Knowledge Mobilization and Commercialization
Collaborative Research Opportunity - Soil Health Survey
The Research Innovation Office (formerly Catalyst Centre) was recently approached by a regional conservation authority who is interested in engaging the University of Guelph in collaborative projects focused on conservation of soil health. They coordinate a strong knowledge-sharing network...
Industrial Research Opportunity: Immuno-assays for detection of psychoactive compounds
The Catalyst Centre was recently approached by a company that is interested in engaging the University of Guelph on a collaborative project leading to a working prototype of a hand-held device capable of detecting and quantifying cannabis psychoactive components in suspected impaired drivers....
Industrial Research Opportunity - Aquaponic Urban Farming
The Catalyst Centre was recently approached by a company that is interested in engaging the University of Guelph on collaborative projects related to vertical farming design for energy and efficiency improvements.
The company, which is based in Ontario, has created the first aquaponic...
Industrial Research Opportunity - Low-Power Wide-Area Networks
The Catalyst Centre recently received an enquiry from a Waterloo based Company that operates a Low-Power Wide-Area Network built to enable new applications for connected devices and the Internet-of-Things. The company's network is based on LoRaWAN™ protocol, an open standard technology backed by...
Industrial Research Opportunity - nano-optics for food fraud and drug detection
The Catalyst Centre was recently approached by a company that is interested in engaging the University of Guelph on collaborative projects related to diagnostic screening of fluids.
The company, which is based in Ontario, is developing a spectrometer-on-a-chip technology, consisting of...
Industrial Research opportunity - Non-Contact Thermometer for Veterinary Applications
The Catalyst Centre recently received an enquiry from a company that is developing a non-contact thermometer with barcode scanning, RFID and wireless capabilities enabling subject identification and automatic population of data in Electronic Medical Records. The company is currently...
Industrial Research Opportunity - Toxicological Studies of Bio-Based Fire Fighting Gel
The Catalyst Centre recently received and enquiry from an Ontario based start-up that has developed a bio-based gel additive for firefighting applications. The gel product has been shown to be highly effective, allowing fires to be tackled faster while using significantly less water than...
Collaborative Research Opportunity - LAMP based molecular diagnostics
The Catalyst Centre recently received an enquiry from a Toronto based company that develops and markets immunodiagnostic technologies and biological reagents for sale in Canada, the United States, and Europe.
The company has partnered with a leading supplier of molecular diagnostic...
Industrial Research Opportunity – Optimizing methods for plant DNA extraction
The Catalyst Centre recently received an enquiry from a Toronto-based company that scouts, develops and markets new genomic technologies worldwide. The company focuses primarily on the agriculture and aquaculture industries and works with a network of labs (private and public) and...