BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Summary of revenues disaggregated by our business operations and timing of revenue recognition (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total	$ 552,473	$ 778,468	$ 1,185,992	$ 1,662,791
Research and development services (over-time)
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total	286,598	593,588	653,431	1,092,117
Product and authentication services (point-in-time):
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total	0	0	0	0
Supply chain
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total	12,646	20,234	31,320	244,803
Asset marking
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total	110,697	158,078	219,269	319,303
Large scale DNA production
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total	$ 142,532	$ 6,568	$ 281,972	$ 6,568