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Ag-West Bio
Contact1: Janice Tranberg, Communications Director
Phone (Bus): (306)668-2654
(Fax): (306)975-1966
E-mail: janice.tranberg@agwest.sk.ca
Contact2: Muriel Adams, General Manager
Phone (Bus): (306)668-2663
(Fax): (306)975-1966Dr. Ashley O'Sullivan, President and CEO
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Address: 101-111 Research Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 3R2
Web Site: www.agwest.sk.ca
Keys: Agbiotech; Agricultural Biotechnology; Animal Biotech; bioactives; biodiesel; bioenergy; biofuels; Bioproducts; Bioscience; Biotechnology; Canadian Light Source CLS; Canola; Educating the Public about Biotechnology; ethanol; Food; Food Safety; functional foods; Genetically Modified Organisms; GMOs; health and wellness; Herbicide Tolerance; Intellectual Property; natural health products; Plants with Novel Traits; Regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms; Regulation of GMOs; renewable fuels; Technology Transfer; Saskatchewan*.
Expertise: Established 1989; 10 employees.Mandate: At the forefront of Saskatchewan’s bio-economy, Ag-West Bio works as a catalyst for partnerships and industry growth through:
· Economic growth and investment
· Research and development facilitation
· Regulatory and policy development
· Business competitiveness
· Communication, education and human resource development
· Advocacy
Ag-West Bio combines knowledge, expertise, and experience to provide one door to Saskatchewan’s future growth in the bio-economy. Our experience comes from a spectrum across the life sciences, with management expertise organized along three sectors: agricultural science and technology, health and nutrition, and bio-products and bio-processing.
Integral to the development of one of North America's most successful life science clusters, consider Ag-West Bio your complete resource for bio-science information in Saskatchewan.
Features:
Ag-West Bio provides direct investment and help in locating matching grants and investments for start-ups or expanding companies. Our funding supports promising technologies at the early stages of development presenting too great a risk for private capital sources.Direct investments range from $50,000 to $100,000, and are targeted to research and development projects where a clear pathway to commercialization can be shown.
Ag-West Bio’s many other services include several publications aimed at communicating sector issues, trends and opportunities to stakeholders, members and the public to advance Saskatchewan's bio-based economy. We work to ensure Saskatchewan is recognized globally as 'the' place to do business for the bio-economy.