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Back to Company SearchROCKSTEP SOLUTIONS INC
UEI: R67LBDPK7NK7
Number of Employees: 3
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
SBIR/STTR Involvement
Year of first award: 2015
1
Phase I Awards
1
Phase II Awards
100%
Conversion Rate
$224,870
Phase I Dollars
$1,589,464
Phase II Dollars
$1,814,334
Total Awarded
Awards
Novel Use of Emergent Technologies to Improve Efficiency of Animal Model Research
Amount: $1,589,464 Topic: 400
PROJECT SUMMARY This Phase II project aims to continue development of a commercial qualityinnovative cloud hosted information management systemcalled Climbthat will increase laboratory efficiency and provide improved capabilities for research laboratoriesClimb is designed to offer integrated laboratory process management modules that include mobile communications tools data monitoring and alert systemsand integrated access to Microsoft Azure CloudMachine Learning and Stream Analytics servicesInitiallyClimbwill target animal model research laboratorieshoweverthe core of the platform is designed to be adaptable to nearly any research type or related industryCurrent research information management systems are primarily designed as record keeping tools with little or no direct focus on laboratory efficiency or in enhancing value of the research dataThey also do not leverage emergent mobile device technologiessocial media frameworksand data analysis and storage capabilities of cloud computingMany laboratories still use paper as their primary recording systemPaper data logging is then followed by secondary data entry into a laboratory databaseThese systems are error pronetime consuming and lead to laboratory databases with significant time lags between data acquisition and data entryMoreoverthey do not recognized cumulative data relationshipswhich may identify important trendsand researchers often miss windows of opportunity to take action on time sensitive eventsIn Phase IRockStep Solutions demonstrated feasibility of an innovative Cloud Information Management Bundle systemClimbwhich will increase efficiency and improve capabilities in animal model data managementDuring Phase Ia beta version of Climb was successfully developed and tested against strict performance metrics as a proof of conceptWe successfully built a prototype with working interfaces that integrates real time communication technologies with media capabilities of mobile devicesPhase II proposes four specific AimsDevelop the technology infrastructure to support the secure and scalable Software as a ServiceSaaSdeployment of Climb for enterprise commercial releaseDevelop and extend the Phase I prototype Data Monitoring and Messaging SystemDMMSinto a platform ready for production useExtend Climb s DMMS adding a Stream Analytics engine to support Internet of ThingsIoTdevices and streaming mediaDeploy a beta release of Climb at partner research labstest and refine the product for final commercializationTo ensure Climb is developed with functionality and tools relevant to research organizationsRockStep Solutions has established collaborations with key beta sites to test all of the major functionality developed in this proposalIMPACTBy leveraging emergent technologies and cloud computingClimb offers several advantagesenables real time communications using familiar tools among members of research groupsreduces the risk of experimental setbacksandenables complex experiments to be conducted efficiently PROJECT NARRATIVE PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCEThe NIH Invests approximately $billion each year in animal model research that is central to both understanding basic biological processes and for developing applications directly related to improving human healthMore cost effective husbandry and colony management techniquesequipmentand new approaches to improve laboratory animal welfare and assure efficient and appropriate research usee gthrough cost savings and reduced animal burdenare high priorities for NIHRockStep Solutions proposes to meet this need by integrating existing and emergent software and communication technologies to create a novel solutionClimbfor research animal data managementClimbextracts immediate value of data in animal research laboratories and extends the database into a multimedia communication networkthus enabling science that would be impractical to conduct with traditional methods
Tagged as:
SBIR
Phase II
2016
HHS
NIH
Novel Use of Emergent Technologies to Improve Efficiency of Animal Model Research
Amount: $224,870 Topic: 400
DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The objective of this Phase I proposal is to demonstrate the feasibility of an innovative Cloud Information Management Bundle system CLIMBandquot that will increase efficiency and improve capabilities in animal model data management Current data management systems for animal model research have limitations For example paper based recording systems used by technicians are error prone time consuming or focused on storing data and retrieving it at a later time without attention to cumulative data relationships that can be used to identify important trends or risks Moreover researchers often miss windows of opportunity to take action on time sensitive events because the investigators are in meetings or traveling To overcome these limitations RockStep Solutions LLC a private enterprise spinoff of the Jackson Laboratory JAX has designed a system that integrates real time communication capabilities cameras bar code readers and touch screens of mobile devices with cloud computing relational database management systems and innovative algorithms to create an efficient data management ecosystem in which laboratory technicians and geographically separated research investigators can manage their experiments in real time as a cohesive team The core of the CLIMB system is based on extending and integrating the complementary capabilities of two existing systems developed by JAX JaxLIMS a Laboratory Information Management System developed for the NIH Knockout Mouse Program and JAX Colony Management System JCMS a system for managing mouse or rat research colonies and supporting basic animal husbandry tracking sample tracking and phenotype experimental data collection In this feasibility study we propose three interconnected specific aims AIM implement the data model core in the cloud and develop prototype user interfaces AIM develop the core infrastructure methods and algorithms for the data monitoring and messaging system and AIM deploy and test a functional wireframe version of CLIMB in a JAX research laboratory The outcome of Phase I is a deployed system that will allow us to test the system in a real lab setting to gather metrics and feedback from actual users Accomplishment of our aims will demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed CLIMB system technology and set the stage for further development in which we will build up a production scale system with full functionality Phase II and for market entry Phase III The CLIMB system will be developed initially for biomedical research that uses rodents as the platform for discovery however the design is extensible to many other model organisms and general laboratory workflows The extensible design will enable expansion of the product market into other biomedical research areas as part of the future commercialization plan IMPACT This colony management technology is very powerful and offers several advantages enables real time communication utilizing familiar tools among a group of animal technicians and scientific team members reduces the risk of experimental setback and improves the efficiency of complex experiments PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE The NIH Invests approximately $ billion each year in animal model research that is central to both understanding basic biological processes and for developing applications directly related to improving human health More cost effective husbandry and colony management techniques equipment and new approaches to improve laboratory animal welfare and assure efficient and appropriate research use e g through cost savings and reduced animal burden are high priorities for NIH RockStep Solutions proposes to meet this need by integrating existing and emergent software and communication technologies to create a novel solution Cloud Information Management Bundle CLIMBandquot for research animal data management CLIMB extracts immediate value of data in animal research laboratories and extends the database into a multimedia communication network thus enabling science that would be impractical to conduct with traditional methods
Tagged as:
SBIR
Phase I
2015
HHS
NIH