Instrumentation to address the collaborative applied research needs of Ontario's broader life sciences sector

满足安大略省更广泛的生命科学领域的协作应用研究需求的仪器

• 批准号: 533946-2018
• 负责人: Williamson, Vanessa
• 金额: $ 9.4万
• 依托单位: Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research Tools and Instruments Grants
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=668637
• 关键词: Instrumentation; address; collaborative; applied; research

The life sciences sector, with annual revenues estimated at $40B, contributing approximately $38.5B to Ontario's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and supporting approximately 167,000 jobs, is a significant contributor to Ontario's economy. In Toronto alone, the sector employs more than 36,000 highly skilled workers at more than 2,430 firms, with greater than 25% of them focused on R&D. Seneca has the opportunity to be a significant contributor to Ontario's life sciences industry by, in part, helping companies address the gap between the desire to innovate and the physical infrastructure, capital, and professional assistance required to do so. Over the past 2 years, Seneca, through its School of Biological Sciences and Applied Chemistry (SBSAC), has been supporting SMEs from the broader life sciences sector through applied research collaborations. In this time, we have collaborated with more than a dozen SMEs to address their research and development challenges under the themes of metabolomics, diagnostics and analytical testing. We have developed a unique offering, in the college system and in the region, providing out partners with unparalleled access to talent, infrastructure and funding opportunities to support growth, competitiveness and productivity.****We are requesting funds from NSERC to purchase three pieces of instrumentation: a microwave digester, a multi-modal, high throughput plate reader, and an HP-TLC. This equipment will complement and enhance our existing infrastructure, and significantly expand our capacity to support applied research collaborations. Each piece has been carefully selected to address the needs of our collaborators, and can be applied to multiple projects with new and existing partners. Without each piece, Seneca will be limited in its ability to address existing industry demand, and effectively unable to accelerate and scale out growing, industry-driven applied research program in SBSAC.****

生命科学领域的年收入估计为40B美元，为安大略省的国内生产总值（GDP）贡献了约38.5亿美元，并为大约167,000个就业机会提供了支持，这是安大略省经济的重要贡献。仅在多伦多，该行业就在2430多家公司中雇用36,000多名高技能工人，其中25％以上的重点是研发。塞内卡（Seneca）有机会成为安大略省生命科学行业的重要贡献，部分地帮助公司解决了创新愿望与物理基础设施，资本和专业援助所需的差距。在过去的两年中，塞内卡（Seneca）通过其生物科学学院和应用化学学院（SBSAC）一直通过应用研究合作来支持更广泛的生活科学领域的中小企业。这段时间，我们已经与十几个中小型企业合作，以应对他们的研发挑战，在代谢组学，诊断和分析测试的主题下。我们已经在大学系统和该地区开发了独特的产品，为合作伙伴提供了无与伦比的人才，基础设施和资金的机会，以支持增长，竞争力和生产力。该设备将补充和增强我们现有的基础设施，并大大扩大我们支持应用研究合作的能力。已经仔细选择了每件作品以满足我们的合作者的需求，并且可以应用于与新合作伙伴和现有合作伙伴的多个项目。没有每件作品，塞内卡将在解决现有行业需求的能力上受到限制，并且实际上无法加速和扩展SBSAC的行业驱动的应用研究计划。****