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CAPBIOTEK, the Bretagne regional program for the development of biotechnologies |
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CAPBIOTEK, what’s that ? A key part of the regional innovation masterplan, CAPBIOTEK brings together all of the key players in the region involved in biotechnologies under a common banner.
CAPBIOTEK, what’s the purpose? The objectives of the program are to: Promote excellence in biotechnologies and highlight the region’s strengths; convergence between ICT and biotechnologies, as well as specialized know-how in plant and animal production - Nurture cross-fertilization among different fields of biotechnology (healthcare, cosmetics, food industry) - Anticipate the needs of target market sectors identify key projects - Bring together complementary types of expertise in biotechnology determine missing links in the region’s biotechnology offer and take action to close any gaps.
CAPBIOTEK, concretely… The program is divided into three BIO-BUSINESS FIELDS (BBF), each run by one of Bretagne Regional Centers for Innovation and Technology Transfer (CRITT).
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New electronic Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) allow to meet two major challenges: working towards the infinitely small (micro and nanotechnologies) and towards the infinitely distant (telecommunications and mobility). Applied to biotechnologies, these concepts are able to enhance instrumentation (eg. biosensors), and to reduce the effect of distance on treatment (tele-diagnostic, medicine and hospitalization). The synergy between ICT and Biotechnology is still in its infancy.
Bretagne, a region renowned for its high level of research and business skills in telecommunications, image processing, optical technology and software engineering is well placed to contribute to the convergence between ICT and Biotech.
Several development areas with a strong growth potential have already emerged:
- New sensors, especially biosensors (biophotonics, microelectronics) to comply with new control and traceability regulations in the health, environmental and food industries) ;
- New systems and services for the aging population (eg remote medicine and remote hospitalization) ;
- Instrumentation systems for very large volumes of data, requiring processing tools, storage units and information-sharing systems (eg e-health) ;
- Establishment of technical, experimental and validation platforms.
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