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Your source for news and happenings in our innovation neighborhood. | November 2023
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Weekly: Danforth Center Scientific Seminar Series
The Danforth Center hosts a complimentary virtual weekly Scientific Seminar Series on a variety of topics. Click here for a listing of upcoming seminars and join the conversation! If you would like to participate or be on the email list for these seminars, please contact Terri Burton, tburton@danforthcenter.org.
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Agritech Thursdays
Note: No event in Nov
The next gathering is Dec 14
Second Thursday of the Month
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Geospatial Innovation Center, T-REX,
911 Washington Avenue 4th Floor
AgriTech Thursdays is a monthly, after-work event focused on agricultural technologies research and collaboration in the St Louis region. At each event, one company or researcher gives a short, 15 minute talk on an existing or solved research problem of their choosing and how it fits into the wider agricultural technologies landscape followed by Q&A, drinks and networking. Interested in giving a talk? email: george@deepgrain.com
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GeoWeek Kickoff The Post Building
November 13, 1 - 6 PM
900 North Tucker Boulevard
Enter at 1911 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive
St. Louis, MO 63101
Experience the fascinating world of geography and maps like never before at the GeoWeek Open House! Join us as we unveil the synergy between geospatial technologies, such as GPS, remote sensors, and satellites, and the transformative powers of 3D visualization, AI, and machine learning. Discover how this convergence is shaping innovation and helping to make our world more secure, sustainable, and equitable.
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T-REX/NGA Small Business Collider
December 12, 12 PM
Hybrid
NGA’s Moonshot Labs, in partnership with T-REX, is excited to announce an upcoming Small Business Collider, “Preparing Your Business To Work With The Federal Government.” This Collider will focus specifically on preparing your small business and IP to be in the best position possible to work with federal agencies, win contracts, and avoid pitfalls that could limit opportunities. Do you have a dual-use technology that would be a perfect fit for national security? Do you know all of the requirements small businesses need to meet in order to work with the IC/DOD? These can include meeting investment requirements or avoiding foreign ownership control and influence while protecting your IP. The goal of this small business collider event is to share information to help small businesses be aware of and overcome these types of requirements in preparation for working with the federal government.
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Have you Met
Sarah Schlafly, Founder
Mighty Cricket
Describe your journey to 39 North.
Through 10 years of working in the food industry, I developed a vision to build a clean and equitable protein supply to sustain the world. After gaining accounting, entrepreneurship, and corporate marketing experience, I launched Mighty Cricket in 2018.
I joined 39 North after meeting with Brian Witherbee from Agragene. He gave us a tour of his insectarium at Helix and encouraged us to move our operations there. Surrounded by plant-based companies, we're excited to be running our pilot cricket farm from Helix alongside a fellow insect company.
What are you excited to be working on right now?
We're excited to be working on cricket feeding trials. We are pulling food waste from the St. Louis region and feeding it to our crickets as a way to divert a portion of the 30% of the US food supply that ends up in landfills.
What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
In my free time I love to rock climb, ski, dance (tango, salsa, foxtrot, waltz, swing), travel, tinker with innovations, grow mushrooms, build AI tools, and model for boutique fashion brands.
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Regenerative Agriculture Solutions Wanted!
If you are a regenerative ag innovator looking to meet with global AgriFood industry leaders, apply to participate in the ReACH (Regen AgriFood Coalition in the Heartland) Summit, taking place in St. Louis from February 6-7th, 2024.
ReACH transcends the traditional definition of a consortium; it is an action-oriented coalition that will harness the power of innovation. With BioSTL and Bayer | Crop Science, ReACH aims to define, source, evaluate, and scale transformative solutions across the entire AgriFood value chain.
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