Sure. We are conducting work right now on developing technologies, and I guess ultimately products, out of plant-microbe interactions. I mentioned this in my introduction. These seem to be producing signal compounds. The microbes plus the plant are now considered the holobiont, and I've started calling these “hormones” of the holobiont, because they work at hormonal levels.
They have some profound effects on the plants. They increase their growth rates, and they also make them substantially more resistant to the kinds of stresses that are associated with climate change. There's a lot of interest and there are a lot of interesting things that can be done with that.
The original company, Bios Agriculture, had an interesting history. It actually went through the corporate food chain. It was taken up by a larger Canadian company and wound up with Bayer.
Right now, I'm working with two companies in my lab that are both start-ups based on technologies from my lab. There's a lot of interest in these technologies. We're producing more as time goes by. I'm hoping to get some funding focused just on that.