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Project SummaryA Maine Wild Blueberry Value-Added Product for Profitability andSustainability of Small and Mid-Sized GrowersProject Director Lucille Van Hook M.S.Wicked Wild LLCDescription of the Problem or Opportunity: The viability of Maine's small and mid-size wildblueberry farms depends on developing and selling value-added products. Wicked Wild LLCshall prove the feasibility of a wild blueber ...

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 ...

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 ...

This project will demonstrate the utilization of wood biomass feedstock to produce grapheneproducts through a less expensive more environmentally friendly process. The wood feedstock isfirst pyrolyzed to biochar then the process developed at the University of Wyoming converts thebiochar to graphene oxide a viable product. Further treatment produces reduced graphene oxideand graphene nanosheets als ...

PROJECT SUMMARYTitle: Remote Autonomous Detection System for Protection Against the Red Imported Fire Ant (RIFA)Principal Elman Noel Institution GearJump Technologies LLCInvestigatorCo-Principal Vander Meer Institution USDAInvestigator RobertThe Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) infest over 140 million hectares in the USA and costAmericans an estimated 7 billion dollars annually for control and to rep ...

There is increasing need for transportation decarbonization and rising consumer interest inelectric vehicles (EVs) but higher cost and lower range compared to internal combustion enginevehicles have severely restricted consumer adoption. These range and cost limitations are due tothe low gravimetric energy density (kWh/kg) and high cost of current lithium batteries (LiBs).Evoseer LLC has developed ...

We will study the use of our compact high efficiency photocatalytic oxidation reactor for control ofethylene that is naturally generated by produce during transportation and controlled atmosphererefrigerated storage. Coupled with a dedicated ethylene sensor our system will enable improvedstorage life and freshness of a variety of tree fruits and vegetable crops while reducing spoilage. InPhase I w ...

The overall goal of this Phase I SBIR program is to evaluate optimize and economically scalenovel technology to convert a lignocellulose waste stream into a value-added intermediatechemical specifically 25-Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) at high selectivity and without pre- purification of the biomass compounds.FDCA is targeted to replace petroleum-based acids usedextensively in the textiles polyest ...

This Phase I proposal is directed at developing and demonstrating the feasibility of using a mixtureof metabolites and peptides derived from proprietary strains from anaerobic commensal bacterium(FPZ) to improve feed efficiency and reduce pathogens common in broiler chickens.This proposalis based on promising preliminary in vitro and in vivo research performed by Bactana during thepast two years. ...