Friday, October 2, 2020

MEETING NOTICE

 

BISMARCK, N.D. - The CARES Act Bioscience Grant Program Committee will meet at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s 6th floor conference room at the State Capitol building.

If you would like the call-in information, please contact Michelle Mielke at 701-328-2233 prior to 8:30 a.m. CST on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020.

 

 

  1. Welcome/Introductions                                                          Commissioner Goehring
  2. Discussion before Applicant Presentations
  3. Approval of July 23, 2020 meeting minutes
  4. Applicant Presentations

 

8:45 AM          Core Health Strategies

 

                        Bovine Interleukin-10 as a primary suppressor of the Cytokine Storm Cascade in patients with COVID-19       

 

                        Presenter: Don Hastings and Lezlie Link

 

                                                        Amount Requested: $33,310 

 

 

 

            9:15 AM          Core Health Strategies PLLC

 

                                    Immunological Wellness Program for COVID-19

 

                                    Presenter: Lezlie Link

 

                                    Amount Requested: $200,000

 

 

 

            9:45 AM          Checkable Medical Inc.

 

   At-home rapid strep test platform, sample collection lay user training and education mobile application development and research. At-home strep test platform pilot study. 

 

   Presenter: Patty Post

 

   Amount Requested: $270,485

 

 

 

10:15 AM                Checkable Medical Inc.

 

COVID-19 at-home rapid antibody test and clarity diagnostics COVIDBlock Rapid Antibody Test

 

Presenter: Patty Post

 

Amount Requested: $213,915

 

 

 

 

 

10:45 AM        Element Dustless Blasting, LLC

 

                        A sanitation technology solution for COVID-19 and other viruses

 

                        Presenter: Andrew Allen

 

                        Amount Requested: $359,857

 

 

 

11:15 AM                 Genovac Antibody Discovery, LLC                          

 

Rapid development of novel Nanodisc-based anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and multiple target antibodies for diagnostics and therapeutics

 

Presenter: Bree Vculek

 

Amount Requested: $536,760

 

 

 

            11:45 AM        Biomed Protection ND, LLC

 

   Electronic biology based computational platform to design diagnostics to detect autoimmunity in COVID-19 patients

 

   Presenter: Dr. Slobodan Praessler

 

              Amount Requested: $75,000 

 

  1. Committee Discussion on Funding Recommendations
  2. Funding Approvals/Denials                                                    Commissioner Goehring
  3. Adjourn                                                                                   Commissioner Goehring