Company:	Cape Biotech Trust
	Intern:	Liphuko Seleke
	CV:	ND Biotechnology Research Assistant: Projects View Full CV

Company Background

The South African National Biotechnology Strategy has resulted in the establishment of Cape Biotech Trust, the Biotechnology Regional Innovation Centre (BRIC) for the Western Cape.
Cape Biotech has three strategic drives in order to focus limited resources, and build the region’s biotechnology industry:

Broad-based Cluster Facilitation Interventions: A set of ongoing interventions that benefit the broader biotech community and grow the industry

• Marketing
• Commercialisation Skills Development
• Stakeholder Network Facilitation
• Employment Equity
• Funding Procurement
• Pre-Seed Business Development and Funding

Focus Area Development: A long-term plan to close the major gaps in five strategically selected value chains, to yield market offerings

• Point of Care Diagnostics
• Nutraceuticals from Biotech Processes
• Combination and Conjugate Vaccines
• Drug Delivery
• High Throughput Bioprospecting

Opportunistic Investment: Ongoing investment in high quality, late stage, commercial projects, which lie outside the trust’s focus areas.

Role of Intern

Liphuko’s role at Cape Biotech Trust is to compile data and do research on various scientific topics and projects