1. Daniel Strickman National Program Leader Veterinary, Medical, and Urban Entomology Director, Overseas Biological Control Laboratories USDA Agricultural Research Service Found in Translation: How USDA Research Develops Products for the Military

2. Realistic realistic adj. 1. of, having to do with, or in the style of, realism or realists 2. tending to face facts; practical rather than visionary Disadvantages Takes second order reasoning to reach new solutions Implies that no other solution possible So very few things actually are realistic Imperfect is the enemy of the good Desired because: Implies immediate solution Avoids wasted time and resources Always looks good on an evaluation or report

3. Futuristic futuristic adj. of or having to do with the future or futurism Disadvantages Holds out promise of something better without delivering Delayed solution to immediate problem Encourages deception because new ideas seldom work Perfect is the enemy of the good Desired because Builds on cultural bias for change and new solutions Perceived as portal to new “black box” technologies Sometimes produces a dramatic improvement Sounds like something smart people do

4. The Trouble with the Future It’s always in the future Only predictable in hindsight Never arrives It’s inevitable We never stop moving toward it Consequences cannot be avoided

6. USDA ARS Matrix management Area Offices for administration Office of National Programs for scientific direction Importance of impact Patents Products Information Office of Technology Transfer Logo: “Solving Problems for American Agriculture” FUTURISTIC realistic

7. History Eradication of cattle fever tick Taxonomy of American mosquitoes Eradication of screwworm fly DDT for protection of the military Clothing repellents to prevent scrub typhus Aerosol can insecticide DEET ULV Permethrin treatment of uniforms

8. 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

9. Repellents (DWFP + ARS $$) ProjectCollaboratorsR ScoreF Score Evidence based repellent tests HQ-IIBBL- CMAVE-EPA 85 New clothing impregnants IIBBL-CMAVE- Natick 77 Odorant receptors IIBBL-VA Tech- Vanderbilt 210 Resistance of virus-infected mosquitoes to repellents CMAVE-USAMRIID77 New active ingredients (isolongifolen one,nepetalact ones,callicarp enal, etc.) IIBBL-CMAVE- NPURU 56

10. Ticks (non-DWFP) ProjectCollaboratorsR ScoreF Score Four poster device KBUSLIRL- IIBBL-others 95 Collaring device KBUSLIRL86 Larval detection and treatment KBUSLIRL58 Repellent efficacy IIBBL95 New acaricidesCMAVE-KBUSLIRL76

11. Insecticides (ARS + DWFP $$) ProjectCollaboratorsR ScoreF Score Spatially repellent insecticides IIBBL-USUHS- BASF 85 Volatile pyrethroids IIBBL-CMAVE77 Molecular pesticides CMAVE-BRU-UF510 Chromenes NPURU-CMAVE- FSTRU 57 PiperidinesNPURU-CMAVE55 Viral pesticides CMAVE79

12. Application (DWFP + ARS $$) ProjectCollaboratorsR ScoreF Score Precision aerial adulticide EBCL-UF96 Droplet analysis AWPMRU-NECE- CMAVE 106 Sand fly control in deserts CMAVE-USAMRU- K-Coachella- NECE 106 Asian tiger mosquito IPM CMAVE-Rutgers- Brandeis 108 IR-4 HQ-AFPMB- Rutgers 108 Cage bioassay technology AWPMRU-CMAVE- NECE 108 Electrostatic spray CMAVE-NECE- AWPMRU 103

13. 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