NRC Biotechnology Research Institute (NRC-BRI)

NRC Biotechnology Research Institute (NRC-BRI) is the largest research facility devoted to biotechnology in Canada. Through its Health, Bioprocess and Environment sectors, the Institute promotes, assists and conducts leading-edge R&D collaborations, services and technology transfers with the biotechnology industry. The Institute is strategically located in Montréal, one of the major biotechnology clusters in North America.

Eligibility Criteria

NRC-BRI partners with Canadian and international biotechnology, pharmaceutical and environmental companies, universities and other governmental institutions. Under collaborative agreements, NRC-BRI can also share the costs and risks of R&D projects with Canadian companies and organizations.

Summary

NRC-BRI offers a range of opportunities for collaborations, partnerships, fees for services, technology licensing and laboratory space rental. In the field of life sciences, the expertise of the multidisciplinary research teams from the Health and Bioprocess sectors forms a continuum that includes drug discovery, bioprocess development and scale-up. In addition, to face the complex challenges of sustainable development, the Environment sector's research teams are involved in the fields of environmental protection and eco-efficient industrial production. Finally, the NRC-BRI's Industrial Partnership Facility (IPF) is a scientific complex providing turnkey laboratory space and unique services to companies involved in biotechnology R&D.

R&D

• Cancer and Infectious Diseases
• Genomics and Proteomics
• Molecular & Structural Biology
• Biopharmaceutical Development
• Scale-up of Bioprocesses
• Eco-efficient Industrial Production
• Sustainable Industrial Process
• Environmental Protection
• Biochemical Engineering
• Biomass Conversion
• Bioremediation
• Pathogens Detection 

Services

• Laboratory Space Rental (IPF)
• HTS Facility
• Microarray Facility
• Custom Antibodies Facility
• Custom Peptides Facility
• Flow Cytometry Facility
• Microscopy/Imaging Facility
• Biopharmaceutical Pilot Plant
• Biotreatability Facility
• Environmental Pilot Plant
• Biacore Facility 

How to collaborate with BRI
NRC Biotechnology Research Institute promotes, assists and conducts leading-edge research closely linked to the needs of the industry in three main areas:

• Health : for the development of cancer and infectious disease diagnostics and therapies
• Bioprocess : for bio-product manufacturing development
• Environment : for environmental protection and eco-efficient production

Partners of the NRC-BRI gain access to unique expertise and extensive research infrastructures. Through innovative and cost-effective research, the Institute helps its Canadian and international partners reinforce their development efforts and achieve their long-term goals.

The range of services offered to industrial partners includes:

• Fee-for-service
• Collaboration and Partnership
• Technology licensing
• Industrial Partnership Facility

Quebec Contact(s):
See National Contact.

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National Contact(s):
NRC Biotechnology Research Institute (NRC-BRI)
National Research Council Canada
6100 Royalmount Avenue
Montréal, Quebec  H4P 2R2
Telephone: (514) 496-6100
E-mail: bri-info@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.irb-bri.cnrc-nrc.gc.ca

Mr. Yves Quenneville
Business Development Officer
Industrial Affairs
Biotechnology Research Indsitute (NRC-BRI)
National Research Council Canada
6100 Royalmount Avenue, Room A-11
Montréal, Quebec  H4P 2R2
Telephone: (514) 496-8507
Fax: (514) 496-5007
E-mail: Yves.Quenneville@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.irb-bri.cnrc-nrc.gc.ca