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Dr. Beth Mason, left, President and CEO, the Verschuren Centre, Sydney, N.S. paid a recent visit to Genome Atlantic where she met with Dr. Steve Armstrong, centre, Genome Atlantic’s President and CEO, and Dr. Kristin Tweel, right, Genome Atlantic’s Director, Sector Innovation.

Genome Atlantic and Vershuren Centre sign MOU

The Verschuren Centre for Sustainability in Energy and the Environment, in Sydney, N.S. and Genome Atlantic recently formalized a strategic partnership with a Memorandum of Understanding. The MOU enables Genome Atlantic to support smaller start-up organizations in emerging fields like synthetic biology, which redesigns organisms with new capabilities to create products such as medical ingredients, bioplastics, clothing fibres and meat substitutes. The Verschuren Centre is an independent clean technology development and deployment facility.
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