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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 ...

Historically, active materials (Navy Type III) used in compact, low cost Navy sonars, such as A-size sonobuoys have moderate d33 and low loss factor. Recent developments in lead-based textured ceramic with properties between those of conventional PZT ceramics and relaxor single crystals can improve the performance of these systems, but need to be manufactured at high volume and low cost. Most appr ...

Triton Systems proposes to develop a Silent, Deployable, and Rugged Ocean Propulsor (S-DROP) for use on small naval combatant craft. S-DROP will provide a secondary propulsion system for silent running stealth operations in a modular, cross compatible, and scalable package without compromising existing systems. S-DROP incorporates extreme ruggedness and acoustic quieting techniques with high perfo ...

While AM systems, especially metal AM, bring revolutionary capabilities and have the potential to reduce supply chain issues and enable new designs through unique layer-by-layer fabrication capabilities, AM technologies currently suffer from defects that exist within the components. Defects such as porosity, inclusions, large-scale voids, and chemical inconsistencies can inhibit the functional per ...

Emergingdx Inc in collaboration with academic and industry partners will design and develop a novel rebreather. The new design will (i) provide oxygen and/or eliminate CO2 at a rate to match metabolic rates of an active diver in missions lasting up to 10 hours (ii) be modular so that it can be easily disassembled, cleaned, disinfected, and dried, (iii) have similar or smaller formfactor than curr ...