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SBIR Phase I: Silver Nanopillar patterned substrate for surface enhanced fluorescent detection of carbohydrate microarrays

Award Information
Agency: National Science Foundation
Branch: N/A
Contract: 0741155
Agency Tracking Number: 0741155
Amount: $99,984.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: BT
Solicitation Number: NSF 07-551
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2008
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
8100 Shaffer Parkway Suite #130
Littleton, CO 80127
United States
DUNS: 148034408
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Xichun Zhou
 PhD
 (303) 792-5615
 xichunz@adatech.com
Business Contact
 Xichun Zhou
Title: PhD
Phone: (303) 792-5615
Email: xichunz@adatech.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I research project aims to develop a carbohydrate microarray platform that takes advantage of the generation of surface plasmon by silver nanopillars to excite fluorophores above the surface of the microarray to perform detection of binding by proteins. A platform for querying the binding to carbohydrate moieties would open the door to a better understanding of the important role that carbohydrates play in the regulation of cell signaling and inter cellular communication. Such events not only play a role in the normal functions of the body, but are also intimately involved in the disease process. Currently the information regarding the interaction of proteins with carbohydrates is generated using techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). As mentioned above, the binding of proteins and carbohydrates constitutes a very important biological phenomenon, and thus the development of a carbohydrate microarray for querying such binding events would be of significant value to the scientific community.

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