Presenting Pheronym’s technology at the World Agri-Tech Summit in San Francisco.
Join me on March 23 at 9 AM in Breakout Room 1 to learn our recent milestones.
Youth Outreach
We are very grateful to Biomimicry Institute Biography Educator Resources program for this opportunity.
Pheronym at the Seed Central 6th Innovator Showcase at UC Davis
If you missed Pheronym’s presentation, here is a second chance to watch Pheronym’s pitch. Here is the link: It is at 57 min and 08 sec.
You can also join us in-person edition 2022 on May 12.
6th Innovators Showcase @ UC Davis Featuring startups and innovative companies in ag and food, from seed to health
2:00 – 4:00 : 40 startup pitches
Location: Buehler Alumni Center, UC Davis
4:30 – 7:00 : Networking showcase
Location: Conference Center, UC Davis
Dr. Kaplan is invited speaker at the UC Davis Dept. of Entomology and Nematology Seminar Series
She will be talking about the science behind Pheronym’s technology.
Join us on December 1, at 4:10 PM (Pacific Time) at the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis.
If you can’t make the seminar in person, here is a Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/99515291076.
Seminar coordinator Shahid Siddique, a nematologist and assistant professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology.
Pheronym is pitching at Envest 2021
Join us on November 18 in San Francisco to learn about Pheronym’s technology!
Outreach to High School Students at the Abraham Lincoln High School
“Scientist Spotlight” at the Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco on November 19, 2021. Dr. Kaplan will be talking about Pheronym’s technology and how nematodes are beneficial to agricultural pest control. She will also be sharing about her career and education path!
Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet―And Our Mission to Protect It
by Astronaut Nicole Stott
Thank you for including Pheronym’s Astronematode project and the benefits of eco-friendly solutions on Earth and in Space. Keep reading
Pheronym Begins Scaling Pest Bio-control Solution at Lawrence Berkeley National laboratory
Focus is on full scale commercialization of company’s patented nematode pheromone extract of nematode dispersal for crop biocontrol
DAVIS, California – November 08, 2021 – Pheronym, an agbiotech pest management company, has begun scaling up production of its patented NemastimTM pest bio-control solution at Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, through a development agreement that provides access to key fermentation and quality control systems. Pheronym’s founders, Dr. Fatma Kaplan and Karl Cameron Schiller, were named Activate Fellows this year, and joined the entrepreneurial research program’s Berkeley community, hosted at Berkeley Lab’s Cyclotron Road Division. The fellowship provides a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Berkeley Lab, through which Pheronym is accessing laboratory and production infrastructure that is vital to its success.
“This agreement marks a key milestone toward scaling our solution for commercial agriculture,” said Dr. Fatma Kaplan, CEO of Pheronym. “This CRADA with Cyclotron Road will leverage our significant progress to bring to market the first commercial nematode pheromone production.” Keep Reading
Dr. Kaplan presenting at the Paul Burton Seminar Series at WCU
Join us online on November 12, 2021, at 9:00-10:30 AM PST!
Nematodes in Space: The Final Frontier for Little Worms
by Scott Elliott, ARS Office of Communications, Tellus
Thank you Scott for this great article about beneficial nematodes in Space at the International Space Station (ISS) and great collaboration, Pheronym, USDA-ARS, NanoRacks, and ISS.
“Researchers at ARS’s Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Station in Byron, GA, teamed with Pheronym, Inc., a company that specializes in eco-friendly pest control, to send beneficial nematodes, known as entomopathogenic nematodes, to the International Space Station (ISS) to study their ability to function under microgravity conditions.” Keep Reading