SBIR Phase I: Equipment and Experiment Resources for Fermentation Technology

微生物过程在研究和工业中非常突出，但很少有大学实验室和高中课程能够向他们的学生展示这项技术。EDVOTEK，Inc.的这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目将进行研究，重点研究开发生物技术教学资源的可行性，其中包括成本效益高的发酵设备。该设备将用于以问题为基础的调查性实验。除了发酵罐在成本和简单性方面的优势外，EDVOTEK还建议精心制作实验室实验，以说明各种工艺。将研究培养基试剂盒、活菌接种剂和每个实验所需的所有附件。目前，还没有价格合理(500至1000美元)的发酵设备可以模拟生物技术行业使用的发酵设备。同样，没有现成的商业实验可以为发酵生物技术的教与学提供新的方法。该项目将提供目前无法提供的东西：成本效益高的发酵设备和配套实验，从而加强学生对生物学概念的理解，从而使学生认识到实验室活动与解决现实生活中生物技术问题之间的关系。

Microbial processes are very prominent in research and industry, but few college laboratories, and fewer high school courses are able to present this technology to their students. This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project from EDVOTEK, Inc. will conduct research focusing on the feasibility of developing biotechnology teaching and learning resources, which include cost-effective fermentation equipment. This equipment will be utilized with investigative problem-based experiments. Along with the advantages in cost and simplicity of fermenters, EDVOTEK proposes to craft laboratory experiments illustrating a variety of processes. Kits of culture media, live inocula, and all the accessories needed for each experiment will be researched. At this time there is no fermentation equipment at reasonable cost ($500 to $1000) that can simulate that used in the biotechnology industry. Likewise, there are no readily available commercial experiments that can provide new approaches to teaching and learning fermentation biotechnology. The project will contribute what is currently unavailable: cost-effective fermentation equipment and accompanying experiments and thereby enhance student understanding of biological concepts in such a way as to illuminate student cognizance of the relationship between laboratory activities and the solution of real-life biotechnology problems.