Prairie BioEconomy Guild:BioNet Alberta

Speaker:

Eric Merzetti, Manager, BioNet Alberta

Topic:

Unlocking Innovation: How Bioinformatics Can Drive Industry Advancement in Alberta

In today’s data-driven world, bioinformatics—a field that blends biology, computational science, and data analysis—has become crucial for industries dealing with complex biological data. This presentation will explain what bioinformatics is and how it’s transforming key sectors including biomanufacturing, energy production, and healthcare. By analyzing vast datasets, bioinformatics allows companies to optimize microbial strains, enhance biofuel production, streamline bioprocessing, and drive personalized healthcare innovations. Attendees will discover how bioinformatics enables data-driven decision-making, accelerates R&D, and improves sustainability across industries. With real-world examples, industry leaders will learn how leveraging bioinformatics can propel their companies forward, fostering competitiveness and growth in sectors essential to future energy, biomanufacturing, and healthcare solutions.

About BioNet:

Originally formed through a regional priorities partnership program grant between Genome Canada and Genome Alberta, BioNet Alberta is a capacity building initiative in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (B/CB). Through interactive network activities including monthly seminars, annual conferences and in-person educational sessions BioNet strives to inspire innovation through collaboration while identifying and unifying expertise in B/CB province wide. Moving forward BioNet has identified a need to connect with Albertan industry partners and post-secondary institutions to expand training programs in B/CB and find non-academic career paths for recent graduates. This will retain expertise across Alberta, resulting in increased B/CB capacity while providing value to local companies to expand and innovate with the opportunity to green light new projects in these fields.

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