ENRTF ID: 089-B Project Title: Mitigating Insecticide Toxicity for Safer Waters in Minnesota Category: B. Water Resources Summary: We propose to harness the potential of newly discovered proteins from Minnesota ecosystems that turns environmental, toxic pollutants into harmless compounds to protect our state waters quality. Total Project Budget: $ 370,000 Proposed Project Time Period for the Funding Requested: June 30, 2022 (2 yrs) Name: Mikael Elias Sponsoring Organization: U of MN Job Title: Assistant professor, PhD Department: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics Address: Biotechnology institute 1479 Gortner Ave St. Paul MN 55108 Telephone Number: (612) 626-1915 Email mhelias@umn.edu Location: Statewide Alternate Text for Visual: Newly discovered proteins from Minnesota ecosystems will be used to develop prototype water filters to remove environmental, toxic pollutants.