SBIR/STTR Research Award
Algal Aquaculture Production of Anticancer Halomon
Award amount
$75,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1994Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- CALBIOMARINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
The specific goal of this project is production of commercial-scale quantities of the anti-tumorcompound halomon via cultivation of the only known source, the marine alga Portieia hornemannii in acustom new photobioreactor (Algal Pharm). Phase I will test the feasibility of producing algal biomassand the natural product halomon in 85 L modular photobioreactors. Culture manipulations based on thephysiological and chemical ecology of the alga will also be tried in Phase I leading to Phase II goals fordesigning, testing and optimization of pilot-scale commercial culture for halomon production to meet theneeds of clinical development.
Technology keywords
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