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AbD Serotec - A Divsion of MorphoSys
AbD Serotec is a division of MorphoSys, one of the world’s leading antibody technology companies.
In October 2010 MorphoSys acquired Sloning BioTechnology and is now offering:
• Slonomics® Gene Synthesis and Codon Optimization
• Slonomics® Mutant Gene Libraries
AbD Serotec prides itself on its commitment to providing its customers the highest quality products and services.
Through the application of Engineered Trait Loci (ETL) crop improvement technology, Agrisoma is developing Brassica carinata as an energy feedstock crop with enhanced yield of uniform, high-quality oil for biodiesel and biojet fuel production. ETL technology efficiently stacks multiple traits into engineered plant chromosome structures, creating new and enhanced crop plants.
Bioeconomy Alberta is an informal network of key organizations leading, supporting, coordinating and partnering in bioinnovation through their strong technical and business knowledge in biobased feedstocks, biomaterials, biochemicals, and bioenergy. Bioeconomy Alberta’s focus on the developing biosector, aims at stimulating partnerships and collaboration with researchers, businesses and investors from around the world.
Ameridia,Division of Eurodia Industrie, provides optimized separationsolutions with cost-effective processes to the biochemical/fermentation, chemical, and food industries, by combining: Electrodialysis / Bipolar Membrane Electrodialysis (Aqualyzer®), Ion exclusion chromatography (unique ASAC®/ SSAC®/ PSAC® processes), Ion exchange systems, and Membrane filtration with ceramic (from TAMI Industries) and organic membranes.
Atlantic Canada Bio-Industries Alliance
The Atlantic Canada Bio-Industries Alliance represents over 100 bioscience-based companies and 25 world-class research institutions located in the four Atlantic provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Newfoundland & Labrador. With over $300M in annual private sector revenues, the Atlantic Provinces are at the forefront of global research in human, animal, and fish health, terrestrial bio-products and marine biotechnology. Atlantic Canada boasts outstanding business-research collaborative partnerships and we work closely with government agencies and research organizations from across Canada, the U.S., Europe and Asia in moving collaborations to commercialization.
The Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is a flexible and diversified pilot plant. It is an open-innovation center offering scale-up, optimization and custom manufacturing of bioprocesses and bioproducts for companies around the world. We perform completeton-scale fermentative, green chemical and down-stream bioprocesses from green raw material up to the final product.
BioAmber is a next generation renewable chemicals company delivering tomorrow’s chemistry today. First to market with commercial scale production in biobased succinic acid, BioAmber’s portfolio of renewable chemicals creates a foundation for customer innovation in a broad range of markets and applications. BioAmber’s high-performance, low carbon footprint building blocks are the perfect substitute for petrochemicals in everyday products.
BIOTECanada is dedicated to the sustainable commercial development of biotechnology innovation in Canada. It is the national industry-funded association with over 250 members representing the broad spectrum of biotech constituents including emerging and established companies in the health, industrial, and agricultural sectors, as well as academic and research institutions and other related organizations.
Carbohydrate Valley - City of Port Colborne
The City of Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada is home to a growing bio-food cluster known as “Carbohydrate Valley”. It includes a number of grain and ingredient companies including Canada’s only producer of citric acid, and a producer ofglucose and corn sweeteners. Port Colborne offers an enviable location and multi-modal transportation network.www.portcolborne.ca
Cellana, a developer of algae-based bioproducts and energy, uses the most productive plants on earth – marine microalgae – to convert industrial CO2 to nutritional oils, animal feed, nutraceuticals, and biofuels. Our patented ALDUO™ system enables us to produce diverse strains of microalgae economically and consistently at large, industrial scale.
IAR the French Biobased Products Cluster
The Industries & Agro-Resources (IAR) Competitiveness Cluster unites stakeholders from research, higher education, industry & agriculture in France and more particularly the Champagne-Ardenne and Picardy regions around the valorization of plant biomass. IAR has built an ecosystem which favors the development of innovative projects within 4 strategic fields: bioenergy, biomaterials, biochemicals, green feed/food and pharmaceutical ingredients around the Biorefinery Concept
Locating in the center of the dynamic biorenewables industry can be the catalyst your business needs to succeed. Iowa companies are leading the way in creating the next generation of the chemical building blocks necessary to champion development in energy, feedstock, manufacturing and transportation goods. Coupled with access to an abundance of raw materials, a skilled workforce and a thriving business climate — an Iowa location offers the elements necessary for success.
Start your Iowa experiment today. Visit us at booth 112 or www.iowaeconomicdevelopment.com/business.
King Abdullah University of Science & Technology
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is an international, graduate university committed to advancing science and technology through transdisciplinary research, education,and economic development. The University’s unique matrix structure supports research in the globally significant areas of water, food, energy, and environment to benefit Saudi Arabia and beyond.
Life Science Association of Manitoba
Manitoba’s strength in agriculture fuels a thriving and competitive agricultural biotechnology industry with industry leaders at the forefront of innovation. The Life Science Association of Manitoba is their voice, providing leadership and support for the prosperous and sustainable development of the Manitoba Life Science industry.
Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) is a global biotechnology company dedicated to moving science forward to improve life in meaningful ways for everyone. Our premier brands are the most cited, most trusted in the life sciences industry: Invitrogen™, Applied Biosystems®, Gibco®, Molecular Probes®, Novex®, TaqMan®, Ambion®, and Ion Torrent™.
Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation SPN BHD
BiotechCorp, Malaysia’s biotechnology industry’s lead development agency acts as central contact point and services provider for biotech companies. To date, BiotechCorp has facilitated development of 213 international and Malaysian BioNexus-status companies with RM2.221 billion approved investment. These biotech companies have qualified for fiscal incentives, grants and guarantees administered by BiotechCorp.
Minnesota Dept. of Employment & Economic Development
Minnesota has more FORTUNE 500 companies than any other state. Just ask quality leaders like 3M, Cargill, Medtronic, Upsher-Smith, the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic. Minnesota’s State Office of Business Development and Greater MSP are here to help you make connections.
Novozymes is the world leader in bioinnovation. Together with customers across a broad array of industries we create tomorrow’s industrial biosolutions, improving our customers' business and the use of our planet's resources. Read more at www.novozymes.com.
Novasep is specialist in solving purification challenges from process development to industrial installations and from laboratory equipment to turnkey plants. Our unique know-how in purification technologies includes membrane filtration, chromatography, ion exchange, adsorption, electrodialysis, evaporation and crystallization. We use our proprietary computer modeling tools to speed up your process development and optimization.
Due to our extensive practical expertise and research-based knowledge, we are a world leader in prevention and eradication of contaminations in bioprocesses. We are also active in contract research and contract manufacturing services in all aspects of bacteriophage use in various fields of biotechnology, medicine, food and crop protection.
Queensland, Australia is a great location for R&D, piloting and large-scale manufacture of bio-derived products enjoying the right mix of raw materials, expertise, and business advantage to support integrated bio-refineries with the ability to utilize multiple feedstocks to generate renewable fuels, as well as bio-based chemicals and materials.
Queensland University of Technology
The Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities (CTCB) at Queensland University of Technology brings together a unique mix of international expertise in plant biotechnology, biomass process engineering, industrial chemistry and commercialization to create a continuum of research and development from the laboratory through to products. The CTCB is unique with an R&D pipeline from gene discovery through to field demonstration and pilot plant production specializing in tropical crops.
The Sarnia Lambton area is Canada’s first Biohybrid Cluster, with a number of businesses establishing their biobased businesses in the area, and Lanxess Canada establishing a Bioindustrial Business Park to accommodate companies in the bio sector. SLEP, Sarnia Lambton Economic Partnership are actively promoting and working with companies interested in locating in the region. BIC and SCA are investing in companies in the sector and providing a pilot/lab facilities for lease to Bioindustrial start ups.
Ag-West Bio represents Saskatchewan companies and organizations active in the research and commercialization of bio-based products and processes. Activities range from development of specialty crops for industrial applications, to biofuel, biochemical and biopesticide R&D and production.
Texas AgriLife Research, part of the Texas A&M University System,
is a nationally recognized leader in agriculture and life sciences.
We excel in biotechnology, bioproducts and bioenergy, plant science,
engineering, agronomics, nutrition and food science, and animal science,
focusing on a multidisciplinary systems approach to problem
solving, leading to commercialization.
The BioPreferred program is a Federal program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to grow the market for biobased products. It has two parts, a mandatory Federal program where USDA designates products for Federal procurement and a recent consumer-oriented voluntary “USDA Certified Biobased Product label program.”
Verenium, an industrial biotechnology company, is a global leader in developing high-performance enzymes. Verenium’s tailored enzymes are environmentally friendly, making products and processes greener and more cost-effective for industries, including the global food and fuel markets. Read more at www.verenium.com
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ISO 17025-accredited Beta Analytic provides ASTM D6866 and CEN/TS 16137 biobased content testing. ASTM D6866 is a standard method that has been incorporated in several eco-labeling standards and biobased programs including the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s BioPreferred Program, Vincotte’s OK Biobased Program, and DIN Certco's DIN-Geprüft Biobased certification, among others.
BTR provides contract services for development of microbial fermentation processes including recombinant and classical strain improvement, microbial screening, metabolic engineering, bioprocess development and scale-up. Proprietary expression systems offered for industrial protein production: Hansenula polymorpha and Bacillus licheniformis. Experienced in development of processes for biofuels, enzymes, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and natural products.
Byng Biotech Services offers services in R&D, Process Development and Contract Manufacturing. Including: Molecular Biology (metabolic engineering, enzyme evolution, gene expression); Natural Products; Biocatalysis (enzyme supply, biotransformation, intermediates, chiral building blocks); Fermentation development (strain improvement, scale up); Contract manufacturing, including production of: Chemicals, Biofuels, APIs, Intermediates, Food Ingredients, cytotoxins.
Industrial Biotechnology is the leading, peer-reviewed journal focused on biobased industrial and environmental products and processes. The Journal is the first and longest-running publication to report the science, business, and policy developments of the emerging global bioeconomy, including biobased production of energy and fuels, chemicals, materials, and consumer goods.
Metabolon’s global metabolomics platform helps gain knowledge of biochemicals affecting cell metabolism at all stages of bioprocess development/production and various expression systems. Global, untargeted profiling allows for detection of the maximum number of system-wide metabolites. Tracking changes over time can resolve interactions/cross-talk between pathways, expression host, and fermentation media.
National Agricultural Biotechnology Council
NABC is a 23-year-old consortium of the senior management of not-for-profit agricultural research institutions in Canada and the United States. It provides guidance on key issues of agriculture and biotechnology—including research direction, biobased industrial products and human healthfulness—utilizing reports from annual open fora and consensus-strategy papers.
The Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research, Inc.
CPBR is a non-profit company with over 90 US university and private company members. CPBR supports research for renewable energy, agricultural, and environmental technologies. Companies investing in CPBR’s university research gain a commercialization rate that is more than 3,687% higher than the average university rates/million federal dollars.
The United Soybean Board is a farmer-funded organization working with industry, academia and government to commercialize soy-based products in foams, plastics, coatings, stains, adhesives, lubricants, solvents, inks, specialty chemical applications and emerging opportunities. Benefits of soy include performance, versatility, cost and a renewable resource. For more information, visit www.soynewuses.org.
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