John serves as the faculty liaison for UF Innovate, facilitating communications between innovators and licensing officers in Tech Licensing, and promoting the resources UF Innovate has for protecting and nurturing inventions coming out of the university. In 2023, he retired from his position as the Associate Director of Tech Licensing, where he started in 2005 as a licensing officer, working predominantly with faculty in the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, and College of Dentistry to evaluate, patent, license and commercialize new technology.
John serves as the faculty liaison for UF Innovate, facilitating communications between innovators and licensing officers in Tech Licensing, and promoting the resources UF Innovate has for protecting and nurturing inventions coming out of the university. In 2023, he retired from his position as the Associate Director of Tech Licensing, where he started in 2005 as a licensing officer, working predominantly with faculty in the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, and College of Dentistry to evaluate, patent, license and commercialize new technology.
Prior to his time at UF, John worked almost 19 years as a research scientist working with Monsanto’s Animal Agricultural Division working on or leading a variety of projects including the development and launch of the first production animal biotech product – recombinant bovine somatotropin for increasing milk yield of dairy cattle; evaluating the use of growth promoters for aquaculture; and identification, validation and use of DNA markers to increase genetic gain in livestock.
John Byatt received a B.Sc. in Biochemistry from the University of London and a Ph.D. from the University of Reading while working at the National Institute for Research in Dairying. He spent two and a half years as a post-doc in the Department of Dairy Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Since his retirement began, John enjoys choosing the days and times he drives Newberry Road to and from UF Innovate and does not miss his daily commute in rush-hour traffic. At all.
Prior to his time at UF, John worked almost 19 years as a research scientist working with Monsanto’s Animal Agricultural Division working on or leading a variety of projects including the development and launch of the first production animal biotech product – recombinant bovine somatotropin for increasing milk yield of dairy cattle; evaluating the use of growth promoters for aquaculture; and identification, validation and use of DNA markers to increase genetic gain in livestock.
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John Byatt received a B.Sc. in Biochemistry from the University of London and a Ph.D. from the University of Reading while working at the National Institute for Research in Dairying. He spent two and a half years as a post-doc in the Department of Dairy Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Since his retirement began, John enjoys choosing the days and times he drives Newberry Road to and from UF Innovate and does not miss his daily commute in rush-hour traffic. At all.