Is there anyone who can provide a website for bio-related companies?

[Yeme]

I am looking for jobs related to biology or biotechnology. I need to know where I can find the companies information around Ottawa. Thanks

 

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I am looking for jobs related to biology or biotechnology. I need to know where I can find the companies information around Ottawa. Thanks

Have you googled?

Google results with key words: Ottawa, bio, company

Here is the best link I can find, so far
http://www.biotechontario.com/guides/ottawa_cluster.asp

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OTTAWA

Overview:

Ottawa, the nation's capital, has been ranked sixth in the world in terms of its quality of life by the Corporate Resources Group, a Swiss-based management firm. Ottawa's economy is complemented by a vibrant tourism sector and the presence of more than 75,000 federal government employees. With a population of 1.2 million, the Ottawa region is the fourth-largest urban area in Canada and growing.


Biotechnology Strengths:

Ottawa is a global technology centre with ninety per cent of all of Canada's industrial telecommunications research and development being conducted there. This provides synergies for the growth of biotechnology and biomedical activities such as bioinformatics, stem cells and regenerative medicine, drug discovery, medical devices, bioproducts and convergent technologies.

Two of the National Research Council of Canada's research centres are located in Ottawa. The Institute for Biological Sciences and the Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences make valuable research contributions to the biotechnology industry and often work in alliance with local biotech firms. Ottawa is also home to Canada's funding and regulatory agencies.

More than $350 million is invested annually in local R&D projects. Some of Ottawa's leading developments include $500 million for new life sciences infrastructure, seed funding for the new cGMP Pilot Manufacturing facility and the formation of the Advanced Biophotonics Consortium (ABC).


Business Climate:

The Ottawa region has 17 local venture capital companies up from zero as recently as 1995. A total of $1.3 billion in venture capital was invested in Ottawa technology companies in 2000, $922 million was invested in 2001. Ottawa has over 16 products in cancer development pipeline and 30 plus new VC-backed companies annually (20% life sciences).

Big company names include: Adherex Technologies Inc., Aegera Therapeutics, Cro-Medica, IatroQuest Corporation, Logen Corporation, IS2 Research, i-STAT Canada, Liponex Inc., MDS Nordion, World Heart Corporation and Zinc Therapeutics Inc.

BIOTECanada is Canada's national biotechnology industry association is located in Ottawa. This organization works to represent the views of the Canadian biotechnology industry to the biotech community, the government, and Canadians at large.

The Ottawa Life Sciences Council is a business development organization dedicated to the growth of the local life science industry. The number of biomedical/biotechnology companies has doubled in over six years.


Commercialization Centres and Research Parks:

The Ottawa Life Sciences Technology Park

The Ottawa Life Sciences Technology Park (OLSTP) is a 22-acre research and development park for the life sciences sector. The park is located in the heart of one of Canada's largest concentrations of clinical, medical and life sciences research and technology organizations. The Ottawa area offers close proximity to Canada's regulators and a large pool of talented researchers, managers and development staff.

There is over 450,000 square feet of development capacity on the site, which is zoned for life sciences and health-related research and development with some additional permitted uses. The site plan has received planning approval and can accommodate buildings from 20,000 to 200,000 square feet in size. The park is owned by the Ontario Development Corporation and was developed in partnership with the City of Ottawa and the local health and life sciences community.


Ottawa Biotechnology Incubation Centre (OBIC)

The Ottawa Biotechnology Incubation Centre, or OBIC, provides public and private sector researchers and investors with a structured opportunity to develop promising innovations into high-value commercial products.


To meet these goals, OBIC will:


• Establish and maintain world-class facilities
• Nurture new OBIC companies through their initial high-risk years
• Supply the necessary cost-effective mix of laboratory, office and common space
• Provide mentoring and business development support
• Develop and monitor strong business partnerships
• Introduce the OBIC companies to a supportive business service community
• Assist these new enterprises in concentrating on their core competencies
• Develop a local interactive community of successful biotechnology enterprises
• Champion the OBIC companies in regional, national and international forums

Education:

University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa is located in the heart of the national capital, with a population of over 25,000 students. The University offers over 200 programs in its two campuses with the second largest co-op program in Ontario.

The University of Ottawa is one of Canada's leading comprehensive and research-intensive universities. Committed to research excellence, it is home to an impressive collection of internationally recognized laboratories, centres and institutes that have created a research-intensive environment not only conducive to scholarship and discovery, but which enhance the quality of the teaching programs at all levels.


Other Faculties supporting biotechnology include:


• Faculty of Engineering (Biotechnology Program)
• Faculty of Health Sciences
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Science (including Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biology)

Other Institutions and Centres Affiliated with the University of Ottawa:


• Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation (CCRI)
• Centre for Neuromuscular Disease
• Centre for Research in Biopharmaceuticals (CRB)
• Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology (CREM)
• Industrial Membrane Research Institute (IMRI)
• Neuroscience Research Institute (NRI)
• Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre (ORCC)
• University of Ottawa Biotechnology Research Institute (UOBRI)
• University of Ottawa Eye Institute
• University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Carleton University

Carleton has undergraduate and graduate programs in more than 50 disciplines and offers a variety of hands-on experiences through many co-operative education programs, work placements, field placements and internships. Carleton has forged partnerships with business, industry and other educational institutions. The University also has over 85 active academic exchange agreements with institutions and governments around the world and offers study abroad and exchange options in a wide range of disciplines.

Carleton University's research enterprise is extremely diverse. Over the years, the university has taken full advantage of its proximity to the Federal government and high tech capital and has built a strong reputation for research in public affairs and management, international affairs, science and engineering. The scope of the research conducted at Carleton reflects the university's strategic research thrusts in the areas of civic institutions; advanced technologies; advanced materials and structural science; the life sciences; and modern culture. Research at Carleton is also contributing to Canadian competitiveness and productivity. The University's commitment to technology development and commercialization has resulted in patents, licenses and partnerships that are integral to the success of Canadian products.

Carleton Research Unit on Innovation, Science and the Environment (CRUISE)
CRUISE is Carleton University's major new initiative in the field of innovation, science and environmental policy and research. It is a leading example of Carleton's effort to focus on its areas of strength in public affairs and policy as well as high technology.

Ottawa Medical Physics Institute (OMPI)
Medical physics is the application of physics to problems involving human health. It encompasses a number of disciplines, namely therapy, imaging, radiation, biophysics and radiation standards. The OMPI aims to improve the diagnosis, thereby gaining a better understanding of the disease by applying high technology to patient care and treatment.

Other Carleton programs supporting biotechnology include:


• Carleton University - Biotechnology Program
• Carleton University - Institute of Biochemistry
• Carleton University - Institute of Neuroscience

Research Institutes:

Ottawa is one of the world's top five sites for R&D. A number of Canada's top government research and development organizations are located in Ottawa:


• National Research Council
• The National Research Council's Institute for Biological Sciences
• National Research Council's Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
• National Sciences and Engineering Research Council
• Institute of Chemical Processors and Environmental Technology

Other Ottawa based research institutes include:


• Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)
• Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute
• Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre
• Institute for Rehabilitation Research and Development
• Institute of Mental Health Research
• Ottawa Health Research Institute
• Canadian Stroke Network
• Stem Cell Network

Contact Information:

Ottawa Life Sciences Council
600 Peter Morand Crescent, Suite 100
Ottawa, Ontario
K1G 5Z3

T: 613-521-1008
F: 613-521-3065
info@olsc.ca
www.olsc.ca


Sources of Information:

The Ottawa Life Sciences Council
Strategis - Canada's Business & Consumer Site
City of Ottawa

 

[flyingex]

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[kool]

I created a database of whole companies contacts of this industry, there is website just for that.

www.contactcanada.ca

 

[Yeme]

First, I would like to express my thanks to all of you for your kind and helpful suggestion. Second I am also impressed by so many friends' sincere help although we never met before.Finally best wishes to all of you.