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UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech, the leading biotechnology incubator at the University of Florida, announced recently that resident company Lacerta Therapeutics, Inc., has closed on a $30 million investment round. Lacerta is a clinical-stage gene therapy company using a constellation of proprietary adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector technologies to develop treatments for central nervous system...

On a scale of one to 10, how happy are your employees? If you scored them on the high end of the spectrum, would they agree with you? And if you have a boss, exactly how happy are you on a daily basis? Happiness at work—loosely defined as a feeling of contentment, purpose and satisfaction—is...

As Q4 2018 approaches, you realize this year has gone by at a blistering speed. You may have had several public relations campaigns that you completed, and there might still be plans for another one before the year is out. The thing is, soon you will be getting that email from the CFO asking for...

Mo’s Garage Salon Experience is the newest addition to the Grove Street neighborhood as a full service salon offering hair and skin services to the greater Gainesville area. To complete the image of the business, Monica Albert has commissioned artist Shawn Maschino to create a mural at 910 NW 4th Street. The former Sister’s Restaurant...

University of Florida Health leaders have cut the ribbon on a new $36 million, 72,000-square-foot facility that will consolidate numerous practices around Gainesville in one location to better serve an estimated 70,000 patients each year. UF Health Physicians practices and services within the new building include the primary care services of internal medicine and family...

Imagine a restaurant that serves close to 8,000 breakfast and more than 16,000 lunch meals per day with the pickiest of eaters whose nutritional needs must be carefully balanced. While a restaurant like that may not exist, that is the job of the Alachua County Public Schools Food and Nutrition Services where countywide approximately 265...

Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:AGTC), a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare diseases, has enrolled the first patient of the second cohort in the company’s Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of an investigational AAV-based gene therapy for the treatment of...

Back and neck care for residents of Gainesville, the Southeast and beyond takes a significant step forward with the launch of the UF Health Comprehensive Spine Center. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the center unites spine, neck and back pain experts from several UF College of Medicine departments under one roof, including neurosurgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, physical...

The Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention has announced the Sweet 16 for the 9th Annual Cade Prize. The Cade Prize serves to identify, recognize, and celebrate inventive minds and innovation in the state of Florida. Since its launch in 2010, the Cade Prize competition has drawn applications from hundreds of creative thinkers and cutting-edge...

I would like to share a true story about one my students and how our English Language Arts (ELA) eLearning system greatly improved her quality of life. Little 8-year-old Samantha has severe health related problems and was struggling to just stay in school. She had been in and out of the hospital several times for...