Join us to learn and virtually network, and find out what's happening in Alberta's #lifescience ecosystem at our inaugral Policy Forum Advancing Alberta's Life Sciences Sector on March 3rd and 4th.
Register now to take advantage of these exceptional opportunities to engage with leading experts and thought leaders together with us.
BioAlberta Team
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BioAlberta Annual Policy Forum:
Advancing Alberta's Life Sciences Sector
March 3 - 4, 2021
BioAlberta's Policy Forum is bringing key stakeholders together to discuss how we can advance our life sciences sector.
Our Policy Forum features industry and government speakers from across the health and life science ecosystem.
See the full Agenda lineup and reserve your spot by registering here now.
BioAlberta members - Free
Non-members - $25
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March 3 Agenda
Keynote: 10:00 - 11:00 AM
Hon. Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation
11:15 - 12:30 PM
Antimicrobial Resistance: The Next Pandemic
1:00 - 2:30 PM
Delivering Innovation and Value in the Health System
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March 4 Agenda
Keynote: 10:00 - 11:00 AM
Justin Riemer, ADM, Western Economic Development
11:15 - 12:30 PM
Developing a Bioindustrial Strategy for Alberta
1:00 - 2:30 PM
Developing Alberta’s Life Sciences Talent and Culture
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Internship - Summer 2021
BioAlberta is pleased to launch the Boosting Biotech Internship program for the Summer 2021 term (May 3 – August 23) in collaboration with Innovative Medicines Canada, the Government of Alberta, Alberta post-secondary institutions, and BioTalent Canada.
The Boosting Biotech Internship is designed to support made-in-Alberta bioscience discoveries and our small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The program helps match skilled Alberta students enrolled in an under-graduate, graduate or post-graduate degree programs, to support your company’s operational needs with up to a total of $10,000 in wage subsidies cost-shared between Innovative Medicines Canada and BioTalent Canada SWPP Program.
Deadline is March 10, 2021 to apply for the Boosting Biotech Internship Summer Intake.
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Register Now!
Bioalberta is working with Biosciences Association Manitoba and Life Sciences BC to help prepare companies for virtual events.
On March 2nd, 2021 from 10:00 - 11:30 AM (PST), we will hold the third in a webinar series designed to help companies get the insights they need to succeed in the virtual environment. This webinar will feature exceptional speakers that can help SME's “Access Funding to Succeed" at Virtual Investor Conferences.
Save the March 2nd date and register for this event here now.
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Natural Health Products Directory
Are you a NHP company looking to connect with customers and suppliers? Do you have a business service that NHP companies are looking for? Grow your business and fill the gaps in your supply chain by being part of BioAlberta’s 2021 Natural Health Products (NHP) Directory!
Building on the success of our 2017 directory, BioAlberta is building an online, searchable database to support Alberta NHP companies and connect them with partners, suppliers and customers. If you or someone you know would benefit from participating in or accessing our new directory, please email Alexander Holt-Brown, or call 780-638-2180.
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Member Focal Point: Future Fields |
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Future Fields makes the most important ingredient for lab grown meat - cell growth media, and they make it 1000 times cheaper than anyone else.
Cellular agriculture companies are already creating consumer products like milk and meat without animals. The high cost of cell growth media remains the single greatest hurdle to commercialization. Future Fields produces key components of growth media - growth factors - for a fraction of the cost of existing options. Once described as “the Intel of cellular agriculture”, their product is the difference between a $300 chicken nugget and a $0.30 chicken nugget.
Future Fields’ novel technology is their advantage. They make use of elegant molecular machines found in nature. Recombinant proteins are typically produced in single celled systems such as bacteria, yeast, or mammalian cells. Efficiency in these systems is inherently limited, often requiring intensive resources and complex machinery, like bioreactors. Instead of trying to fix these systems, Future Fields circumvents them completely - using living organisms as mini biofactories.
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Not only is it affordable - preliminary efficacy testing demonstrates their product outperforms commercially available growth factors. They have started a waitlist for new customers once existing customer contracts have been fulfilled.
Future Fields is led by a trio of Canadians whose decades-long friendship took roots in their local music scene. Lejjy is a self taught entrepreneur who left home at 14, overcoming everything from homelessness to illness alone as he worked his way up in the business world. Matt was a touring punkrock musician who flunked out of University before eventually returning to complete his PhD in cell biology. Jalene is a social researcher by training, working on issues from the right to affordable housing to harm reduction for injection drug users. From punk shows to biopunk, Future Fields’ story and approach to science has been anything but conventional. They credit their diverse founder experiences as the key to their success. Learn about Future Fields here.
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Student Work Placement Program
Building Skills for Canada's bio-economy
Canadian universities and colleges are placing highly-
educated students in the bio-economy. If you are looking to hire young and eager talent, BioTalent Canada’s Student Work Placement Program (SWPP) can help.
SWPP will support you to hire, train and retain employees in a variety of sectors. See program details here and contact Colleen at chayes@biotalent.ca.
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Proof of Concept Program
The Proof of Concept Program is designed to help establish the commercial feasibility of innovative natural products and technologies in order to attract and de-risk subsequent investment.
Open to Canadian research institutes, start-up companies and SMEs, applicants can receive up to 50% of the cost of the proof of concept plan to a maximum of $100,000. See details here.
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Canadian Technology Accelerator
Looking for new opportunities to scale up your digital health or MedTech company? Taiwan is a leader in critical technologies and is a strategic entry-point to Asia. The CTA can help -see here and contact Judy.Chen@international.gc.ca.
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Canada's Technology and Aging Network's - AGE-WELL - is receiving $21.9 million over three years from GoC to provide Canadians with technology-based solutions to improve quality of life for older adults and caregivers.
They continue to seek new projects. If you have an idea apply for these exceptional funding opportunities. Details can be found at: http://ow.ly/fgsL50zE3oO Y
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Western Economic Diversification Canada
Alberta businesses unable to access existing relief measures can apply to Western Economic Diversification Canada's Regional Relief and Recovery Fund worth $304 million.
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Congrats to Bioalberta Partner DynaLIFE on being named one of Alberta’s Top 70 Employers for the eighth consecutive year, by Mediacorp Canada. This year’s awards recognize employers who have made extraordinary contributions to employee and community wellbeing during a particularly challenging time of the COVID-19 public health pandemic. See full details here.
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Congrats to BioAlberta member TRIO (Translational Research in Oncology) on being named to Alberta's Top 70 Employers that recognizes Alberta's best places to work! See full story here.
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IMBiotechnologies Ltd. Announces Agreement with Canadian Hospital Specialties to Distribute Ekobi® Embolization Microspheres in Canada
IMBiotechnologies Ltd. (“IMB” or the “Company”) announced on January 21, 2021, that it has signed an agreement with Canadian Hospital Specialties (“CHS”) for the exclusive right to distribute Ekobi® Embolization Microspheres (“Ekobi”) in Canada.
Read the announcement details here.
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Health Gauge announces new investment and selling majority interest to AI/ML Innovations Inc.
On January 26, 2021, Salu Design Group (o/a Health Gauge) completed a transaction with and sold a majority interest to AI/ML Innovations Inc.
In conjunction with the Acquisition closing, the founders of Health Gauge, Randy Duguay and Bruce Matichuk, have been appointed to the board of directors of AI/ML Innovations Inc. as President and CEO and Chief Technical Officer, respectively. Read the announcement details here.
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In this new role, Joshua will focus on delivering new programs and policy initiatives in support of life sciences industry development in Alberta.
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Erin's focus is on promoting, connecting and cultivating companies within Alberta’s life sciences industry. She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Sports Marketing from George Brown College and a Bachelors Degree in Health Science from Brock University.
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