Micro B3 leads two think tanks at BioMarine 2012

The international BioMarine Business Convention which was held in London (24-25 October 2012) with 150 high level attendees from Europe, USA and Canada included six think tanks on marine biotech topics. Two representatives of the Micro B3 coordination team provided input as moderators and session leaders for two of these. For the think tank focusing on marine biotech for health applications, Frank Oliver Glöckner led the discussions on the optimum use of libraries and culture collections for medical and pharmaceutical uses. Johanna Wesnigk chaired a group with cluster representatives focussing on the role of public private partnerships and technological centres to bring industry academia collaboration forward to promote marine bio-actives to "big pharma". Johanna Wesnigk also moderated the think tank on marine biotech for the environment, which developed several recommendations in two parallel groups. The think tank on industry needs was chaired by Frank Oliver Glöckner and the one on scientific output, i.e. using the new 'Omics techniques to speed up generation of proteins and enzymes harnessing knowledge of natural cycles, evolution and selection, was led by Meredith Lloyd-Evans.

Click here for the Final report of the entire event