The IMST (10) panel reviews small business applications in the general areas of biological chemistry, biophysics, and cell biology, including bioanalytical technologies, cell-based reporting and imaging technologies, and technologies that advance high-throughput. Specific areas covered by IMST (10) include:
- Novel materials, labels and reagents, molecular probes, reporter systems, and surface chemistries
- Technologies for monitoring molecular interactions and/or cellular activity
- Structural and synthetic biology
- Bioanalytical and spectroscopic technologies
- Emerging technologies in microscopy and diffraction
- Technologies and methods for high-throughput applications, including assays, screens, and large-scale synthesis
- Molecular genetics including transgenic agricultural products
Small business panels with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order are:
Drug Discovery and Development Small Business Panel [IMST (11)]
Devices and Detection Systems Small Business Panel [IMST (12)]
Computational Biology, Imaging, and Data Mining Small Business Panel [IMST (14)]