1. Greater Peterborough Region DNA Cluster
An alliance between university, college, public sector and private sector partners, with a focus on developing commercial opportunities for DNA-based technologies and stakeholder intellectual property such as:
DNA profiling
Landscape genetics
Forensic science
Wildlife management and disease
Pathogen tracking
Cultivar and meat tracking
DNA diagnostics and human health

2. Fleming College… then and now
Traditional college of applied arts and technology
Applied projects…applied research and partnerships

3. Economic Development Productivity and the Business Environment
Context for Firm Strategy and Rivalry
Factor
(Input) Conditions
Demand Conditions
Related and Supporting Industries
Economic Development

5. Leadership and Vision (Please note: the presentation at this point shows the award winning video the introduces you to the leadership of the Cluster. Please go the Cluster web site at dnapeterborough.ca to view the video on-line)
We’ like to introduce you the the leadership of the DNA Cluster and their vision for the Cluster.

6. Peterborough Partnership Group Ministry of Natural Resources
Cluster Governance
Other Partners
Peterborough Partnership Group
Ministry of Natural Resources
GPAEDC
DNA Cluster
Founding Directorate
Trent
University
Fleming
College
Legal entity formation and responsibility
Mission and Vision
Policy deliberation and approval
Strategic planning
Plan monitoring

7. Cluster Operations Stakeholder and external alliances
Intellectual property management
Project and opportunity management
Business case development and finance
Market capacity analysis
Strategic Alliances
Technical collaborations
MaRS
Toronto
RTP North
Carolina
Joint Center
For BioEthics
Maxxam
Analytics

8. Key Features of the DNA Cluster
Multi-stakeholder IP development platform
Leadership driven
Governance and accountability focus
Built on the existing strengths and relationships of the partners
Includes private and public partners at the very beginning of the process

9. The commercial development GAP
VIABLE PRODUCT OR SERVICE
INVENTION
The commercial development GAP
Leverage the applied research capabilities of Fleming college to pull inventions through the GAP

10. Commercial Opportunities
Technical challenges
and solutions being
addressed by joint Trent
and Fleming teams:
Sample tracking
Automated sample preparation
and analysis (the $10 DNA profile)
Data storage & retrieval (bioinformatics)
Data interpretation (landscape genetics)
Commercial
Opportunities

11. Landscape Genetics Base map Road Network Genetic layer A Genetic layer
The integration of geomatics (core Fleming skill)
with genomics (core research focus of Trent)

12. Challenges
Managing multi-partner research and commercialization relationships
Intellectual property management both internal and external to the Cluster
Developing “critical mass” to support sustainable commercialization infrastructure
Rigid restrictions on college funding that constrain full participation in the process

13. Key Initiatives Project management business tools
Web portal for multi-stakeholder communication
Document templates for intellectual property management
Proactive solicitation of collaborations to “bundle” complementary technologies
Expanded use of Fleming college applied research programs

14. DNAPETERBOROUGH.CA
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