SBIR Phase I: Equipment and Experiment Resources for Fermentation Technology

SBIR第一期：发酵技术设备和实验资源

• 批准号: 9761261
• 负责人: Mark Chirikjian
• 金额: $ 9.98万
• 依托单位: EDVOTEK Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-01-01 至 1998-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9761261&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Equipment; Experiment; Resources

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.

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很少有高中课程能够向学生介绍这项技术。EDVOTEK公司的小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调查性实验。随着在成本和简单的发酵罐的优势，EDVOTEK提出工艺实验室实验说明各种过程。研究培养液、活疫苗和每个实验所需的所有附件。目前还没有合理成本（500到1000美元）的发酵设备可以模拟生物技术工业中使用的发酵设备。同样，也没有现成的商业实验可以提供新的方法来教授和学习发酵生物技术。该项目将提供目前无法获得的东西：具有成本效益的发酵设备和伴随的实验，从而提高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中生物技术问题解决方案之间关系的认识。