Found in Translation: How USDA Research Develops Products for the Military
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Daniel StrickmanNational Program Leader
Veterinary, Medical, and Urban EntomologyDirector, Overseas Biological Control Laboratories
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Found in Translation: How USDA Research Develops Products for
the Military
Realisticrealistic adj. 1. of, having to do with, or in the
style of, realism or realists 2. tending to face facts; practical rather than visionary
DisadvantagesTakes second order reasoning to reach new solutionsImplies that no other solution possibleSo very few things actually are realisticImperfect is the enemy of the good
Desired because:Implies immediate solutionAvoids wasted time and resources Always looks good on an evaluation or report
Futuristicfuturistic adj. of or having to do with the future or
futurismDisadvantages
Holds out promise of something better without delivering
Delayed solution to immediate problemEncourages deception because new ideas seldom workPerfect is the enemy of the good
Desired becauseBuilds on cultural bias for change and new solutionsPerceived as portal to new “black box” technologiesSometimes produces a dramatic improvementSounds like something smart people do
The Trouble with the FutureIt’s always in the future
Only predictable in hindsightNever arrives
It’s inevitableWe never stop moving toward itConsequences cannot be avoided
USDA ARSMatrix management
Area Offices for administrationOffice of National Programs for scientific
directionImportance of impact
PatentsProductsInformation
Office of Technology TransferLogo: “Solving Problems for American
Agriculture”
FUTURISTIC
realistic
HistoryEradication of cattle fever tickTaxonomy of American mosquitoesEradication of screwworm flyDDT for protection of the militaryClothing repellents to prevent scrub typhusAerosol can insecticideDEETULVPermethrin treatment of uniforms
Recent Inventions for Licensing Natural Mosquito and Tick
Repellent Promising Biopesticide for
Fire Ant Control Improved Technique for
Protecting and Treating Deer Against Ticks
New Method for Controlling Subterranean Termites
New Method for Developing Molecular Pesticides
Environmentally Safe Mosquito Attractant
Technologies to Control Subterranean Termites
New Water-Resistant Ant Bait
Method to Prepare a Natural Mosquito and Tick Repellent from Pine Oil
New Organic Pest Control for Flies and Ticks
Arthropod-Repelling Compounds
Portable Deer Lift Technology to Help Develop
Vaccines for Protecting Cattle Against Scabies
Repellents for Ants Biological Control for
Mosquitoes and Other Insects
Device and Method for Application of Collars to Animals
Repellent for Ants
Repellents (DWFP + ARS $$)Project Collaborators R Score F Score
Evidence based repellent tests
HQ-IIBBL-CMAVE-EPA
8 5
New clothing impregnants
IIBBL-CMAVE-Natick
7 7
Odorant receptors
IIBBL-VA Tech-Vanderbilt
2 10
Resistance of virus-infected mosquitoes to repellents
CMAVE-USAMRIID 7 7
New active ingredients (isolongifolenone,nepetalactones,callicarpenal, etc.)
IIBBL-CMAVE-NPURU
5 6
Ticks (non-DWFP)Project Collaborators R Score F Score
Four poster device
KBUSLIRL-IIBBL-others
9 5
Collaring device
KBUSLIRL 8 6
Larval detection and treatment
KBUSLIRL 5 8
Repellent efficacy
IIBBL 9 5
New acaricides CMAVE-KBUSLIRL 7 6
Insecticides (ARS + DWFP $$)Project Collaborators R Score F Score
Spatially repellent insecticides
IIBBL-USUHS-BASF
8 5
Volatile pyrethroids
IIBBL-CMAVE 7 7
Molecular pesticides
CMAVE-BRU-UF 5 10
ChromenesNPURU-CMAVE-FSTRU
5 7
Piperidines NPURU-CMAVE 5 5
Viral pesticides
CMAVE 7 9
Application (DWFP + ARS $$)Project Collaborators R Score F Score
Precision aerial adulticide
EBCL-UF 9 6
Droplet analysis
AWPMRU-NECE-CMAVE
10 6
Sand fly control in deserts
CMAVE-USAMRU-K-Coachella-NECE
10 6
Asian tiger mosquito IPM
CMAVE-Rutgers-Brandeis
10 8
IR-4HQ-AFPMB-Rutgers
10 8
Cage bioassay technology
AWPMRU-CMAVE-NECE
10 8
Electrostatic spray
CMAVE-NECE-AWPMRU
10 3
The Virtual Laboratory Systematic approach
Innovation Discovery Evaluation Industrial partnerships Regulation
Partnership between laboratories IIBBL: Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Lab, Beltsville CMAVE: Mosquito and Fly Research Unit, Gainesville NPURU: Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, Oxford AWPMRU: Area Wide Pest Management Research Unit, College
Station KBUSLIRL: Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Lab,
Kerrville External partnership
Industry Universities Other government agencies