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The latest news briefs about our startups and us appearing on our website for the week ending 12/28/2020:
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Excerpts:
Merry Jennifer Markham, M.D., FACP, FASCO, associate director for medical affairs at the UF Health Cancer Center and professor in the UF Division of Hematology and Oncology, has been elected to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Nominating Committee.
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Dr. Damon Woodard has accepted a position as Director of AI Partnerships for the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. In this role, Dr. Woodard will facilitate partnerships with other universities, companies and non-profits with the goal of enhancing the college’s research and education in the field of AI.
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UF Health researchers were granted more than $2 million to screen for fatty liver disease, in what could be the largest study of its kind. The National Institute of Health grant will fund the screening of more than 1,000 patients over the next two-and-a-half years.
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Supporting our troops: an Alachua company works to keep our soldiers safe from COVID-19. Here's what UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Ology Bioservices Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), is doing on the front lines of the pandemic.
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"Without some method of treatment, about 12% of crops globally would be lost to plant parasitic nematodes,” says Karl Cameron Schiller, co-founder and chief operating officer of bio-tech startup Pheronym. To combat these pests, Schiller and his team are developing non-toxic pesticide solutions that pose fewer risks to the environment.
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