The DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research has announced four Phase I and three Phase II awards for 1998 in human genome topics of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The highly competitive SBIR awards are designed to stimulate commercialization of federally funded research and development for the benefit of both the private and public sectors. SBIR emphasizes cutting-edge, high-risk research with potential for high payoff in hundreds of areas, including human genome research.
SBIR Awards in Genome, Structural Biology, Related Technologies Searchable abstracts.
Phase I
* Atom Sciences, Inc. (Oak Ridge, Tennessee): A Quantitative Analytical Tool for Producing DNA-Based Diagnostic Arrays * Fidelity Systems, Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland): D-Strap DNA Sequencing Chemistry * MacConnell Research Corporation (San Diego, California): Automated Purification of Blood or Bacterial Genomic DNA * TPL, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico): Micromachined Silicon Sensor for DNA Sequencing by Hybridization
Phase II
* Cimarron Software, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah): (1) A Simulation Extension of a Workflow-Based LIMS and (2) A Workflow-Based LIMS for High-Throughput Sequencing, Genotyping, and Genetic Diagnostic Environments * SpectruMedix Corp. (State College, Pennsylvania): A Fully Automated 384-Capillary Array DNA Sequencer |