University of Central Florida chemistry professor’s low-tech process for breaking down raw materials into sugar may be the linchpin for making low cost biofuels. Thor Renewable Energy Inc. has secured an exclusive license to the technology and plans to expand its commercial-scale biofuel production facilities to Florida’s Space Coast later this year. ..
Read More ⇒The new Innovation Hub, high-tech student startups and software company MindTree's announcement that it is coming to Gainesville have generated most of the buzz in the business community of late. While the attention might have shifted somewhat, biotechnology continues to be the largest tech sector and continues to grow, as companies expand and new companies spring up, most formed around University of Florida research inventions. ..
Read More ⇒Algenol Biofuels Inc. announces today that it has broken ground on the construction of its pilot-scale integrated bio-refinery. This production facility will be the first large-scale deployment of Algenol's patented Direct To Ethanol® technology, which produces ethanol directly from carbon dioxide, sunlight and salt water using blue-green algae in patented photobioreactors (or PBRs). ..
Read More ⇒South Carolina-based forestry technology company ArborGen is joining a University of Florida-led research team to advance pine-based transportation biofuels.Funded by a 3-year $6.3 million grant recently awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the research team's goal is to bring about a 5-fold increase in the amount of terpene produced by Loblolly Pine, making it cost-competitive with petroleum-based fuels. ..
Read More ⇒The University of Florida’s Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator program, which fosters the growth of startup bioscience companies with ties to UF, has released a study showing that over the last seven years its companies and graduates had a total economic impact on Alachua County of $753 million. ..
Read More ⇒Clutching a collection of brochures filled with information on employment opportunities, Chandra Holland walked out of Saturday’s Overtown Community Resource Fair more confident than she’s been in quite some time. ..
Read More ⇒Please click here to read the current cover story in the Treasure Coast Business Journal on the BioFlorida Institute. ..
Read More ⇒At the end of May, AxoGen entered into an agreement and plan of merger with a Texas-based company that will result in more funding, so that they are able to continue this groundbreaking research on nerve injuries. ..
Read More ⇒Alachua-based biotechnology company Pasteuria Bioscience Inc. has partnered with Syngenta, the largest agri-business company in the world, to develop nematode control products for agricultural and specialty crops. ..
Read More ⇒BioFlorida, Florida’s statewide bioscience trade association, announced today that Florida student Jenna Pappalardo has been named a winner of the U.S. National BioGENEius Challenge and placed fourth in the International BioGENEius Challenge, the most prestigious high school science competition in the world for original research in biotechnology. ..
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