Environment
Implementation of mussel genomics into wastewater management (H2OME)
POC019- Project Leaders: Helen Gurney-Smith
- Institutions: Vancouver Island University (VIU)
- Budget: $40452
- Program/Competition: Proof of Concept
- Genome Centre(s): Genome British Columbia
- Fiscal Year: 2013
- Status: Closed
This project aimed to customize MytOME, a micro-array developed with GBC funding for application in the aquaculture and environmental fields. The customization specifically targeted compounds of emerging concern for use in monitoring the effects of sewage treatment wastewater.
A market assessment was required to document and estimate the market potential of these products and to develop a commercialization and IP protection strategy. Vancouver Island University (VIU), with support from the NSERC I2I program, proceeded with the first phase of the work – the market and commercialization study. The Market assessment report identified a number of target markets and pathways to commercialization, including markets in wastewater management, aquaculture and environmental monitoring.
A Provisional patent application was filed in August 2013. In total a series of 122 oligonucleotide probes relating to 122 genes known to be significantly involved in stress responses from MytOME microarray experiments were used as a patent basis.
