Non-pharmaceutical applications of life sciences

[Kaz@PaloAlto]

Hi all,

I'm Kaz, specially assigned researcher in Osaka University San Francisco office.

Now I'm conducting a new collaborative project like "Non-pharmaceutical applications of life sciences" with JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization). Because most of biotech companies are in the pharmaceutical field (of course there are many non-pharmas).

Do you have any information about innovative and unique establishment in the biotech?

 

I'd be happy if it's just piece of information about company, organization or community. I need something beyond the stereotypical "biotech company".

Thank you, Kaz

In my understanding. JETRO has following missions:

-Promote investment in US companies by Japanese investors

-Promote investment in Japanese companies by US investors

-Make more collaborations between Japanese and US companies

[Xabier Vázquez-Campos]

I don't know about specific companies but other biotech stuff of great relevance are:

• biomining
• bioremediation (I know Micronovo, based on Sydney)
  
• plant biotech: mycorrhizae, pathogens, crop resistance...
  
• almost anything related with water treatment, esp. the wastewater part. Mike Jetten in Netherlands has made quite a few improvements in the field over the last few years
• biomethanation
• microbial enhanced oil recovery
• self-healing concrete
• any fermented food is biotech although probably not in the 'innovative' group except few cases
• biosensors, nanoprobes...
• DNA sequencing technologies
• solutions against biofouling and biocorrosion
• ...

That's all the non-pharma/non-medical applications I could get from the top of my head. You can easily find companies for most of the topics

Cheers,

Xabi