SBIR/STTR Research Award
Water Toxicity Detection using Genetically Engineered Yeast
Award amount
$120,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2009Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- AGAVE BIOSYSTEMS INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2009-01-30
- Contract end date
- 2010-04-08
- UEI
- SDSPMQR27BH4
- Solicitation number
- 2008.3
- Topic code
- A08-174
Research abstract
The rapid evaluation of drinking water toxicity in the field is a necessity for the safety of our soldiers. To achieve field portability and sensitive screening for identification of toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) a handheld device that is biologically-based and easy to use with components that remain viable for 6 months would be ideal. In this Phase I, Agave BioSystems proposes to develop an accurate and efficient cell-based biosensor using engineered yeast to rapidly evaluate toxicity in drinking water. This methodology will use Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast measuring two different outcomes to ensure TIC detection accuracy. This novel yeast strain will be lyophilized for long term storage and is expected to be responsive to a variety of TICs.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Novel Screen Approach to Inactivate Whole Viral Vaccines by Supralethal Irradiation
- Identification of Patients with Clostridium Difficile Infection, Colonization and/or Reoccurrence
- Intracellular Detection of Small Molecules in Live Cells
- Multiplex Immunoassays in the Development of Vaccines Against Enteric Pathogens
- Screens for Novel Agonists/Antagonists of Endocrine Fibroblast Growth Factors
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
102 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2015). Reported award amounts total $29,837,745. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency