Jim Bowie Joins UF Innovate | The Hub as Associate Director
On August 12, UF Innovate | The Hub will have two celebrities at its helm. Jim Bowie, a descendent of the legendary Jim Bowie (think Battle of the Alamo and the Bowie knife), joins Hub Director Mark Long, an Elvis Tribute Artist and fearless leader of Incubation Services at the University of Florida. Of course, […]
Pheromones Give Nematodes a Boost in Controlling Pests
UF Innovate alumni startup Pheronym, an ag-biotech pest control company that develops and produces nematode pheromones that can be used to direct beneficial nematode behavior, has established a cooperative research agreement with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). The ARS team, Pheronym CEO Fatma Kaplan, and Ed Lewis, head of the Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, […]
University of Florida Rank Among Top 100 Worldwide in Patents
The University of Florida (UF), along with the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of Central Florida (UCF) are setting the bar high by earning 218 patents altogether according to the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2018. The report is published by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) in […]
Shadow Health Educates Nurses of the Future with Virtual Humans
UF startup Shadow Health, an educational technology company, is bridging the “academic to practice skills” gap in health care by providing rich, interactive, digital learning environments for nursing and allied health education programs. The company’s digital patient technology, patented in 2018, came from a team of world-class thinkers and researchers in human-centered computing at UF […]
National Science Foundation Awards TAO Connect $500K Grant to Develop and Launch Its AI-Based Chatbot
UF startup TAO Connect, a digital health company aiming to make behavioral health therapy more accessible and efficient, announced it has received $500,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch its artificial intelligence-based chatbot. The addition of the chatbot will provide its users with a more humanized, engaging and personalized experience. “The continued support […]
Feathr Completes Acquisition of Digital Marketing Agency Springful to Expand Service Offerings
UF Innovate | The Hub graduate Feathr announced that it has completed its acquisition of Springful, a digital marketing agency based in Gainesville, Florida. The acquisition comes after an increased demand for Feathr Concierge. Feathr Concierge is a managed services program that allows the Feathr team to help customers set up their accounts, plan campaign […]
UF Innovate and Trimark Properties Announce Affiliation Agreement for Lab Near UF Campus
Trimark Properties and UF Innovate have agreed to a partnership on a newly-renovated laboratory in the Innovation District, less than a mile from the University of Florida campus. The 3,300-square-foot lab with private office space, named the 1140 Lab, was constructed by Trimark Properties and is located in Catalyst Park. As part of the affiliation […]
GuideWell Innovation Selects Six Women-Founded Health Tech Companies for Summer Scale-Up Accelerator Cohort
Sherry Benton, founder of TAO Connect, a company that incubated at UF Innovate | The Hub, has been selected as one of the six health technology companies for the Summer 2019 GuideWell Scale-Up Accelerator cohort. The GuideWell Scale-Up Accelerator is an eight-week technology accelerator program focused on “Scale-Up” health technology or medical device companies. This cohort is dedicated […]
State of Innovation: All the Small Things
Today’s innovation generally rests squarely on the shoulders of yesterday’s giants. Recently, 2013 Cade Prize winner, UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident client NanoPhotonica announced a $3.5 million investment led by Samsung Ventures. NanoPhotonica’s system of light emitting nano-materials, including Quantum Dots (QDs), and method of layering these materials together, form the […]
Measuring Vaccine Application and Field Virus Exposure
A new genomic test provides feedback on the uniformity of vector vaccine administration in poultry flocks and another can provide data on the level of field virus challenge on a farm. Next generation vector vaccines for poultry can be administered in the hatchery and are minimally interfered with by maternal antibodies, are safer to use […]