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FORAY bioscience Inc. Phase I USDA-NIFA-SBIR-009301 Topic 8.1 2023PI: Dr. ASHLEY BECKWITHCEO FORAY bioscience IncE-mail: ash@foraybio.comAdvancing tissue culture in tree species for use in climate adaptation breedingproduction of cultured tree products1 Project SummaryDemand for forest products is growing but global forests are shrinking by ~15 billion trees per year.Sourcing inefficiencies exacer ...

EmergingDx Inc. in collaboration with Michigan State University will leverage on-goingprograms and their collective expertise to develop a rapid low-cost multiplexed colorimetricquantitative loop-mediated isothermal amplification (qLAMP) microfluidic based diagnostic devicewith high sensitivity and selectivity for screening reproductive fluids/gametes to be used forbreaking the vertical transmissi ...

PROJECT SUMMARYTitle:Field-Deployable Crispr-Based Diagnostics For Improved Biosecurity In AquaculturePD:Fiore Elizabeth Institution:Sherlock Biosciences Inc.Rapid and accurate health assessment of farmed animals is critical to US aquaculture andagriculture. It is hindered by the cost time and technical expertise required for standard diagnosticmethods resulting in reduced capacity for disease con ...

The goal of this Phase II SBIR program is to evaluate optimize and demonstrate noveltechnology to convert lignocellulose waste streams into a value-added building-block chemicalspecifically 25-Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) at pilot-scale.FDCA is targeted to replacepetroleum-based chemicals used extensively in the textiles polyesters and plastics industries.As adrop-in replacement for petroleum-bas ...

Project SummaryTitle: The Remote Autonomous Detection System (RADS) for Early Detection of the RedImported Fire Ant (RIFA)PIElman NoelInstitutionGearJump Technologies LLCCo-PIVander Meer RobertInstitutionUSDAThe Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) infest over 140 million hectares in the USA and costAmericans an estimated $8 billion annually for control and damage repair in several economicsectors includ ...

PROJECT SUMMARYTitle: Novel peptides for controlling invasive pest ants.PI: Dr. Satya Prabhakar Chinta Foresight Science & Technology Inc.Collaborators: Dr. Robert Vander Meer and Dr. Man-Yeon Choi USDA Agricultural ResearchService.Foresight Science & Technology Inc. (Foresight) and the USDA Agricultural ResearchService (ARS) are collaborating in the development and commercialization of a novel ne ...

Autonodyne has been at the forefront of autonomy in aviation for two decades, applying autonomy in every aspect of aviation. The last 5 years’ efforts have brought the same avionics, autonomy, and interfaces to unmanned aviation, both for DoD and for the emerging Urban Air Mobility (UAM and Advanced Air Mobility - AAM) market. Autonodyne was hand selected by NASA/FAA to bring our expertise in Au ...

Engineered biological systems can enable the template-directed synthesis of biopolymers such as proteins and peptides with desirable material properties and functions. The cellular engine of this process, the ribosome and associated translation apparatus, drives the polymerization of hundreds to thousands of amino acid monomers into sequence-defined biopolymers with speed, efficiency, and accuracy ...

Global migration reached a staggering record of over 280 million migrants in 2020, a number that has almost quadrupled over the past 60 years. The share of the world’s population that are migrants has also markedly increased, now nearing 4% of the global population. As these numbers continue to rise, it is increasingly unsustainable for researchers in the population migration modeling (PMM) comm ...

High performance underwater operation with low probability of detection in challenging areas can provide significant value across many naval missions. There is an ongoing desire for greater range, endurance, and speed for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). Bio-informed UUV designs offer potential improvements, particularly in swimming speed. Boston Engineering is proud to offer “bio-robotics c ...