University of Tyumen Joins International Programme on Bioeconomy
University of Tyumen Joins International Programme on Bioeconomy
The University of Tyumen is among 16 universities taking part in an international educational programme on developing and implementing technology leadership projects in the bioeconomy.
The programme is run by the Centre for Technology Leadership with the support of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, and Gazprombank.
The programme was opened by Valery Falkov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. In his address, he noted that technological leadership had been identified by the President of Russia as one of the country’s key national priorities, with the development of the bioeconomy playing an important part in achieving this goal.«Research and development in this field must be directed not only towards fundamental research but also towards practical applications. Our international educational programme is designed to help address these challenges,» said the Minister.
The University of Tyumen is represented by a team comprising Ekaterina Pridannikova, Director of the Institute of Agriculture; Alexey Vasilchenko, Head of the Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory at the X-BIO Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology; and Maxim Grigoryev, Deputy Director of the School of Natural Sciences.
The three-month programme brings together 17 projects across five areas: medical devices; diagnostics and regenerative medicine; agriculture and veterinary medicine; pharmaceuticals; and environmental and industrial biotechnology. The participating teams will take their projects from scientific research through to the development of products with the potential for manufacture and scale-up. As Maxim Reshetnikov, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, noted, the challenge lies in bringing together scientific research, technology, market demand, economic considerations and practical impact, and translating these into a viable investment project with clear financing arrangements and appropriate government support.
The first module, The Bioeconomy Technology Landscape in Russia, is being delivered in Moscow and St Petersburg. In Moscow, participants will explore national priorities and investment approaches in biotechnology, while in St Petersburg they will visit research centres and operating production facilities. In October, the teams will travel to Vladivostok and Shanghai to assess their projects in the context of international markets. The programme will conclude in November with teams presenting their projects to investors in Moscow. The University of Tyumen’s participation supports the objectives of the university’s strategic project Food and Biosafety through the Creation of Artificial Biological Ecosystems, which is being implemented under the Priority 2030 federal academic leadership programme.
The programme was opened by Valery Falkov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. In his address, he noted that technological leadership had been identified by the President of Russia as one of the country’s key national priorities, with the development of the bioeconomy playing an important part in achieving this goal.«Research and development in this field must be directed not only towards fundamental research but also towards practical applications. Our international educational programme is designed to help address these challenges,» said the Minister.
The University of Tyumen is represented by a team comprising Ekaterina Pridannikova, Director of the Institute of Agriculture; Alexey Vasilchenko, Head of the Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory at the X-BIO Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology; and Maxim Grigoryev, Deputy Director of the School of Natural Sciences.
The three-month programme brings together 17 projects across five areas: medical devices; diagnostics and regenerative medicine; agriculture and veterinary medicine; pharmaceuticals; and environmental and industrial biotechnology. The participating teams will take their projects from scientific research through to the development of products with the potential for manufacture and scale-up. As Maxim Reshetnikov, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, noted, the challenge lies in bringing together scientific research, technology, market demand, economic considerations and practical impact, and translating these into a viable investment project with clear financing arrangements and appropriate government support.
The first module, The Bioeconomy Technology Landscape in Russia, is being delivered in Moscow and St Petersburg. In Moscow, participants will explore national priorities and investment approaches in biotechnology, while in St Petersburg they will visit research centres and operating production facilities. In October, the teams will travel to Vladivostok and Shanghai to assess their projects in the context of international markets. The programme will conclude in November with teams presenting their projects to investors in Moscow. The University of Tyumen’s participation supports the objectives of the university’s strategic project Food and Biosafety through the Creation of Artificial Biological Ecosystems, which is being implemented under the Priority 2030 federal academic leadership programme.