DEVELOPMENT OF THE BIO-BUSINESS INCUBATOR CENTER

ENSENADA’S BIOTECHNOLOGY CLUSTER
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

“
To position Ensenada as the national leader in
biotechnology driven bio businesses, becoming an
industrial pole of economic development”

Vision

•
Create

and

attract

high
-
intellectual

and

technology

based

bio

businesses,

generating

a

high

value

added

to

Ensenada
.


•
Promote

a

sustainable

use

of

natural

resources

by

means

of

technology

development
.


•
Create

a

technology
-
based

environment

in

Ensenada

to

stimulate

the

use

of

new

technologies

in

the

current

industries
.

General Objectives


Mid
-
term Objectives
(1
-
3
years
)




•
Consolidate

the

Bio
-
business

Council

of

Ensenada
.



•
Create

the

needed

structure

for

incubating

local

biotechnology

business,

based

on

infrastructure

and

technology

parks

research

and

development,

human

resource

development
.


•
Convert

current

research

into

new

businesses
.


BIOTECHNOLOGY IN ENSENADA

MAIN HUMAN RESOURCES IN
ENSENADA.


Main Departments


•
Oceanography Research Institute
.

•
Science Faculty.

•
Ocean Science Faculty
.

•
Center of Scientific Research and High Education

•
Experimental and applied division of biology.

•
Oceanography Department.

•
We have 27 researches in Ensenada

•
8 Technicians.

•
And approximately 10 graduates annually in biology, 51 masters and 10 doctors
.

•
Graduate

in

biology
.

•
Master

and

Ph
.
D

of

Science

in

aquaculture
.

•
Master

and

Ph
.
D

in

oceanography

Main graduate careers

Human Resource

Research Areas

•
Environmental

Biotechnology
.

•
Natural

marine

resources
.

•
Aquaculture

food
.

•
Molecular

and

genetics

biology
.

•
Microbiolog
y
.

•
Marine

biotechnology
.

•
Biorremedación


•
Bioprocess

engineering
.

•
Marine

and

Freshwater

Nutrition
.

Infraestructur
e

•
Analytic

labs
.

•
Central

wet

labs
.

•
Platforms

to

pilot

essays


•
Larviculture

laboratory

•
Fish

Biotechnology

laboratory
.

•
Shrimp

farming

tanks
.

•
Farming

areas

of

aquatic

plants
.

RESEARCH AREAS AND INFRAESTRUCTURE

IN RESEARCH CENTERS IN ENSENADA


BIOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

BIOBUSINESS INCUBATOR CENTER (CIB)

BIOBUSINESS
COUNCIL

SUPPORT

RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT

BIOBUSINESS
INCUBATOR
CENTER


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DEVELOPMENT OF THE BIO
-
BUSINESS
INCUBATOR CENTER
-

CIB

RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT

M
ARKET

INDUSTRY

1) Gap

(
Knowledge application
)

2)
Gap

(
Business innovation
)

GOVERNMENT /
NGO

5) Gap (Creation of the environment to develop the industry)

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION DIAGRAM


(TECHNOLOGY PUSH)

RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT

MARKET

INDUSTRY

3)
Gap

(Identifica
tion of needs and opportunities
)

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION DIAGRAM


(MARKET
-
PULL)

GOVERNMENT/
NGO

4)
Gap

(Process Innova
tion
)

5) Gap (creation of the environment to develop the industry)

STRATEGIES OF THE BIO
-
BUSINESS INCUBATOR CENTER

1
.
-

Bio
-
entrepreneurs

development

2
.
-

Capital

and

funding

3
.
-

Economic

and

fiscal

incentives


4
.
-

Technical

assistance

5
.
-

Commercialization

and

market

assistance

6
.
-

Business

assistance


BIO
-
BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT


1


ATTRACTION OF FOREIGN
INVESTMENT


2

1
.
-
Identification

and

promotion

of

new

companies

to

attract
.

2
.
-

Support

in

the

establishment

of

new

companies

with

a

high

value

added
.


3


INVESTIGATION

CRITICAL MASS

1.
-

Cost and scaling strategies

2.
-

Patents and intellectual property

3.
-

Negotiation

4.
-

Applied research

5.
-

Increase investigation capabilities

STRATEGIES OF THE BIO
-
BUSINESS INCUBATOR CENTER

1
.
-
Promote

general

concepts

of

biotechnology

in

middle

and

high

school

levels

2
.
-
Public

conferences
.

3
.
-
C
reation

of

careers

in


biotecnolog
y

fields
.

4
.
-

Media

promotion


BIOTECHNOLOGY
CULTURE


4

INCORPORA
TE

BI
IOTECNOLOG
Y

IN
EXISTING INDUSTRIES



5

1
.
-
Detect

companies

where

the

use

of

biotechnology

is

feasible
.

2
.
-
Provide

the

s
upport

needed

to

business

to

use

biotechnology

BIOBUSINESS FORUM IN ENSENADA

BIO
-
BUSINESS FORUM


Antidote

for

scorpion

poisson



Chitosan

extraction



Shrimp

diseas

detection

tools



Development

project

of

a

molecular

laboratory



Antioxidants

in

food

for

shrimp



Shrimp

diseases

prevention



Totoaba

farming

PRESENTED PROJECTS

CONFERENCES


Introduction

to

the

biotechnology

and

its

application

areas



Technology

development

and

commercialization

of

agrobiologic

products

in

Mexico



Presentation

of

the

UABC

research

projects



Presentation

of

the

CICESE

researche

project



CONACYT

funding

for

R&D

DECEMBER 5, 2003

Place: Benito Juarez Theatre

From 8:30 am to 1:00 pm

C.E.C.CU.E 3th floor, UABC Ensenada

From 4:00 am to 6:00 pm

CONFERENCES

A
ttendees

BUSINESSMEN

63

SPECIAL GUESTS

40

STUDE
NT
S

106

TOTAL

209

MATCHMAKING SESSIONS

84

meetings

where

conducted*
.


*
Consider
ing

several

businessmen

attended

to

more

than

one

project
.

FORUM STATISTICS


ACTIVITY OUTLINE FOR 2006

J F M A M J J A S O N D

Visit and first contact

to SD BIOTECH

Funding and lobbying


Follow
-
up to the first Bio
-
business Forum

Consolidation the Biobusiness Council

Biotech campaign in Ensenada


Designing of the

Biobusiness Incubator Center

First

Bio
-
business enterprise

Continuous meetings to develop the project

Participation in Bioparks Event

in San Francisco, CA

ACTIVITY OUTLINE FOR 2007


•
Consolidation

of

the

Biobusiness

Council
.


•
Incubation

of

projects

and

start
-
ups
.


•
Design

of

the

biotechnology

park

in

Ensenada,

Baja

California,

Mexico
.


•
Continue

preparing

specialized

and

technician

people
.


•
Bio

Business

Forum

2007
.


CONTACTS

Denise Re Araujo

Vice
-

president of Bio business Council

Phone: 52 (646) 175 0500 x 24461

E mail: denisere@cicese.mx

Carlos Cardona

President of Bio business Council

Phone: 52 (646) 172 30 36

E mail: carlos@rhinowd.com.mx

Francisco Siqueiros

Secretary Economic Development

Phone: 52 (646) 172 30 36

E mail: jsiqueiros@baja.gob.mx