Digital Mental Health Solution Offers Group Teletherapy to Universities
UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub graduate company TAO Connect, a digital platform designed to make behavioral health therapy more accessible and effective, announced the addition of its Group Room feature, while also offering its video conferencing services to all 180 of its university partners. With this update, TAO Connect is giving more […]
AGTC Announces Completion of Enrollment in All Adult Dose Groups of Its Ongoing Phase 1/2 Clinical Trials in Patients With Achromatopsia
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate 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 has completed the planned enrollment in all dose groups for adult patients (age 18 years or older), including […]
Hub Client SmartSteward Aiding in Detection and Prevention of COVID-19
UF Innovate | The Hub resident client SmartSteward Inc. is releasing antimicrobial surveillance and an alert system called SmartSteward EYE. It works in real-time, tracking lab reports, symptoms, and clinical observations to detect illnesses and immediately alert the medical staff by text. SmartSteward has been validated in nursing facilities for more than a year, but […]
Business News: Alachua Business Expanding
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech has been sharing some exciting news about the incubator and client company Alchem Laboratories Corporation. Alchem, a research organization focused on drug manufacturing and development, announced recently the expansion of its screening and critical trial capabilities in Alachua with a new building. The corporation will construct a 12,000-square-foot building […]
Future Innovators Receive $1,000: Santa Fe High School Institute of Biotechnology
Students in the Institute of Biotechnology at Santa Fe High School will be benefitting from a donation from UF Innovate and the local Center State Bank. On Feb. 25, 2020, Santa Fe High School’s C. Wyland Oyama of the Institute of Biotechnology and Principal Dr. Elizabeth LeClear met with Center State Bank Manager Romina Mincey […]
UF ISE Alum Honored As 2020 Gator100 Awardee
Gator100 honors the 100 fastest-growing, Gator-owned or Gator-led businesses in the world. Congratulations to University of Florida Industrial & Systems Engineering alumnus Aidan Augustin who made the list for leading one of the World’s Fastest-Growing Gator Companies. Augustin is the co-founder and president of UF Innovate | The Hub graduate Feathr, a digital marketing platform […]
New Generation of Miniaturised Cameras Changes the Face of the Satellite Market
Founded 6 years ago, UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident client SATLANTIS, a technology development company specializing in innovative technologies for use on constellations of microsatellites, was quick to make a name for itself in the space industry, gaining support from the likes of Telefonica and Everis. The center of all this […]
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech Announces New Board of Advisors

UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech is pleased to announce a new board of advisors to provide mentorship for client companies at the business incubator, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2020. The Advisory Board will further Sid Martin Biotech’s mission to facilitate the growth of its biotech companies. “In our continuing efforts to […]
Sid Martin Biotech Client Company Alchem Laboratories Expands Screening and Clinical Trial Manufacturing Capabilities
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech, the leading biotechnology incubator at the University of Florida, is pleased to announce client company Alchem Laboratories Corporation, a contract research organization focused on process development and manufacturing of fine organic chemicals and drug substances, is expanding its screening and clinical trial capabilities. Merrie Shaw, Assistant Director of UF […]
AGTC Announces Completion of Enrollment in the Two Highest Dose Groups of Its Ongoing 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, announced that it has completed enrollment in the two highest dose groups of its Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating the safety […]