Genomics and the Global Bioeconomy

Dr. Catalina Lopez-Correa MD, PhD is Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Director of the Canadian COVID19 Genomics Network (CanCOGeN) at Genome Canada. Before that she was Chief Operating Officer at Ruta N Medellin. She has 20 years of international experience in genomics in both the academic and private sectors. Before Ruta N, she was Chief Scientific Officer for Genome British Columbia and Genome Quebec and held senior research positions with pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and with deCODE genetics in Iceland. As CSO at Genome BC and Genome Quebec she coordinated several initiatives to help understand and address the social, legal, ethical, economical aspects of genomics. Dr. Lopez-Correa has been a national and international champion of equity, diversity, and inclusion in genomics and science in general. Dr. Adriana Suarez-Gonzalez MSc PhD: Science and Technology Advisor at 10x Genomics. For her Ph.D., Adriana combined phenotypic data and cutting-edge genomics to identify genetic markers associated with traits of ecological and economic interest. Her work has great potential for forest management in the face of climate change and provides an example on how genomics provides opportunities to meet the challenges of the Global Bioeconomy. At 10x Genomics, she helps researchers advance our understanding of biological processes with new technologies for single cell and spatial genomics analyses.

• Part I: Synthetic biology as a pillar of the bioeconomy1. Cellular agriculture and the sustainable development goals2. Engineering microbial biofactories for a sustainable future3. Computational approaches for smart cell creation in the bioeconomy era4. Young innovators and the bioeconomyPart II: Genomic monitoring is revolutionizing our understanding of biodiversity and ecological services5. Environmental DNA: Revolutionizing ecological assessments with genomics6. Informing marine shipping insurance premiums in the Arctic using marine microbial genomics7. Genomic biosurveillance to protect the world’s forest resources8. Metagenomics: A resilience approach to climate change and conservation of the African Glacier biodiversityPart III: Genomics as a driver of the bioeconomy in agriculture9. The impact of biotechnology and genomics on an ancient crop: Cannabis sativa10. Multiomics techniques for plant secondary metabolism engineering: Pathways to shape the bioeconomyPart IV: Why regulation and policy matter to advance the bioeconomy11. Regulatory frameworks applicable to food products of genome editing and synthetic biology in the United States, Canada, and the European Union12. Crop biotech: Creating the crops to face the future13. Bioeconomy policy: Beyond genomics R&D