Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University

$100,000.00 CAD

≈ 16 months of average Canadian pay
Department
Canadian Space Agency
Program
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2018-2019
Agreement period
September 14, 2018 – —
Reference
csa-asc:003-2018-2019-Q2-04059

Published purpose

This project aims to develop and optimize a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extraction platform in the laboratory to be incorporated with the prototype MICRO life detection platform with several low mass, compact, low cost and low energy instruments. The proposed extraction platform could be robotized and integrated into future planetary exploration space missions.

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