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

生命科学部门的年收入估计为400亿美元，为安大略的国内生产总值（GDP）贡献了约385亿美元，并支持约167，000个就业岗位，是安大略经济的重要贡献者。仅在多伦多，该行业就在2，430多家公司雇用了36，000多名高技能工人，其中超过25%专注于研发。Seneca有机会成为安大略生命科学行业的重要贡献者，部分原因是帮助公司解决创新愿望与所需的物理基础设施、资本和专业援助之间的差距。在过去的两年中，Seneca通过其生物科学和应用化学学院（SBSAC），通过应用研究合作，一直在支持更广泛的生命科学领域的中小企业。在此期间，我们与十几家中小企业合作，以代谢组学，诊断和分析测试为主题，解决他们的研发挑战。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。我们正在向NSERC申请资金，以购买三件仪器：微波消解器，多模式，高通量平板阅读器和HP-TLC。这些设备将补充和加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。每一件作品都经过精心挑选，以满足我们合作者的需求，并可应用于新的和现有的合作伙伴的多个项目。如果没有每一块，Seneca解决现有行业需求的能力将受到限制，并且无法有效地加速和扩展SBSAC中不断增长的行业驱动的应用研究计划。

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.****