Moscow, German-Russian Co-operation Network Biotechnology1 German-Russian Cooperation Network Biotechnology successful cooperation between Russia and Germany in the field of transfer in biotechnology

Moscow, German-Russian Co-operation Network Biotechnology2 Aims of the project:  Development of an effective and sustainable transfer system for cooperation between small and medium sized German and Russian scientific institutions and enterprises  Combination of information and consultation by professional partners  Development of qualification modules for subjects as:  Project cooperation  Country-specific frameworks  Foundation of German-Russian Start-ups

Moscow, German-Russian Co-operation Network Biotechnology3 Areas for cooperation:  Promising areas for cooperation with Russian scientific institution and enterprises have been determined:  Genomics and Proteomics  Medical engineering and pharmaceutics  Food biotechnology  Molecular medicine  Bio based products  Bioinformatics

Moscow, German-Russian Co-operation Network Biotechnology4 Project conditions:  Duration: April 2005 – December 2007  Funding:  Germany: BMBF (Federal Ministry for Education and Research) Federal State Hessen Federal State Brandenburg  Russia: Ministry for Education and Science of the Russian Federation

Moscow, German-Russian Co-operation Network Biotechnology5 Project partners:  Germany:  Brandenburg Economic Development Board, Brandenburg (coordinator)  East-West-Science Centre of the University of Kassel, Hessen  BTI TechnologieAgentur Dresden GmbH, Saxony  BioTOP, Berlin  Russia:  BIOMAC Innovation, Moscow (coordinator)  Elevar, Moscow, St. Petersburg

Moscow, German-Russian Co-operation Network Biotechnology6 Services of the project partners:  collecting and circulating sector-specific and country-specific information  search for potential cooperation partners  professional accompaniment in cooperation initiations  partner matching  management qualification  running workshops on different topics (8 workshops have been carried out successfully both in Germany and Russia)  database with information on Russian biotech businesses and institutions rus.com/bisrus_db (database volume now is 1120 enterprises)

Moscow, German-Russian Co-operation Network Biotechnology7 State of the project 2006:  Central contact and co-ordination points in Germany and Russia have been established  Existing studies concerning Russian Biotechnology have been evaluated and are available  Working tools for evaluation of co-operation proposals, initialisation of co-operation and the exchange of information have been generated  First pilot projects have been acquired and are supervised by processing  More cooperation proposals are in process  Searching for european partners for elaborating of a project for FP7

Moscow, German-Russian Co-operation Network Biotechnology8 pilot projects  “SynChro” Synthesis of peptides, the automatic solid-phase method for peptides synthesis in automated synthesizers  Joint venture was founded in Germany (2006) for Project realization  Assistance in development of BP acceptable for German investors by a consulting agency  Attracted financing from International Bureau BMBF for marketing research in frame of starting international cooperation.  “E-Ventus”  e-dressing Construction of an adapted e-ventus system for a company in Russia Training of the employees of the Russian operating company Technical support of the plant by the e-ventus team  Attracted financing from International Bureau BMBF for marketing research in frame of starting international cooperation.

Moscow, German-Russian Co-operation Network Biotechnology9 7. Framework Programme Aim of the project: Founding an International Technology Transfer Network for Biotechnology Project tasks:  informational support (International Biotech databases development and update)  establishing and support of international cooperation  legal and patent support  start-ups and spin-offs grounding  attracting investments  Teaching and training  Joint R&O projects between European scientists and SMEs

Moscow, German-Russian Co-operation Network Biotechnology10 Contact:  Germany:  ZAB Dr. Annette Wandrowski  OWWZ Dr. Gabriele Gorzka  Russia:  BIOMAC Innovation Dr. Igor Arkavy