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InnovaPrep Technology featured in NASA Spin-off Magazine
February 9, 2024

InnovaPrep Technology was featured in the latest NASA Spin-off Magazine (Jan 2024) highlighting their use-cases for the technology along with other public health and commercial applications.

In the image above shows a NASA Scientist wiping down the hardware of the Perseverance rover. It is one step in NASA’s Planetary Protection strategy to limit the number of Earth microbes hitchhiking into space.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory cleanroom, one of the cleanest places on the planet, developed procedures using InnovaPrep technology to check for any microbes left on the surface before flight. See the highly efficient, fast, and easy protocol for large-area and object surface sampling using the InnovaPrep concentration technology for trace detection of microorganisms of concern.

Credit: NASA

Concentrating Pipette Proves Best for Targeted Sequencing of Human Viruses from Wastewater
January 31, 2024

Researchers a University of California Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore National Lab studied the impact of concentration and extraction methods on the targeted sequencing of human viruses from wastewater. They compared the most commonly used methods in the National Wastewater Surveillance Network (NWWS)- Nanotrap, InnovaPrep concentration, Promega, and solids Extraction.

"Seven near-complete human virus genomes were assembled from InnovaPrep samples, the most from any concentration/extraction method. This aligned with the high numbers of total virus and human virus reads in these samples (59,965 ± 28,180 and 20,242 ± 9,294, respectively".

The paper shows the value of the Concentrating Pipette especially for Sequencing applications.

The publication is titled, Evaluation of the impact of concentration and extraction methods on the targeted sequencing of human viruses from wastewater

InnovaPrep Receives Contract in Support of Chemring Sensors & Electronic Systems for the U.S. Department of Defense JBTDS Program
December 7, 2023

Following successful system development programs and a Production Readiness Review, the Milestone C acquisition decision for the Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (“JBTDS”) program was approved.  The JBTDS is a critical system for detection of aerosolized biological warfare agents at the operational point-of-need.

Drexel, MO – INNOVAPREP LLC today announces the contract award from Chemring Systems and Electronic Systems (Prime) to supply hardware and consumables in support of the Low-Rate Initial Production (“LRIP”) phase of the Department of Defense’s Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (“JBTDS”) program.

“This contract is a testament to the crucial role of air sampling for safe and rapid detection of biological threats,” said Dave Alburty, CEO InnovaPrep. “InnovaPrep continues to expand its capabilities to improve its air sampling systems that provide rapid and efficient target capture and recovery solutions ensuring accurate threat detection where it is needed most.”

InnovaPrep CTO invited to Join International Team for Sampling Extremophiles in Saudi Arabia
November 30, 2023

InnovaPrep CTO, Andy Page was invited to Saudi Arabia to take part in a Red Sea microbiome study by scientists from King Abdula University of Science and Technology along with a team of international researchers specializing in the study of extremophiles. The team collected multiple 1.5 liter samples and concentrated them in the field using the Concentrating Pipette prior to PCR and sequencing.

The study and results are expected to be part of a forthcoming publication.

Concentrating Pipette Shines in Emergency Drinking Water Preparedness Study
October 17, 2023

Researchers from the College of Public Health, at Ohio State University, published a study in Environmental Advances (Oct 2023), called Advanced preparedness for drinking water emergency: Ensuring safe microbial quality with rapid microbial source tracking and E. coli methods. In the study, they compared the current microbial quality study that relies on a 24 hour culture time for e. Coli detection, against a new method using the Concentrating Pipette paired with rapid molecular methods (ddPCR) for detection of multiple target organisms. The new method proved to be more comprehensive for a variety of drinking water quality threats as well as shortening the time to detection from 24 hours to 6 hours!

NASA Claims InnovaPrep Air Samplers are a "Breakthrough Method for Astromaterials Curation Cleanroom Monitoring".
August 8, 2023

A recent article in Cleanroom Technology Magazine, NASA scientists working in the astromaterials curation cleanroom were quoted in a report about their experience using the Bobcat Air Sampler which uses electret filters to collect airborne biological particles. The NASA Administration began routinely collecting air samples in seven of the nine curation cleanrooms at Johnson Space Center, which included the OSIRIS-REx ISO 5 equivalent and the Meteorite ISO 7 equivalent. The report noted the Bobcat Sampler's electret collection media meets their criteria better than conventional samplers that use liquid media or petri dish agar media.

"This dry sample collection method allows us to meet materials requirements for all the curation labs and reduces the risk of inadvertently introducing contamination as part of our monitoring effort," the report stated.

Duke Researchers Present on using AirPrep Samplers for Air Pollution Study using In Vivo Zebra Fish Assays
June 30, 2023

Yeon Ji Kim and fellow researchers at Duke University presented a poster on using the AirPrep Bobcat and Cub Samplers to study the effects of outdoor air pollution on the gut microbiome. InnovaPrep provided a modified elution buffer for recovering samples from their filters via InnovaPrep's patented Wet Foam Elution. The modified formulation allowed compatibility for zebra fish assays. Zebra fish are commonly used in experimental models for toxicology testing and their method proved successful. The presentation was titled, Validating an affordable and reproducible outdoor air sampling method for in vivo and molecular biology experiments" and was presented at the 2023 ASM Microbe meeting.

Concentrating Pipette used by Delaware PHL to Screen Wastewater for Candida Auris Infections
May 30, 2023

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Delaware Public Health Lab, along with many state labs, began surveilling community wastewater using the Concentrating Pipette to track the outbreak, The method proved to be an excellent method for tracking the rise and fall of the disease in near real time. The method is now being used for tracking a variety of pathogens. Delaware was one of the first labs to publish data tracking Candida Auris (an emerging global threat pathogen) using the InnovaPrep method. They presented a poster at the 2023 APHL meeting titled, Wastewater Surveillance for Candida Auris Utilizing Digital PCR. The Concentrating Pipette is acknowledged by dozens of health labs worldwide for its ease, speed, and efficiency for tracking many pathogenic threats in wastewater.