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CONTRIBUTION TO FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER: 

CONTRIBUTION TO FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER Marie-Françoise SARON ISTC Senior Project Manager EU-RUSSIA Symposium on S&T Co-operation in Biotechnology & Partnering event

History of International Science and Technology Centre: 

History of International Science and Technology Centre Founded in 1992 by the governments of the EU, Japan, the USA and Russia; Canada jointed recently Operations began in 1994 in Moscow ISTC then Ukraine STCU - Activities concern 8 countries of the Commonwealth Independent States plus Ukraine

ISTC/STCU Core objectives: 

ISTC/STCU Core objectives Redirect former MDW scientists Promote sustainability Reinforce the transition to the market economy

ISTC funding systems: 

ISTC funding systems

ISTC Services: 

ISTC Services Support and Sustainability Activities Commercialization Support program Competence Building Workshops : EU, Japan, USA Travel Grants Technologies Database Patenting support, etc. Foreign collaborators

ISTC 10 years of accomplishment: 

ISTC 10 years of accomplishment PROLIFIC > 58,000 scientists engaged >10,000 from RF and CIS 100 institutes > USD 660 Mill. > 2000 projects UNIQUE 37 nations engaged in cooperative technology development, and growing efforts of working toward nonproliferation and greater world security. RESPECTED Intergovernmental organization with status of diplomatic mission CLEAN Legal, audited, effective, & transparent mechanism

Benefits for ISTC participants: 

Benefits for ISTC participants Participants On-site maintainance Travel and training facilities Equipment, consommables and salaries : all tax-free

Benefits for foreign private or public collaborators: 

Benefits for foreign private or public collaborators - Exchange of ideas and expertise with high-level scientists and engineers; - Early access to the results - Potential partnership in any future commercialisation of results; - On-site monitoring performed by secretariat - Joint participation in experiments at unique installations and facilities

Benefits for partners: 

Benefits for partners Facilitated contacts through ISTC and STCU with high-level scientists and engineers Assistance in Intellectual Property Rights issues; Commercial confidentiality; Tax-free expenses; Financial audits; On-site monitoring.

ISTC Science policy: 

ISTC Science policy No call for proposals Most funded topics in BIO Diagnosis Vaccine Surveillance and molecular epidemiology Agriculture related BIO proposals Environment-related BIO proposals New Programmatic Approach

1994 - 2005 ISTC total projects: 

1994 - 2005 ISTC total projects

ISTC Funds Input: 

ISTC Funds Input

Ten Years input in Bio by Parties: 

Ten Years input in Bio by Parties

ISTC Technical Fields inside Biotechnology and Life Sciences: 

ISTC Technical Fields inside Biotechnology and Life Sciences - Biochemistry Cytology, genetics and molecular biology Ecology Immunology Microbiology Nutrition Other (AGR) Pathology Physiology Public health Radiobiology MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY VIROLOGY CYTOLOGY BIODEFENCE PROTEOMICS NANOBIOTECHNOLOGIES PHARMACOLOGY VACCINES INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND PUBLIC HEALTH PRE-CLINICAL AND CLINICAL TRIALS

ISTC Food Biotechnology and Safety (1): 

ISTC Food Biotechnology and Safety (1) AGR from 2001: 19 proposals, 7 funded, 1 terminated, 4 partners-funded (57%) BIO food-related : 97 proposals 41 funded (26 on-going) 11 submitted, 14 partners-funded (34%) 7 CIS countries 95 institutes :

ISTC Food Biotechnology and Safety (2): 

ISTC Food Biotechnology and Safety (2)

ISTC Food Biotechnology and Safety (3) Some success stories: 

ISTC Food Biotechnology and Safety (3) Some success stories Flavors : more than 2000 flavors developed - Emulsifiers: features of the heat-induced gelation of the caseinate emulsions and its thermoreversibility

More informations: 

More informations INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER Nonproliferation through Science Cooperation http : //www.istc.ru Stand D18 Thank you for your attention