BWI: Global Genomics Thought Leadership Forum, Genomic Pioneers Gateway Calls for Partnerships

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Source: Gene Logic
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 01:41 PM IST (08:11 AM GMT)
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Global Genomics Thought Leadership Forum, Genomic Pioneers Gateway Calls for Partnerships
Focus on Application Areas Including Healthcare & Therapeutics, Agriculture, Food & Nutraceuticals

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States, Tuesday, July 21, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Genomic Pioneers Gateway has announced a call for partnership with societies, industry associations, regional biotech clusters and other likeminded forums for their upcoming programs. Genomic Pioneers Gateway is the thought leadership forum and ideation platform comprising thought leaders, key think tanks, companies, research centers and societies for envisioning and giving direction to the field of Genomics. This class is a 'group of excellence' which works together for creating affordable, novel and quality genomics driven solutions in key areas including improved healthcare & therapeutics, agriculture, food & nutraceuticals amongst other niche priority areas.

The precursor to Genomic Pioneers Gateway was the Genomic Pioneers Award that was constituted in 2008 and identified promising individuals working on niche sectors such as biomarker discovery, micro-biological studies, agriculture, veterinary sciences, diagnostics and nutritional research. Much of this work has been featured in the Genomic Gateway, which aims to create an ecosystem for the Genomic Pioneers to create cutting-edge solutions for priority sectors driven by genomics.

Ms. Anurradha Acharya, CEO, Gene Logic says, "This initiative is an effort to reach out to the research community and help researchers and scientists collaborate to discover new integrated solutions for R&D problems using genomic approaches. The objective of Genomic Pioneers Gateway is development of an integrated platform to provide the scientific community faster access to technology, speed up the process of drug discovery, reduce errors and time lag in research activities, thereby providing affordable and accessible solutions to research problems."

Many community engagement programs are being planned at the Gateway. Some of the programs include the HOW series webinars and application notes on broad interest scientific topics; the Discovery Wheel featuring interviews and research innovations of promising thought leaders in genomics; and OMICS- Saturdays which are round table debates and talks on broad interest topics in genomics-driven Therapeutics & Healthcare. Pioneer meets and symposiums are other mediums being discussed.

"The Genomics Pioneers Gateway aims to create a collaborative ecosystem for stakeholders in genomics, media, societies, industry associations and individuals working in genomics space to share their expertise on best practices, trends and protocols to disseminate the advancements in genomics at grassroots level for multiple application sectors" Ms. Acharya added.

About Genomic Pioneers Gateway (An Ocimum - Gene Logic Initiative)

Genomic Pioneers Gateway is the thought leadership forum and ideation platform comprising thought leaders, key think tanks, companies, industry, research centers and societies for envisioning and giving direction to the field of genomics. This initiative aims at bringing together different stakeholders working in the genomics space and to create an integrated platform that would help design affordable, novel and quality genomics driven solutions in key priority areas including improved healthcare & therapeutics, agriculture, food & nutraceuticals.

The Gateway is sponsored and promoted by Gene Logic and Ocimum Biosolutions, one of the leading integrated genomics companies providing GLP-compliant platform independent microarray services, comprehensive genomic reference databases, life science lab information management solutions and essential research consumables. For more information, please visit www.genomicpioneers.com.


CONTACT DETAILS
Ms. Dhanya Menon, Ocimum Biosolutions, +91 (40) 66986700, pr@ocimumbio.com

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