Parabon NanoLabs Wins Prestigious 2016 Tibbetts Award

By Laura Burgess

DNA Technology Innovator Recognized for Achievements by Small Business Administration

Reston, Va. (Ammoland.com) — Parabon® NanoLabs (Parabon) announced today its receipt of the 2016 Tibbetts Award, presented by the Small Business Administration (SBA) in honor of small businesses that exhibit excellence in technology innovation. Winners are considered “the best of the best” from the thousands of firms that currently participate in the Federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and are selected for the economic impact of their innovations, and the extent to which their innovations have served federal R&D needs. Parabon received the award, along with other winners, at the SBIR Hall of Fame and Tibbetts Award Ceremony, held Jan. 10 2017 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C.

With assistance from the SBIR program, Parabon has developed and commercialized DNA technologies in both the forensic and therapeutic industries. Starting from SBIR Phase I and Phase II awards from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Parabon developed the Snapshot® DNA Phenotyping System, the world’s …Read the Rest

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