Bio-Bulletin
Ag-West Bio’s the Bio-Bulletin, is a bi-monthly electronic publication. Bio-Bulletin will help keep you informed about innovations, events, regulations and finance opportunities in the bio-economy. It covers agricultural biotechnology, health, biofuels and bioproducts.
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Current Issue:
Volume 3 Issue 4 - December 2008
AWB: a catalyst for Sask. Life Science Sector • Life science students learn from the best • Genomics: Science and Society • New Substances Notification Regulations for Organisms • Plavix decision holds implications for biotech • Fungus holds potential to clean up oil sands • VIDO contributes to Econiche™ • Human resource development in Thailand
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Past Issues:
Volume 3 Issue 3 - May 2008
Metabolic Syndrome Workshop review • New product development based on sound science • Changing agriculture landscape • Protecting & commercializing biotechnology • Proposed changes to the Food & Drugs Act • Wheat: the unexplored grain • International report on GM • New turf: Phoma macrostoma • ABIC 2008
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Volume 3 Issue 2 - March 2008
Plant Bio-Industrial Oils Workshop review •NRC-AAFC National Bioproducts program •Biofuels certification •Agrisoma: designing new biofuel plants • BioGasol seminar •Saskatchewan’s Biofuels and Bioproducts Centre • Integrating health policy and innovation • Pre-diabetes (Metabolic syndrome)
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Volume 3 Issue 1 - January 2008
Member Survey Review • CSTA: Fostering Innovation • Ag-West: a regulatory resource • Novozymes aquires Philom Bios • A genetic boost for canola • CAST paper
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Volume 2 Issue 6 - November, 2007
Federal lab transfers • ABIC 2007 review • GM food and
plant molecular farming • Technology without borders • Acceptance needed for second generation biofuels • Bioproducts and biofuels genomics • Seabuckthorn: Ancient science rediscovered for today's market
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Volume 2 Issue 5 - September, 2007
U of S Expansions; Next Generation Biofuels; Canada's regulatory environment; Back to the future: Seizing opportunities in the bio-economy; ABIC 2007: Harnessing science; Attracting human capital in the bio-economy
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Volume 2 Issue 4 - July, 2007
AWB evolution & innovation; A promising future for Sask.’s bio-economy; Philom Bios receives FPTT award; Quantum Gentics; Novelty: regulations; Sask. at BIO 2007
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Volume 2 Issue 3 - May, 2007
Animal Health & Nutrition; Safety Steps for NHPs; WGRF invests in ethanol; Terra Grain Fuels; Saskatoon: A Science City; Agrisoma Biosciences
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Volume 2 Issue 2 - March, 2007
Plant Bio-Industrial Oils Workshop; Above Board Technologies; Fishy Business at U of S; Biotech cures plant stress; CAPI's Call to Action; HC/CFI Workshop; The promising bio-economy; Investing in innovation
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Volume 2 Issue 1 - January, 2007
CLS: benefits to animal health; Phenomenome in SK; Health Canada's BluePrint for Renewal: Biofuels: a boost to the bio-economy; Saskatoon Colostrum Company; Westlink's TCIP; Avrio Ventures
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Volume 1 Issue 3 - November, 2006
bio-logical futures™III; Canadian attitudes towards biotech; WTO ruling on GMOs; Pomegranates in Saskatoon; WorldNutra update; Dealing with adventitious presence in Canada; Angel investment in Sask.
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Volume 1 Issue 2 - September, 2006
Ag-West Bio membership; ABIC 2006; Changes to the KVD system; Canada West Program; Regulatory programming for Sask.; Investment: Performance Plants
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Volume 1 Issue 1- July, 2006
Welcome to the Bio-Bulletin; Biorefineries gaining momentum;
IFT 2006: SOLUTIONS from science to market;
India, running the biotechnology race;
Policy and regulations to the rescue
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