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TRAILBLAZER: Bringing the Solid State to Life with Cell Crystals to Transform Biosensing i — NSF Award to University of Florida (F

The ability to detect pathogens, toxins, and biological/chemical threat agents is critical to supporting public health, and national security. However, such detection is limited by instrument sensitivity and portability, slow analysis methods, and the inability to detect unknown hazardous substances. For example, to pr

Award titleTRAILBLAZER: Bringing the Solid State to Life with Cell Crystals to Transform Biosensing i
Award ID2535181
AwardeeUniversity of Florida
CityGAINESVILLE
StateFL
Amount obligated$2,999,724
Principal investigatorThomas Angelini
ProgramEFRI Research Projects
Start date01/01/2026
AbstractThe ability to detect pathogens, toxins, and biological/chemical threat agents is critical to supporting public health, and national security. However, such detection is limited by instrument sensitivity and portability, slow analysis methods, and the inability to detect unknown hazardous substances. For example, to protect public health after extreme weather events, toxins and harmful bacteria in waterways must be monitored over vast distances, yet water quality samples are typically collected
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