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corona virus
Amyris launches squalene-based hand sanitizer
I am trying to contain my shopping addiction nowadays with just the occasional hunt for necessities like wearable masks and gloves, disinfecting cleaners and sprays, antibacterial soaps, and hand sanitizers, among other ‘fight COVID-19’ essentials. Thankfully toilet paper, wipes and paper towels are plentiful in my neighbourhood. Yes, I also gave in to buying a … Continue reading
Canada’s biofuels, cleantech industries call for a clean economic recovery
Advanced Biofuels Canada (ABFC) has joined with a broad group of clean energy and cleantech industries and non-profit leaders in climate and energy policy to call on the federal government to support secure jobs in a cleaner, innovative, and diverse economy. These clean energy sector leaders recently delivered a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau outlining … Continue reading
Confidential Survey: COVID-19 Business Impact
Please take five minutes to answer eight questions that will allow us to ascertain basic economic impact data that I will share with all respondents. The responses will be kept strictly confidential and neither you or your company will be identified. This is an unprecedented crisis and the more that people share the better prepared … Continue reading
Ginkgo commits $25M for COVID-19 projects
Synthetic biology company Ginkgo Bioworks announced its $25 million commitment for free access to its platform in the development of a long-term solution to the COVID-19 crisis. Companies building treatments that can stop COVID-19 can now avail of Ginkgo’s services: For the manufacturing of nucleic acid-based vaccines: Provide process development capacity with Ginkgo’s large bank of … Continue reading