FSURF GAP AWARDS FY 2007

Below are the FY 2007 Awards for the FSU Research Foundation (FSURF) GAP Program. The Program funds projects that FSU researchers and other interested parties agree will quickly improve the odds that current research results will lead to public availability of a new product or service. FSURF allocated up to $250,000 per year, beginning in FY 2006, for at least four years to provide grants under this Program. GAP projects should reach completion in a year or less. Funded tasks will be performed under the supervision of the proposing faculty member; but may include third party efforts within or outside of the Florida State University.

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MIKE BURMESTER Awarded $40,000	Lightweight, Secure Radio Frequency Identification Devices ( RFID ) By adding security logic in the RFID response circuit, these devices can be made much more secure than those in use today, encouraging RFID use for high value or high security risk objects.
TIM CROSS Awarded $40,000	Structure Function Studies of Membrane Proteins by Solid State NMR Development of a system that uses NMR spectroscopy to screen libraries of proteins to identify those that bind to insoluble membrane proteins, which cannot be analyzed using conventional SAR techniques.
TENG MA Awarded $40,000	Bioreactor for Stem Cell Cultivation Development of a bioreactor that mimics conditions encountered by adult stem cells in the human body. This platform allows significantly greater cell densities to be achieved than any previously available technology. Thus increasing the number of stem cells that can be produced in a given time frame.
HENGLI TANG Awarded $40,000	A Novel Cell-Based Assay for Screening Anti-HCV Drugs Development of a novel cell-based assay for screening antiviral drugs against the hepatitis C virus (HCV). This system will provide the HCV research and development community with a simple yet powerful tool that can greatly enhance the drug screening capabilities of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.
HENGLI TANG Awarded $50.,000	A Small Interfering RNA as a Potent Inhibitor of Diverse Strains of HCV Development of a novel treatment for hepatitis C (HCV) that is aimed at effectively preventing viral replication through host cells.
GARY TYSON Awarded $30,000	Using an Instruction Registry File to reduce costs and to improve security for imbedded processors. By extending the architecture of a CPU to use cached instructions, and by providing novel ways to control cache content, the authors have concurrently reduced power requirements, decreased code size, improved performance, and enhanced security for special purpose computers, like those used in cell phones.