UC Davis Venture Catalyst Research Report 2018-2019.
Pheronym, Inc. moves to UC Davis-HM.CLAUSE Life Science Innovation Center and is a participant in the Venture Catalyst START program.
Pheronym is accepted to enter The Bio Startup Draft 2019
Pheronym is honored to be selected to enter The Bio Startup Draft 2019.
Thank you SynBioBeta draft committee.
Woodland-based incubator aids ag-tech startups
By Kevin Hecteman
Issue Date: August 28, 2019
There’s a bumper crop of ideas growing in Woodland—from measuring a plant’s water needs to fighting nefarious pests to streamlining markets.
He’s not the only one who made a transcontinental move. Pheronym, launched in Florida, settled in Yolo County to perfect its idea of using nematode pheromones as a means of pest control.”It was the right ag location, the right talent pool from UC Davis, and they had internships,” Fatma Kaplan, Pheronym chief executive and the technology’s developer, told the attendees, noting that AgStart has been a big help as well.“Two years ago, we had an idea,” Kaplan said. “Now, we have a proven technology.” Keep Reading
If you missed Dr. Kaplan’ s talk about Pheronym’s technology, you have a second chance. See below link to listen.
Preparing NASA safety documents for AstroNematode project
Our founders are preparing NASA safety documents for the AstroNematode project. More information about AstroNematode project, visit the www. astronematode.com or follow AstroNematode on social media.
Dr. Fatma Kaplan, CEO and Project director
Mr. Karl Cameron Schiller, COO and Project scientist
Pheronym’s updated logo
Pheronym updated the logo. Here are some of our updated logos.
Entrepreneur Spotlight by Farm-To-Fork Live
We are honored to be among the 3 companies that are on
the Spotlight at Farm-To-Fork live event organized by Valley Vision and Agstart August 22, 2019, Woodland, CA.
If you missed it, you have a second chance. Here is the video.
Farming in Space
Future of Agriculture Podcast Host Tim Hammerich interviewed Dr. Ray Wheeler who is a NASA’s Plant Physiologist and the lead for Advanced Life Support Research activities in the Exploration Research and Technology Program at Kennedy Space Center.
Listen to Future of Agriculture, interview with Dr. Wheeler “Farming in Space“.
Here are some of Dr. Wheeler’s research which he talks about in this podcast.
You can also listen to the podcast at PlayerFM, Applepodcasts
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- The research he’s conducted that has made it in today’s agriculture industry.
- How NASA helped in terrestrial applications of space farming.
- His recent projects that could be applied commercially in the future.
- Solving the ever-increasing CO2 emissions with space farming tech.
- Recent progress on the experimental planting chambers in space.
- Deciding which crops show promise for space production.
- The water content of Mars and the prospect of someday growing food there.
- The critical benefits of being able to grow plants in space.
- Recovering as much water as possible in space.
- The effects of low gravity environments on plant growth.
- His advice for people interested in space farming technology.
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Samples for NASA safety for AstroNematode project
We are very excited to move forward with safety requirements to send Astronematode to ISS NL. Here are some of the samples we are preparing for safety tests.
