Moscow,
Idaho
–
The
Idaho
Global
Entrepreneurial
Mission
(IGEM)
Council
awarded four IGEM Innovation Grants to the University of Idaho
IGEM
Grant
funds
leverage
private-‐industry
guidance
and
the
talent
and
expertise
of
Idaho’s
research
universities
to
commercialize
innovative
and
viable
technologies
that
will
strengthen
Idaho’s
economy.
The
following
projects
at
the
University
of
Idaho
were
chosen
by
the
IGEM
Council
to
receive
funding:
• Microbial
Induced
Calcite
Precipitation
(MICP)
-‐
“Bio-‐Concrete,”
$114,864
–
Commercial
viability
of
MICP
“bio-‐concrete”
to
strengthen
soils
around
existing
structures
• Commercializing
Aquatic
Animal
Health
Products,
$124,021
–
Addressing
critical
regulatory
requirements
for
commercialization
of
two
aquatic
animal
health
products
• Pesticide
Application
Technology,
$46,164
–
Innovative
new
spraying
system
designed
to
increase
the
efficiency
of
pesticide
applications
(in
collaboration
with
GenZ
Technology)
• High
Speed
Digital
Package
Measurement
and
Modeling
for
Next
Generation
Memory
Modules,
$150,000
–
Infrastructure
improvements
at
the
University
of
Idaho
for
the
purpose
of
measuring,
modeling
and
developing
techniques
that
enable
rapid
development
the
next
generation
of
high
speed
memory
products
and
packages
• Determine
Viability
of
Automated
Quantitative
Detection
of
E.
coli
O157:H7
at
a
Beef
Processing
Facility,
$78,076
–
Method
that
will
combine
quantitative
PCR
to
rapidly
screen
for
O157
coupled
with
confirmatory
bacterial
colony
growth
and
identification
on
differential
medium
using
imaging
and
unique
recognition
software.
More
details
about
these
projects
and
IGEM
Grants
are
available
at
http://commerce.idaho.gov.
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