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Bondtech and Slice Engineering Join Forces to Create and Launch an Extended Range of Print-Head Solutions for the Desktop and Industrial 3D Printing Space

Bondtech, a 3D printing company based in Sweden, and UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Slice Engineering, a design and engineering company focused on developing cutting edge technologies for the additive manufacturing (3D printing) industry, have signed an agreement for strategic co-operation on product development. The aim of this agreement is sharing the pool […]

Alachua County-Based Biotech Company Develops Skincare Products Out of Exosomes

A biotechnology company based in North Central Florida is developing health products that could help patients with their skincare. EriVan Bio’s lab is located at UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech Incubator in Alachua, Florida. For Nasser Nassiri, co-founder and CEO of EriVan, this lab is a place where ideas can end up helping people […]

Why Are We “Underdogs” in Gainesville?

Mark Long, director of incubation services at UF Innovate | The Hub, participated as a guest blogger in The Underdog, an innovation and growth strategy firm, where he shares his thoughts on why we are putting ourselves at a disadvantage in Gainesville, FL. “I see Gainesville as favored to win, the opposite of the underdog. […]

Gainesville-Based Company Develops Digital Pill

UF Innovate | The Hub resident client etectRx, a privately-held digital health company, has developed a digital pill that could help patients keep track of their medications. Eric Buffkin, the senior vice president, helped develop the ID-Capsule that is made out of hard gelatin and an embedded ingestible sensor. “You don’t go to a technology […]

UF Research Spending at Record $928.6 Million in 2019

University of Florida research spending rose more than 7% to a record $928.6 million in fiscal year 2019, according to a new report to the National Science Foundation. UF’s response to NSF’s Higher Education Research and Development, or HERD, Survey showed a $63 million increase in expenditures, or 7.3%, over 2018’s previous record of $865.1 […]

Tampa Company Expands Clinical Trials of Cancer Vaccine

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Morphogenesis, Inc., a clinical-stage immunotherapy company headquartered in Tampa, is moving forward with clinical trials of a cancer vaccine after getting FDA approval.  The company developed the vaccine after decades of research and study. Earlier trials showed promise in larger animals afflicted with melanoma. Now […]

SATLANTIS Wins Award for Best Space Company

A jury composed of members of the European Space Agency (ESA), the Emirates Space Agency (UAESA), German and Emirati investors, the Ministry of Environment, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Emirates, selected from over 900 applications 40 finalists worldwide, in 4 thematic categories, under the CLIX (Climate Innovations Exchange) initiative of the […]

Experts Identify the Technology Driving Industry Advancement in 2020

As 2019 neared its end and experts around the world raced to predict which technology trends would shape the new decade, artificial intelligence (AI) and its role in accelerating automation was a common theme. Indeed, in its outlook on top technology trends for 2020, global research and advisory company Gartner listed hyperautomation as No. 1. […]