SBIR Phase I: Equipment and Experiment Resources for Fermentation Technology

微生物过程在研究和工业中非常重要，但很少有大学实验室和高中课程能够向学生展示这项技术。 EDVOTEK, Inc. 的这一小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目将重点研究开发生物技术教学资源的可行性，其中包括具有成本效益的发酵设备。 该设备将用于基于问题的研究实验。 除了发酵罐的成本和简单性优势之外，EDVOTEK 还建议进行实验室实验来说明各种过程。 将研究每个实验所需的培养基、活接种物和所有配件的套件。 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中使用的发酵设备。 同样，也没有现成的商业实验可以为发酵生物技术的教学和学习提供新的方法。 该项目将贡献目前无法提供的东西：具有成本效益的发酵设备和相关实验，从而增强学生对生物学概念的理解，从而阐明学生对实验室活动与现实生活生物技术问题的解决方案之间关系的认识。

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.