With ties to Cornell, Agave Biosystems had administrative HQ and engineering facilities in Austin, Texas and laboratories in Ithaca, NY. With the death of the President and various legal problems, firm appears to have discinuted operations. The firm had specialized in biological systems research, sensors, diagnostics, and instrumentation.. Organized around integration of the specificity and extreme selectivity of biological systems with the precision and scale engendered by micro and nanofabrication technologies, the company developed miniaturized, highly effective, field-portable biosensors and analytical instruments. Various of the firm's research projects addressed the biological components for sensor systems are tailored to complement ongoing work in micro and nanofabrication. Many of these sensors had relevance to combat biowarfare/bioterrorist agents or for use in space applications that will also have broad application in the food, environmental, and medical industries.
