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GENOMICS AND THE BIO-INDUSTRY SUPERCLUSTER
July 24th, 2017 – Montréal
Marc LePage
President and CEO, Genome Canada
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If it lives on this planet…
…it has a GENOME
Genomes encode life
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Genomics is the DNA of the Bioeconomy
BIOECONOMYWORTH $1 TRILLION
GLOBALLY BY 2030(SOURCE: OECD)
GENOMICSCOMBINES BIOLOGY,
GENETICS AND
COMPUTER SCIENCE TO
REVEAL THE FUNCTION OF
GENES WITHIN ALL LIVING
THINGS.
POTENTIALBETTER HEALTH, NEW
MEDICINES, MORE FOOD
FOR THE WORLD, A
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT,
A STRONGER ECONOMY
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Barton was right –Bioeconomy rules in Canada
Total Canadian goods exports 2015 $525 billion
Motor vehicles and parts $87 billion
Energy products $84 billion
Aircraft and parts $25 billion
Bioeconomy: farm, forest, fish, food $102 billion
Source: Stats Canada
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Genome Canada was established in 2000 by the Federal Government to:
• Develop a next-generation, high-performance economy.
• Invest in large-scale research and leading-edge technologies that have strategic value.
• Translate discoveries into applications across multiple sectors.
• Facilitate responsible uptake of genomics into society.
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AGRICULTURE
+ AGRI-FOOD Food safety and security.
Better breeding of livestock
and crops.
FORESTRYProductive, healthy forests.
New bioproducts, including
biofuels.
HEALTHPrecision medicine.
More effective and efficient
health-care system.
New products, markets and jobs across many sectors
FISHERIES +
AQUACULTUREBetter production and
sustainability. Enhanced
markets and exports.
ENVIRONMENT Offset the economic and
social impacts of climate
change. Remediate polluted
sites. Monitor and maintain
clean water.
ENERGY Improve hydrocarbon
extraction and bioremediate
polluted sites. Mitigate
greenhouse gases.
MINING Better mineral extraction and
processing. Clean up
contaminants.
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Canada’s Genomics Enterprise Today
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6 REGIONAL GENOME CENTRES
10 TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS
313 FUNDED PROJECTS
>1,700 ACTIVE ANNUAL HIGHLY-QUALIFIED PERSONNEL
33 UNIVERSITIES
7 KEY SECTORS
>$1.3B GENOME CANADA
>$1.7B PROVINCES, INDUSTRY AND OTHER CO-FUNDERS
>195 INDUSTRY CO-FUNDING PARTNERS
> 110 COMPANIES CREATED OR ENHANCED
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Technology Platforms across Canada
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Revolutionizing the Auto Sector
The market for biofibre composites is expected to grow by more than 10 per cent per year during 2014-19.
Through genomics research, Manitoba-based Westward Industries Ltd. is manufacturing new, lighter-weight vehicle with its lower carbon footprint using next-generation biocomposite materials.
Will enable WI to triple annual sales to existing and new international customers.
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Developing Next-Generation Enzymes
• Using genomics technologies to develop next-generation enzymes for livestock applications, including Reducing animal feed waste to
increase competitiveness of poultry and pork industry, which represents 20,000 acres of farms across Canada
Reducing reliance on antibiotic usage in livestock, which is a major contributor to the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
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Leveraging our natural resources
• Woody biomass is the most abundant bioresource on Earth and genomics is revolutionizing the forestry sector Using genomics to estimate breeding
values and select for key economic traits in white spruce, Norway spruce and Western red cedar
Generating high-value products (resins, adhesives, bioplastics etc) from forest biomass both by deconstructing biomass and by upgrading intact wood fractions
Some Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) Project Users
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