Nematode Pheromones
Synthetic biology investment in the midwest topped the Bay Area in Q1 by John Murray at Synbiobeta
Whether it’s Motown music or Boston biotech, innovation happens quicker in some places than others. And in synthetic biology, Boston and the Bay Area have always set the pace. The reasons are well known. Decades of smart policy decisions paved the way for today’s virtuous circle of innovation and investment. But Q1 funding for synthetic biology brought some surprises. Keep reading.
Dr. Kaplan is going to be presenting an entrepreneurial journey from Ph.D. to starting a company. Come and join me. It is at 11 AM on Friday, May 3. Room: 1022 LS
Title of her talk: I Wish I Had Known What It Takes To Start A Company When I Was A Graduate Student
By Russell Nichols at Comstock’s Magazine 2019, March 19 vol 31 No.3
Thank you Russell for this great article and the article for Startup of the Month: Pheronym.
Help Pheronym win the $50,000 FedEx Small Business Grant! Vote for us. We will use the money to bring new, sustainable, eco-friendly agricultural pest control solutions to the market.
By Russell Nichols at Comstock’s Magazine
Nematodes pose a conundrum to farmers. The worm-like microscopic creatures are everywhere. Some are parasitic, infecting plants and destroying crops — but others actually attack insect pests. The ability to target the “bad” while leaving the “good” unharmed would be a boon for agricultural production.
That’s the mission at Pheronym, a Davis-based agriculture biotech startup Keep Reading
Pheronym co-founder Mr. Karl Schiller is presenting at Plug and Play our technology on nematode pheromones and eco-friendly agriculture pest control.
By Mark Anderson Staff Writer, Sacramento Business Journal
Davis soil-science startup Pheronym Inc. will test its biological pest controls in orbit later this year as part of a mission on the International Space Station.
The research will help Pheronym understand nematodes’, or roundworms’, biological functioning on Earth, and potentially help astronauts feed themselves in future space missions.
The space effort is also garnering attention for the small company, which is currently housed in the UC Davis-HM.CLAUSE Life Science Innovation Center in Davis. The space station effort has a Twitter handle, its own website and an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign.
US agricultural biotechnology company Pheronym (Alachua, Florida) is collaborating with the USDA’s Agriculture Research Service (ARS) to send beneficial nematodes to the International Space Station (ISS) US National Laboratory to conduct agricultural biocontrol experiments in space. Keep reading.
We are honored to be among 15 companies selected to present at WorldAgriTech Showcase session (12-30-1:30 PM), San Francisco, March 19, 2019.
Come and see us present our exciting technology solution about Nematode pheromones to control pests.
Visit and ask us at the Tech HUB about our new exciting experiment “First Ever Agriculture Biocontrol in Space” at International Space Station (ISS) US National Laboratory. This experiment has immediate earth applications and contributes to Pheronym’s ongoing product development Nematsim as well as collaborative efforts with the USDA to improve beneficial nematodes’ effectiveness.
ISS360: THE ISS NATIONAL LAB BLOG
February 21, 2019
Nematodes will head to the International Space Station (ISS) National Lab to help improve insect pest control in crops back on the ground. Yesterday, the United States Department of Agriculture announced a collaboration with biotechnology startup Pheronym to send nematodes (microscopic roundworms) to the ISS as part of an investigation focused on environmentally friendly agricultural pest control. Keep Reading
To stay up to date on this exciting experiment, follow space worm @AstroNematode on social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn)!