Aquatic and crop resource development

Denise LeBlanc

General Manager

Denise LeBlanc

Key business contact

Paul Neima
Telephone: 902-566-7444
Email: Paul.Neima@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Canada’s earliest economy stemmed from trading products provided by this vast land and its waterways. Drawing from those same aquatic and crop resources among other novel ones, NRC now helps industry develop and optimize higher-end products. Together, we’re shifting Canada’s biomass beyond commodity foods to provide value-added and sustainable products that reap economic benefits and competitive advantage in global markets.

What we offer

NRC works directly with small to large Canadian companies to realize technological advances with aquatic and crop resources destined for natural health products, foods and beverages, fibers, bioenergy, bioremediation, bio-based chemicals and other bioproduct sectors. Whether your products are derived from oilseeds, seafood, fruits, algae, grains or even biomass waste, our national team can contribute to your success.

You can trust NRC’s solution-driven team of researchers and technicians to provide you with the right mix from our technical services, technology development support, collaborative research arrangements, licensing opportunities, credible scientific advice and access to specialized facilities. We help Canadian companies efficiently transform our country’s bio-based resources into sustainable, added-value products.

Why work with us

Your investors, partners and clients want you to deliver competitive, cost-effective, safe, renewable and innovative products. To get your ideas and products from the lab out into marketplace will take all kinds of resources to overcome technical hurdles, so consider us an extension of your team.

That means you have our team of biochemists, geneticists, analytical chemists, toxicologist, molecular biologists, highly trained technicians and more at your disposal. You may also benefit from our NRC colleagues in Engineering and Emerging Technologies research divisions, our connections to other R&D and regulatory organizations as well as private-sector partners. Our reason for being is to apply our know-how and put our facilities to work to help strengthen Canada’s innovations and grow global market share for Canadian industry.

Research and business opportunities

Our research and technology development efforts span the entire value chain. We collaborate with companies from the seed technology and microalgae growth stage through to pre-clinical trials and quality assurance/quality control processes for your products.

We have proven to be a valued partner to industry, particularly for Canadian companies developing natural health products (NHPs) and functional ingredients or foods from biomass. 

Technical and advisory services

We understand that you need access to certain expertise or services on an occasional basis to complement the full-time professionals and capabilities you have in-house. Whether your team is maxed out or you just want to call on additional skills, you can count on us to support shortening your development cycle. Our experienced researchers and business experts can advise you while our highly skilled technicians run confidential, fee-for-service tests on your behalf using our technology platforms and specialized facilities.

On a fee-for-service basis, we provide our technical services to industry, government and academia. Grouped under six broad categories, all our technical services within span extensive offerings from compound extraction and bioactive screening to mechanism-of-action studies, thermal conversion and product extension activities.

Research facilities

When you require specialized equipment to solve research and product development challenges, you can benefit from our national infrastructure and research investments. We operate and maintain an impressive array of scientific instrumentation and platform technologies in labs in Saskatoon, Ottawa, Montréal, Boucherville, Charlottetown and Halifax. These range from sophisticated imaging technologies, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, photobioreactors and a phytotron to high-performance liquid chromatography, a microbial fermentation pilot plant, tandem mass spectrometry, and everything in between.

Licensing opportunities

Taking your bio-based products to market may require additional technologies, process methodologies, genes, or libraries of natural compounds. We extend licensing opportunities for varied applications and geographical regions. Contact our business experts to discuss your needs and find out how entering into an agreement with us may accelerate your time to market.

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Contact

Paul Neima
Telephone: 902-566-7444
Email: Paul.Neima@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca