EXCIPLEX, INC.

SBIR Phase I: Advanced Mycotoxin Detection with Novel Photochemical Diagnostics

Based based in ADA, MI, EXCIPLEX, INC. works in instrumentation & diagnostics, agricultural biotechnology, founded in 2020.

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The broader impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is improved sustainable food production. Mycotoxins are common contaminants found in cereal grains that can track through feed production and ultimately poison livestock animals. These poisoning events manifest as waste and inefficiency within human food supply chains. Animals consuming contaminated feed grow more slowly, produce less milk/eggs, are more susceptible to disease, etc. This equates to lost profits for the famers, lost meals for the consumer, and concerns over long-term food security. This SBIR Phase I project addresses this challenge through detection of these toxins. This technique offers a potentially transformative new tool in the field of point-of-source diagnostics, while simultaneously addressing the needs of the industry. This toxin detection system will be faster, simpler, and more versatile.

The proposed project advances a new generation of mycotoxin detection technologies. This technique employs novel compounds designed to associate with a specific mycotoxin of interest to enable reliable quantitative detection. These detector compounds operate by changing the spectroscopic properties of the toxin, such that it can be detected even in complex biological mixtures like animal feed. The project investigates the extraction buffer composition and the detector compound desi

As a business in instrumentation & diagnostics, agricultural biotechnology, EXCIPLEX, INC. is listed here with the public details available about it.

The business is associated with ADA, MI.

The company is listed at the SBIR Phase I stage of development.

Its team size is recorded as 1-10 employees.

Public records show total funding of about $256K.

Website: exciplexinc.com