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Polytechnique Montréal Lab Helps Canada Prepare for Future Pandemics
The federal Ramp Up initiative is training workers and scaling vaccine processes to close biomanufacturing gaps exposed by COVID-19.
- Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the Polytechnique Montréal lab is spearheading efforts to prepare Canada against future pandemics as part of the federal Ramp Up initiative.
- Since 2020, the government invested $2.5 billion in vaccine and biomanufacturing projects, with $712 million dedicated to upgrading biocontainment facilities and creating research hubs across Canada.
- Researchers at the lab focus on scaling biomedical processes for industrial production; head researcher Gregory De Crescenzo explained, "Everything is normalized, is written, carefully verified, approved."
- Canada will need more than 15,000 highly skilled workers by 2029, while master's student Marie-Gael Tchummo emphasizes transparency is essential to address vaccine hesitancy within communities.
- Infectious disease specialist Isaac Bogoch warns a coordinated, multi-sector approach is crucial for pandemic preparedness, stating, "It's not a matter of if, but when.
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In a biomedicine laboratory in Polytechnique Montréal, animal proteins develop in a bubbling orange solution, while white blouse researchers collect samples using large syringes.
·Montreal, Canada
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Inside the Montreal lab working to prepare Canada against future pandemics
MONTREAL - In a biomedicine laboratory at Polytechnique Montréal, animal protein grows in a bubbling orange solution as researchers in white lab coats take samples with large syringes.
·Toronto, Canada
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