InnOvation event this week.
UF Innovate Honors Innovators at Fifth Standing InnOvation Celebration
More than 200 innovators and entrepreneurs gathered for UF Innovate | Tech Licensing’s fifth annual Standing InnOvation event to honor and celebrate innovators and their work at the University of Florida in fiscal year 2022.
Dr. Barry Byrne Named Innovator of the Year
The annual event honored Dr. Barry Byrne as Innovator of the Year for his contributions to gene therapy and highlighted six teams of inventors for their Inventions of the Year.
Skip the Line for Safer Voting, Vaccinations, or Other Activities with inLine Ticketing
One socially-minded researcher at UF decided to do something to keep poll workers and voters safer while casting their ballots. Dr. Juan Gilbert, The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and chair of the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), saw the potential danger of standing in line to vote during the election and was inspired to create the inLine Ticketing system.
UF Innovate | Accelerate at the Hub Unveils Its New “The Flow of Innovation” Mural
UF Innovate | Accelerate @ The Hub unveiled its new mural called “The Flow of Innovation.” It’s the first time this mural is being updated since The Hub opened in 2011.
University of Florida Innovators Honored at 4th Annual Standing InnOvation Event
On a sunny and fresh fall afternoon, UF Innovate | Tech Licensing hosted its annual event to recognize top innovations stemming out of the University of Florida. More than 150 innovators and entrepreneurs attended the in-person event, and around 40 joined the livestream to celebrate their achievements in fiscal year 2021.
UAVs and AI Are the Newest Tools Growers Can Use for Crop Management
They say knowledge is power. That philosophy is what drives Dr. Yiannis Ampatzidis, an assistant professor at the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center in Immokalee, where he leads the precision agriculture engineering program.
