Author: Fatma Kaplan

Secure World Foundation and the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory are co-hosting a two-event series on the socioeconomic benefits of conducting research and development onboard the ISS. The series will highlight important work being done on the ISS that benefits global efforts such as the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. This first event will take place in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a second event to be hosted in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Kaplan at Pheronym is honored to be invited to talk about how utilizing the ISS has been instrumental to Pheronym’s mission in contributing towards agriculture on earth and feeding the world.

Come and talk to us on Wed, January 29, 2020, at 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM PST, at SETI institute.

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AstroNematode returned to earth on Tuesday, Jan 7, 2020.

This week, SpaceX's Dragon resupply returned to earth with research from station. NASA's Christina Koch continues to add days to her new record of longest single spaceflight by a female astronaut. #SpaceToGround pic.twitter.com/HYzOE8ipoC

— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) January 10, 2020

We received AstroNematode on Friday morning Jan 11, 2020.

Next……….. Stay tuned for a big surprise!

Pheronym uses pheromones to control microscopic roundworms for agricultural purposes. What do you think about the research happening on the International Space Station? Keep reading

Due to a forecast of bad weather in the splashdown zone, the return of the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship is delayed until Tuesday, Jan. 7. The release of Dragon from Canadarm2 is scheduled for 5:03 a.m. EST. NASA TV coverage will begin at 4:45 a.m. Splashdown is scheduled for 10:47 a.m. The splashdown will not air on NASA TV.  Keep Reading

To support the AstroNematode project I got my Biocontrol in Space T-shirt.

Dr. Kaplan is wearing her AstroNematode Biocontrol in Space shirt.

You can get your own AstroNematode Women’s Favorite T at the AstroNematode Shop.  Don’t want a t-shirt? You can also get hoodies!

Status Report – Source: SpaceRefPosted December 13, 2019 5:26 PM

On-Orbit Status Report

NanoRacks Module-85: The crew transferred the Module-85 tubes (3) and inserted them into cold stowage. Microgravity Effect on Entomopathogenic Nematodes’ Ability to Find and Kill Insects (Module-85 Pheronym) tests the effects of microgravity on the movement and infection behavior of beneficial nematodes, which are used to control agricultural insect pests. The research looks at whether these nematodes can navigate through soil, infect insects and reproduce in space. It also looks at whether their symbiotic bacteria function normally in microgravity and has any effects on insect host physiology.

For more information about the experiment, visit the AstroNematode website.

To join the mission for biocontrol in Space and on Earth, contact schiller@pheronym.com or support the project visit the AstroNematode shop.

December 16, 2019, by ISS360: THE ISS NATIONAL LAB BLOG

When SpaceX’s 19th commercial resupply services mission launched to the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this month, it carried close to 5,700 pounds of research and supplies to the orbiting laboratory. Among this cargo were several payloads from investigators working with ISS U.S. National Laboratory Implementation Partner NanoRacks. These ISS National Lab-sponsored payloads including “An experiment from biotechnology startup Pheronym in collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture studying microscopic worms that kill crop-harming insects.”

Read more about these payloads in this recent Space Newsfeed article.

For more information about the experiment, visit the AstroNematode website.

To join the mission contact schiller@pheronym.com or support the project visit the AstroNematode shop.

Start-Ups in the World Agri-Tech Spotlight: Ones to Watch

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit takes place twice per year in San Francisco and London, generating valuable opportunities for networking, knowledge exchange and deal-making among its international delegation of agribusinesses, technology providers, entrepreneurs and investors. Pheronym is among them. Keep reading

Pheronym at the 2019 world Agrictech Technology Showcase

Top left-hand corner, Dr. Fatma Kaplan, CEO of Pheronym, is presenting Pheronym’s technology and AstroNematode project.

Pheronym is among the alumni of successful start-ups who have presented at World Agri-Tech.

To see 2020’s presenting start-ups on March 17-18, 2020, in San Francisco, follow the link.

Technology innovations in the biopesticide market: Composite biopesticides are bee-friendly.

Nemastim + beneficial nematodes together make a composite biopesticide.

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