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Company Information:
Name:
LUCERNA, INC.
Address:
1300 YORK AVE, LC-523
NEW YORK, NY 10065-4805
NEW YORK, NY 10065-4805
Located in HUBZone:
No
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
Yes
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Phone:
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Award Totals:
Award List:
Clozapine Sensors for Improving Therapeutic Treatments of Schizophrenia
Award Year / Program / Phase:
2011 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency:
HHS
Principal Investigator:
Karen Wu – 646-504-5697
Award Amount:
$328,597.00
Abstract:
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Schizophrenia is a chronic and debilitating brain disorder that affects about 1.1 percent of the US population age 18 and older in a given year and account for 5% of all disease burden in the US. It is estimated that 20% to 60% of patients have… More
Methyltransferease sensors for homogenous HTS assays
Award Year / Program / Phase:
2012 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency:
HHS
Principal Investigator:
Jeremy S. Paige – 212-746-6246
Award Amount:
$216,247.00
Abstract:
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Methyltransferases (MTs) are a diverse class of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of a methyl group from S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) to a substrate molecule. MTs catalyze reversible covalent modifications of proteins aswell as a variety of biological molecules,… More
New toolkit to visualize RNAs in living cells
Award Year / Program / Phase:
2012 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency:
HHS
Principal Investigator:
Karen Wu – 646-504-5697
Award Amount:
$315,412.00
Abstract:
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Over the past 10 years it has become increasingly apparent that there is exceptional complexity in the RNA population in cells, including microRNAs, Piwi-interacting RNAs, termini-associated RNAs and other noncoding RNAs. In many cases, alterations in these RNAs,… More