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EU-RUSSIA Symposium on S&T Co-operation in Biotechnology & Partnering event. CONTRIBUTION TO FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER. Marie-Françoise SARON ISTC Senior Project Manager.
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EU-RUSSIA Symposium on S&T Co-operation in Biotechnology & Partnering event CONTRIBUTION TO FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER Marie-Françoise SARON ISTC Senior Project Manager
History of International Science and Technology Centre Founded in 1992 by the governments of the EU, Japan, the USA and Russia; Canada jointed recently Operations began in 1994 in Moscow ISTC then Ukraine STCU - Activities concern 8 countries of the Commonwealth Independent States plus Ukraine
ISTC/STCU Core objectives • Redirect former MDW scientists • Promote sustainability • Reinforce the transition to the market economy
Governmental (funding parties) : Japan, Korea, Norway, Canada, EU, USA Collaborators ISTC funding systems Partners : Inter or governmental, non-governmental institutes, private companies
ISTC Services Support and Sustainability Activities Commercialization Support program Competence Building Workshops : EU, Japan, USA Travel Grants Technologies Database Patenting support, etc. Foreign collaborators
ISTC 10 years of accomplishment • PROLIFIC > 58,000 scientists engaged >10,000 from RF and CIS 100 institutes > USD 660 Mill. > 2000 projects • UNIQUE37 nations engaged in cooperative technology development, and growing efforts of working toward nonproliferation and greater world security. • RESPECTED Intergovernmental organization with status of diplomatic mission • CLEAN Legal, audited, effective, & transparent mechanism
Benefits for ISTC participants Participants • On-site maintainance • Travel and training facilities • Equipment, consommables and salaries : all tax-free
Benefits for foreign private or public collaborators - Exchange of ideas and expertise with high-level scientists and engineers; - Early access to the results - Potential partnership in any future commercialisation of results; - On-site monitoring performed by secretariat - Joint participation in experiments at unique installations and facilities
Benefits for partners • Facilitated contacts through ISTC and STCU with high-level scientists and engineers • Assistance in Intellectual Property Rights issues; • Commercial confidentiality; • Tax-free expenses; • Financial audits; • On-site monitoring.
ISTC Science policy • No call for proposals • Most funded topics in BIO • Diagnosis • Vaccine • Surveillance and molecular epidemiology • Agriculture related BIO proposals • Environment-related BIO proposals • New Programmatic Approach
ISTC Funds Input 2004 10 years
ISTC Technical Fields inside Biotechnology and Life Sciences - Biochemistry • Cytology, genetics and molecular biology • Ecology • Immunology • Microbiology • Nutrition • Other (AGR) • Pathology • Physiology • Public health • Radiobiology MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY VIROLOGY CYTOLOGY BIODEFENCE PROTEOMICS NANOBIOTECHNOLOGIES PHARMACOLOGY VACCINES INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND PUBLIC HEALTH PRE-CLINICAL AND CLINICAL TRIALS
ISTC Food Biotechnology and Safety (1) • AGR from 2001: 19 proposals, 7 funded, 1 terminated, 4 partners-funded (57%) • BIO food-related : 97 proposals 41 funded (26 on-going) 11 submitted, 14 partners-funded (34%) • 7 CIS countries 95 institutes :
Laser Technology for Winter Wheat Protection from the Complex of Diseases Preparations for veterinary and poultry (probiotics, antimicrobials, biocines) Biopesticide of Plant Origin Biostat OGM : resistance, proteins, medicines… ISTC Food Biotechnology and Safety (3)Some success stories • Flavors : more than 2000 flavors developed • - Emulsifiers:features of the heat-induced gelation of the caseinate emulsions and its thermoreversibility
More informations INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER Nonproliferation through Science Cooperation http : //www.istc.ru Stand D18 Thank you for your attention