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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 ...

RUTE SUNTRACKER (RST) is a new hardware solution that supports PV solar above cattlepasture. RST is a cable-stayed pole-mounted high-clearance solar tracker system. High-clearancesolar saves rangeland saves water and increases farm income especially important for smallranches where income has decreased below sustainable levels due to climate stress. RST addressesUSDA Strategic Goal 1: Combat Clima ...

PROJECTSUMMARY Title: AdvancedGrid-InteractiveLoadEfficiency(AGILE) PD: BarhamTanyaA Institution:CommunityEnergyLabsINC Policiesnationwidearetargetingrapidadoptionofgrid-integratedbuildingstrategiestime-varying electricitypricesbuildingelectrificationandresiliency.Butadvocatesworrythattop-down innovationleavessmallerandmorevulnerablecommunitiesbehind. Thisprojectbringsaffordable gridconnectivityto ...

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 SUMMARYProject SummaryProposed study is in response to the USDA NIFA SBIR Phase II Topic Area 8.8 "Biofuels andBiobased Products." Formology specializes in the innovation manufacture commercializationand sale of specialty wood and natural fiber panels for architecture and design/build markets; andwould like to meet the demands of the architecture and design (A&D) industries forenvironmenta ...

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 ...

LATERAL.systems: Edge Based Indoor Farming Monitoring PlatformUSDA NIFA Phase II Proposal Project SummaryFood and the future of food production needs help. The mission of LATERAL.systems LLC(LATERAL) is to enable next generation farming by accelerating the intersection of promisingmodern technologies to advance sustainable and ethical production of food. A promisinginnovation for meeting increasin ...