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A platform for creating new self-assembly spherical polymer particles which can store a variety of additives such as dyes or other functional agents for use in the electronic, optical sensor or other industries.

Pathogen detection is important to such applications like environmental monitoring, clinical diagnostics and biological agent recognition.  Most detection methods are very specific and focus on identifying the particular strain of bacteria or virus.  However, in applications such as lake or drinking water testing the general monitoring of overall pathogenic load may be better suited to identifying a contaminated water source and preventing sickness.  To this end, pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) which are small molecular motifs conserved within a class of microbes and recognized by toll-like receptors (TLRs), may serve as general, broad-spectrum identifiers of pathogenic presence or load when detected in important environmental samples.

Molecular and hardware technologies for automated production and purification of protein-based products.

This invention is a platform to improve the functionality of the conventional surface plasmon resonance-based sensors.

The technology uses a combination of sensor information, such as the accelerometer and gyroscope (e.g. from mobile phones or wearable inertial sensors), in addition to WiFi signal strength, to build a system that can achieve accurate location estimation technique for indoor environment.