Foresight’s Principal Investigator, Dr. Satya Chinta, has been given an honorary invitation to present Foresight’s work on Fire Ants (recently published on Nature-communications biology) at the National Conference on Urban Entomology & Invasive Pest Ant Conference which will be held during May 15-18, 2022 in Salt Lake City, UT.
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Dr. Speser to Host Workshop on Wildfire Preparation
As a Board Member of the Washington State Emergency Public Information Network (WEPIN), and a PIO with East Jefferson Fire Rescue and the Western Washington Incident Management Team, Dr. Phyllis Leah Speser hosted a workshop on “Preparing for Major Wildfires in Your Area” on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at the Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference.
Exhibit at AUTM 2022
Foresight Science & Technology was an exhibitor at the 2022 AUTM Annual Meeting February 20-23, 2022 in New Orleans, LA. If you were in attendance, thank you for stopping by our booth. If you didn’t get a chance to, you can always contact us to learn more about Foresight’s market assessment reports, including the original Go/NoGo® Report!
Foresight Founder at Global TISC Conference
Foresight’s founder, Dr. Phyllis Leah Speser was a speaker at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Global TISC Conference held virtually on November 29 to December 1, 2021 in cooperation with the National Intellectual Property Administration of the People’s Republic of China (CNIPA). The conference explored the role of Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) in facilitating technology transfer and contributing to technology-based solutions to social and economic issues faced by communities worldwide.
You can find copies of the presentations and recordings of the event here.
Foresight Panelist at Innovation Ecosystem Summit 2021
Foresight participated in SBA’s first Innovation Ecosystem Summit which took place virtually November 15 – 17, 2021. This summit was curated to connect entrepreneurial support organizations (ESOs) from around the country to leverage one another and build inclusive innovation ecosystems. Foresight’s Director of Consulting, Dr. Konstantin Izvolsky, was a panelist on the session entitled “What’s TABA & How Can It Help Underrepresented Entrepreneurs” on November 16th at 2pmET.
If you missed it, you can learn more about TABA here.
TechConnect World & SBIR/STTR Innovation Conference 2021
Foresight Science & Technology attended the SBIR/STTR Fall Innovation Conference co-located with the 2021 TechConnect World Innovation Conference in Washington, DC from October 18-20, 2021.
If you were not able to attend the event, you can learn more about our SBIR/STTR Technical and Business Assistance (TABA) commercialization services at: https://foresightst.com/sbir-taba/ or contact Alyssa Belleville at alyssa@foresightst.com.
We hope to speak with you soon!
AUTM Annual Meeting 2021
Foresight Science & Technology exhibited at the 2021 AUTM Annual Meeting on March 15-18, 2021. If you did not get the chance to attend feel free to contact us to learn more about Foresight’s Market Assessments, such as the Go/NoGo® Report!
The Catalyst SBIR-STTR Summit
The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship’s SBIR-STTR Summit on February 23, 2021. This virtual event brought together innovators, creators, and entrepreneurs from all areas – commercial, government and academia. If you didn’t get the chance to stop by our virtual exhibit, Click here to learn more about Foresight’s SBIR/STTR Technical and Business Assistance (TABA) services!
Hubble Space Telescope Book Now Available
Foresight Science & Technology is proud to announce the publishing of Not Yet Imagined: A Study of Hubble Space Telescope Operations.
This book is the outcome of a contract between NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Foresight Science & Technology Inc. to gather archival materials and to produce a scholarly history of the post-launch era of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Project. The Foresight team, led by Dr. Christopher Gainor, collected documents and oral histories, creating an accessible archive to support and complement the scholarly history.
Not Yet Imagined documents the history of HST from its launch through its first 30 years of operation in space. It focuses on the interactions among the general public, astronomers, engineers, government officials, and members of Congress during that time. The decision-making behind the changes in Hubble’s instrument packages on servicing missions that made HST a model of supranational cooperation amongst scientists is chronicled, along with HST’s contributions to our knowledge about our solar system, our galaxy, and our universe. This book also covers the impact of HST and the images it produces on the public’s appreciation for the universe, and how HST has changed the ways astronomy is done.
This book is available in eBook reader and PDF formats here.
Foresight Receives USDA SBIR Phase I Award to Research Novel Peptides for Controlling Invasive Ants
Foresight Science & Technology, Inc. (Foresight) has received a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop a control method for imported fire ants using novel bioactive peptides. The ultimate objective of this research is to develop an effective, environmentally neutral bait formulation for bait stations, targeted primarily for household and small garden applications.
The peptides are covered in US Patent 9,771,393 B2. Bioactive Peptides Having Insecticide Activity, Choi and Vander Meer, issued Sep. 26, 2017; US Patent 10,017,538. Bioactive Peptides Having Insecticide Activity, Choi and Vander Meer, issued Jul. 10, 2018; and PCT WO 2016/0262388 A1 and WO 2018/0086790 A1. The research will be performed under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the USDA, Agricultural Research Service.
Learn more about the project here or contact us for information about partnering to commercialize this technology.