Analytical Instrumentation to Support Trace Element Analysis in the Broader Life Sciences Sector

支持更广泛生命科学领域微量元素分析的分析仪器

• 批准号: 540529-2019
• 负责人: Williamson, Vanessa
• 金额: $ 10万
• 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: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=693492
• 关键词: Analytical; Instrumentation; Support; Trace; Element

Ontario's life sciences sector, with annual revenues estimated at $56.8B, contributing approximately $58.1B to Ontario's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and supporting approximately greater than 190,000 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. Over the past three 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 twenty 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. Through NSERCs ARTI program, we requesting funds to purchase an Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS). The ICP-MS will enable highly-sensitive analytical determination of trace elements, something that is in high demand in many areas of the broader life sciences, including the food, cosmetics, natural products and cannabis industries. This instrument has been carefully selected to address the needs of our existing and emerging collaborators, and can be applied to multiple projects with new and existing partners. Without the ICP-MS, Seneca will be limited in its ability to address existing and emerging industry demand, and effectively unable to accelerate and scale out growing, industry-driven applied research program in SBSAC, which has the potential for significant positive economic impact on the local and regional economy.

安大略省的生命科学领域，年收入估计为56.8B加元，为安大略省的国内生产总值（GDP）贡献了约58.1b加元，并支持大约190,000个就业机会，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。 在过去的三年中，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。在这段时间里，我们已经与二十多个中小型企业合作，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，基础设施和资金机会，以支持增长，竞争力和生产力。通过NSERCS ARTI计划，我们要求资金购买电感耦合等离子体质谱仪（ICP-MS）。 ICP-MS将对痕量元素进行高度敏感的分析测定，这在更广泛的生命科学的许多领域，包括食品，化妆品，天然产品和大麻行业。已仔细选择该工具来满足我们现有和新兴合作者的需求，并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ICP-MS，Seneca将有限地解决现有和新兴行业需求的能力，并有效地无法加速和扩展SBSAC不断增长的行业驱动的应用研究计划，这有可能对地方和地区经济产生重大的正面经济影响。