Cov kws tshawb nrhiav nrog University of Tennessee Institute ntawm Agriculture yuav ua kev rau siab tshiab txog $ 7.5 lab txhawm rau siv nroj tsuag los nrhiav tej kev hem puag ib puag ncig rau cov tub rog tub rog thiab pab tiv thaiv cov pej xeem nyob hauv cov chaw nyob tom qab teeb meem.
Lub hom phiaj yog lub tswv yim tsim tawm tshiab, ua kom muaj kev cuam tshuam lub zog sensor.
Muab los ntawm US Defense Advanced Research tej yaam num Lub koom haum, tseem hu ua DARPA, nyob rau hauv nws txoj Haujlwm Cog Qib Siab Advanced Technologies, kev siv zog ua haujlwm 4-xyoo yuav muab cov kev txawj ntse ntawm cov ntoo cog qoob loo, biochemists thiab engineers.
Cov kws tshawb fawb ntawm UT thiab Massachusetts Lub Tsev Kawm Txuj Ci Tshuab yuav ua haujlwm hloov kho cov nroj tsuag qos ntoo kom pom thiab tshaj tawm cov kev hem thawj xws li cov kab mob hlab ntsha, kab xoo thiab cov nroj tsuag kab mob.
DARPA Advanced Cog Technologies (APT)
Advanced cog Technologies (APT) program nrhiav kev tsim cov nroj tsuag uas muaj peev xwm ua haujlwm txuas ntxiv mus, txuas ntxiv, hauv av ntawm cov thev naus laus zis kom paub tiv thaiv xa cov tub rog thiab tsev neeg los ntawm kev tshawb pom thiab ceeb toom txog tshuaj, roj ntsha, hluav taws xob, hluav taws xob, thiab tawg ( CBRNE) kev hem thawj.
Cov kev ntsuas hluav taws xob zoo yuav muaj lub zog-ywj siab, nce lawv cov peev xwm rau kev faib tawm ntau, thaum txo cov kev pheej hmoo cuam tshuam nrog kev xa tawm thiab kev saib xyuas ntawm cov neeg ib txwm sensors. Tej zaum cov thev naus laus zis no tseem tuaj yeem txhawb nqa tib neeg kev ua haujlwm los ntawm, piv txwv, kuaj pom cov khoom tawg hauv cov teeb meem tom qab teeb meem.
DARPA lub tswv yim pom zoo rau APT yog saib xyuas cov nroj tsuag 'innate mechanisms rau kev nkag siab thiab teb rau ib puag ncig kev tsim tawm, txuas ntxiv qhov kev nkag siab zoo rau ntau cov cim ntawm kev txaus siab, thiab tus kws tshaj lij tsis hnov cov lus teb uas tuaj yeem saib xyuas tau siv cov av hauv av, huab cua-, lossis lossis chaw kho vajtse.
Yuav kom ua tiav, APT yuav tsum ua kom ntseeg tau tias cov nroj tsuag hloov tau muaj kev nyab xeeb, muaj zog, thiab kev txhawb nqa tus kheej hauv lawv ib puag ncig. Qhov kev zov me nyuam hinges ntawm kev nce qib ntawm cov thev naus laus zis rau kev ua ntau yam, hloov kho kom yooj yim rau cov nroj tsuag, yam tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam lawv kev nyab xeeb ib puag ncig.
Txawm hais tias APT nrhiav kev thev naus laus zis rau kev xa tawm thaum kawg, kev tshawb fawb thawj zaug tau ua tiav hauv cov chaw. Yog tias qhov kev tshawb fawb tau ua tiav, tom qab-theem kev sim kev sim yuav tshwm sim nyob rau hauv kev txhawb nqa ntawm Asmeskas Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Liaj Ua Teb Kev Nyab Xeeb Tsiaj thiab Nroj Tsuag Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv raws li tag nrho cov qauv kev cai rau cog biosafety.
Tau qhov twg los: DARPANeal Stewart, tus xibfwb ntawm kev tshawb fawb cog ntoo hauv UT Herbert College of Agriculture uas tseem tuav lub rooj zaum Racheff Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Kev Ua Haujlwm Zoo ntawm Cov Nroj Tsuag Molecular Genetics, yuav ua tus thawj coj tus kws tshuaj xyuas txoj kev rau siab.
Stewart tau paub zoo hauv cov voj voog kev tshawb fawb rau nws txoj kev siv cov cim caj ces los ua cov ntoo hlav uas tuaj yeem pom qhov teeb meem ib puag ncig lossis zaub mov tsis zoo hauv kev siv zog pab kom cov tswv teb nce qoob loo. Nws tseem yog tus thawj coj ntawm cov UTIA Chaw Ua Si rau Hluav Taws Xob Hluav Taws Xob Hluav Taws Xob.
CASB yog thawj qhov kev tshawb nrhiav tsev kawm qib siab tau muab siv rau kev siv cov noob hloov kho thiab lwm txoj kev ua kom cov tsiaj txhu hluavtaws txhawm rau txhawm rau txhim kho kev txhim kho kom ruaj khov ntawm kev ua qoob loo.
Scott Lenaghan, tus pab xibfwb hauv Department of Food Science uas tseem tuav haujlwm nyob hauv UT Department of Mechanical, Aerospace thiab Biomedical Engineering yog tus thawj coj ntawm CASB. Nws yuav ua haujlwm ua txoj haujlwm thiab pab pawg thawj coj ua rau DARPA lub dag zog no.
Kev ua haujlwm ntawm UT yuav tsom feem ntau rau kev tsim vaj tsev ntawm cov nroj tsuag rau kev nkag siab thiab tshaj tawm ib puag ncig kev xav ua kom 'hais lus nroj tsuag'. Stewart hais tias cog cov qos yaj ywm raug xaiv rau qhov kev kawm no vim tias nws yog qhov yooj yim cog qoob loo rau engineering ob qho tib si lub ntsiab genome thiab ib qho chaw hauv chloroplasts.
Neal Stewart: XNUMX Lab tus kiv cua tos koj rau Webtalk!
"Nws tau txais tag nrho cov kev tsim hluav taws xob thiab kev loj hlob uas yuav ua rau 'kev cog lus cog'."
"Peb qhov kev tshawb fawb ua ntej ntseeg peb tias cov qos yaj ywm yog qhov cog qoob loo rau 'Phytosensors 2.0' qhov dej num."
"Qos txawm ua ib qhov chaw cia khoom yooj yim - lub raj - uas yog tsob nroj 'roj teeb'."
Lwm cov kws qhia ntawv koom nrog txoj haujlwm ntawm UT suav nrog Feng Chen, tus xibfwb ntawm genomics hauv Chav Haujlwm Cog Ntoo Tshawb Fawb; Tessa Burch-Smith, tus pab xibfwb hauv Chav Haujlwm Biochemistry thiab Cellular thiab Molecular Biology; thiab Howard Hall, tus xibfwb ntawm Lub Chaw Haujlwm of Nuclear Engineering.
Lawv txoj kev koom tes yog los ntawm kev tsim ua kab hauv tshuab los tiv thaiv kev sib txuas lus hauv paus, rau kev sim hluav taws xob, txhua yam tsim los txhawb txoj kev txhim kho ntawm cov nroj tsuag zoo muaj zog uas tuaj yeem ciaj sia thiab vam meej.
Hauv kev koom tes nrog UT, yog cov xibfwb Chris Voigt thiab Angela Belcher nrog Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Txheeb Ze ntawm Biological Engineering ntawm MIT. Lawv coj kev tshaj lij hauv ntiaj teb thiab kev paub muaj peev xwm ntawm hluavtaws biology rau pawg neeg.
John DiBenedetto, Tus Tsav Xwm Kev Zog Hluav Taws Xob, yuav txhawb nqa qhov project nrog cov cuab yeej siv thiab kev txawj ntse hauv cov khoom paub. Nws thiab Stewart sib koom tes hauv qee qhov thawj cov phiaj xwm phytosensor.
Thaum lub hom phiaj ntawm qhov phiaj xwm no yog kev tsim cov nroj tsuag kev paub rau cov tub rog, Stewart vam tias kev nce qib tau dhau los ntawm qhov no thiab lwm yam kev siv zog hauv kev ua liaj ua teb cog qoob loo yuav kawg ua rau cov qoob loo uas tuaj yeem qhia cov neeg ua liaj ua teb tau zoo li cas, qhov twg thiab thaum twg lawv muaj teeb meem ntawm cov kab. , dej thiab as-ham hauv lawv daim teb.
Neal Stewart: XNUMX Lab tus kiv cua tos koj rau Webtalk!
"Txoj haujlwm no zoo siab heev txog kev txhais cov lus tshawb nrhiav peb ua" cog khoom "uas tuaj yeem pab tau cov neeg ua liaj ua teb."
Raws li DARPA cov tseev kom muaj, kev tshawb nrhiav thawj zaug yuav ua txhua yam muaj nyob hauv txhua qhov chaw nrog tag nrho txhua qhov chaw muaj sia hauv qhov chaw.