Last Updated on August 5, 2019
We are excited to announce that Amuza Inc have been awarded an R41 Technology Transfer grant by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders (NINDS/NIH, USA) to develop “a unified system of wireless optogenetics and brain microdialysis”. The grant proposal was based on research which combined Amuza’s HPLC-ECD, microdialysis, and optogenetics instruments.
The funding is for Phase I (prototype development and validation) of a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) project in collaboration with Drs. Nobuyoshi Suto (The Scripps Research Institute), Thomas Jhou (Medical University of South Carolina) and Matthew Buczynski (Virginia Tech).
After research and commercialization phases have been completed the final opto-dialysis system will be available from Amuza as well. We are currently undertaking the pilot experiments in freely moving animals (both rats and mice) using our opto-dialysis prototypes. We will post the results as they become available. Please stay tuned!