GENOMICS AND THE BIO-INDUSTRY SUPERCLUSTER

July 24th, 2017 – Montréal

Marc LePage

President and CEO, Genome Canada

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If it lives on this planet…

…it has a GENOME

Genomes encode life

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Genomics is the DNA of the Bioeconomy

BIOECONOMYWORTH $1 TRILLION

GLOBALLY BY 2030(SOURCE: OECD)

GENOMICSCOMBINES BIOLOGY,

GENETICS AND

COMPUTER SCIENCE TO

REVEAL THE FUNCTION OF

GENES WITHIN ALL LIVING

THINGS.

POTENTIALBETTER HEALTH, NEW

MEDICINES, MORE FOOD

FOR THE WORLD, A

HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT,

A STRONGER ECONOMY

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Barton was right –Bioeconomy rules in Canada

Total Canadian goods exports 2015 $525 billion

Motor vehicles and parts $87 billion

Energy products $84 billion

Aircraft and parts $25 billion

Bioeconomy: farm, forest, fish, food $102 billion

Source: Stats Canada

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Genome Canada was established in 2000 by the Federal Government to:

• Develop a next-generation, high-performance economy.

• Invest in large-scale research and leading-edge technologies that have strategic value.

• Translate discoveries into applications across multiple sectors.

• Facilitate responsible uptake of genomics into society.

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AGRICULTURE

+ AGRI-FOOD Food safety and security.

Better breeding of livestock

and crops.

FORESTRYProductive, healthy forests.

New bioproducts, including

biofuels.

HEALTHPrecision medicine.

More effective and efficient

health-care system.

New products, markets and jobs across many sectors

FISHERIES +

AQUACULTUREBetter production and

sustainability. Enhanced

markets and exports.

ENVIRONMENT Offset the economic and

social impacts of climate

change. Remediate polluted

sites. Monitor and maintain

clean water.

ENERGY Improve hydrocarbon

extraction and bioremediate

polluted sites. Mitigate

greenhouse gases.

MINING Better mineral extraction and

processing. Clean up

contaminants.

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Canada’s Genomics Enterprise Today

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6 REGIONAL GENOME CENTRES

10 TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS

313 FUNDED PROJECTS

>1,700 ACTIVE ANNUAL HIGHLY-QUALIFIED PERSONNEL

33 UNIVERSITIES

7 KEY SECTORS

>$1.3B GENOME CANADA

>$1.7B PROVINCES, INDUSTRY AND OTHER CO-FUNDERS

>195 INDUSTRY CO-FUNDING PARTNERS

> 110 COMPANIES CREATED OR ENHANCED

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Technology Platforms across Canada

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Revolutionizing the Auto Sector

The market for biofibre composites is expected to grow by more than 10 per cent per year during 2014-19.

Through genomics research, Manitoba-based Westward Industries Ltd. is manufacturing new, lighter-weight vehicle with its lower carbon footprint using next-generation biocomposite materials.

Will enable WI to triple annual sales to existing and new international customers.

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Developing Next-Generation Enzymes

• Using genomics technologies to develop next-generation enzymes for livestock applications, including Reducing animal feed waste to

increase competitiveness of poultry and pork industry, which represents 20,000 acres of farms across Canada

Reducing reliance on antibiotic usage in livestock, which is a major contributor to the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

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Leveraging our natural resources

• Woody biomass is the most abundant bioresource on Earth and genomics is revolutionizing the forestry sector Using genomics to estimate breeding

values and select for key economic traits in white spruce, Norway spruce and Western red cedar

Generating high-value products (resins, adhesives, bioplastics etc) from forest biomass both by deconstructing biomass and by upgrading intact wood fractions

Some Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) Project Users

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