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Award Information
Agency: National Science Foundation
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 2611
Amount: $40,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1985
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
66 Great Valley Pkwy Great Valley Corp Ctr
Malvern, PA 19355
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 DR JOHN R FORRO
 PHD OF MICROBIOLOGY
 (215) 647-8610
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Abstract

IT IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE THE UTILITY OF INTRACELLULAR FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS FOR CONTROL OF FERMENTATION AND CELL CULTURE BY CORRECTING ON-LINE FOR BACKGROUND FLUORESCENCE OF THE MEDIA. THIS WILL USE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EVANESCENT WAVE AT THE SURFACE OF AN OPTIC WAVE GUIDE. THE WAVE PENETRATES INTO THE LESS DENSE MEDIUM ONLY TO ABOUT THE DEPTH OF 1/3 TO 1/2 WAVE LENGTH. THE THICKNESS OF MEDIA SWEPT BY THE EVANESCENT WAVE IS MUCH LESS THAN THE SIZE OF A CELL, THEREBY ESSESTIALLY SEPARATINGTHE FLUORESCENCE OF THE MEDIA FROM THAT OF THE CELLS. FIBEROPTICS WILL BE USED IN THE PHASE I STUDY.

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