Win-win cooperation丨Nanjing Agricultural University ToCell Biopharmaceutical Process Technology Research Institute was established!

On the afternoon of April 15, ToCell (Suzhou) Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "ToCell"), a subsidiary of China Biologic, and Nanjing Agricultural University held a signing ceremony for industry-university-research cooperation in Wujiang District, Suzhou City, marking the official establishment of Nanjing Agricultural University ToCell Biopharmaceutical Process Technology Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as "the Institute")!

The two parties will carry out a number of collaborations in scientific research, product development, and achievement transformation, and build the institute into an important incubation base for the biopharmaceutical process technology industry, accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into industry, and achieve a win-win situation.

▲ Chen Wei, Director of the Social Cooperation Department of Nanjing Agricultural University, and Zhou Jinsong, Executive Vice General Manager of ToCell, signed an agreement.

Chen Wei, Director of the Social Cooperation Department of Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiang Yan, Party Secretary of the School of Veterinary Medicine, Miao Jinfeng, Vice Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine, Shao Cunlin, Chief of the Base Section of the Social Cooperation Department, and Qiu Yawei, Director of the Experimental Animal Center, attended the signing ceremony. Chen Wenqing, General Manager of ToCell, Zhou Jinsong, Executive Deputy General Manager, Wang Xindi, Financial Director, Wang Peijun, Deputy General Manager, Xu Gechen, Director of R&D, Shi Yang, Assistant General Manager, and Zhao Honglei, Assistant General Manager, attended the signing ceremony. Pan Hongliang, Director of the Science and Technology Bureau of Suzhou Wujiang Economic and Technological Development Zone, was invited to attend and witnessed the signing ceremony.

The ToCell Biopharmaceutical Process Technology Research Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University will also continue to cultivate graduate talents in related scientific research and provide talent support for biopharmaceutical process technology research to meet the specific needs of optimization and screening of personalized culture media, cell line transformation, and adaptive research of cells and viruses.

▲ Jiang Yan, Party Secretary of the College of Veterinary Medicine of Nanjing Agricultural University, and Chen Wenqing, General Manager of ToCell, unveiled the teaching practice base of the College of Veterinary Medicine of Nanjing Agricultural University.

Nanjing Agricultural University is a university with advantages and characteristics in agriculture and life sciences. The School of Veterinary Medicine has strong scientific research and fruitful results. The co-construction of the institute is the starting point for multi-level, multi-field and multi-form cooperation between the two parties. ToCell will rely on the discipline expertise, R&D strength and platform of Nanjing Agricultural University, and be market-oriented to better and faster solve the application problems in the field of biomedicine, and promote scientific and technological innovation and achievement transformation in the biopharmaceutical process technology industry with key core technologies.

▲ A delegation of leaders from Nanjing Agricultural University visited ToCell and took a group photo.

Pan Hongliang, Director of the Science and Technology Bureau of Wujiang Development Zone, said in his speech that Wujiang Development Zone has formed two major industries, namely electronic information and intelligent equipment manufacturing, as well as four emerging industries, namely new energy, new materials, biomedicine, and consumer goods, and has become one of the investment destinations in China's coastal areas. This signing will further promote the development of the three parties of government, school and enterprise, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. It is hoped that the government, enterprises and schools will use this as a platform to further strengthen contacts and cooperation. Wujiang Development Zone will provide development opportunities and create growth space for talents with stable services, excellent environment and preferential policies.

Chen Wei, Director of the Social Cooperation Office of Nanjing Agricultural University, said in his speech that ToCell is a very competitive company in the field of biopharmaceutical industry and is in a period of rapid development. This cooperation is an opportunity for common development and improvement for Nanjing Agricultural University, and provides the school with an opportunity for practical training in cultivating scientific research talents. The School of Veterinary Medicine of Nanjing Agricultural University has strong academic strengths. It hopes that through this cooperation, the training of graduate scientific research talents will be further integrated into the cooperation between industry, academia and research, and scientific research capabilities will be continuously strengthened to jointly create more scientific research results.

Chen Wenqing, general manager of ToCell, introduced the current development of the company. He said that ToCell is a service provider and supplier of process technology and solutions for the biopharmaceutical industry, developing supporting technologies for my country's biopharmaceutical industry and striving to promote the development of China's biopharmaceutical industry. The company is committed to the research and production of personalized cell culture media, process design and manufacturing of bioreactors, research on large-scale animal cell culture process technology, and development and transfer of bioprocess technology, and has built a biopharmaceutical process technology development platform based on this.

Jiang Yan, Party Secretary of the School of Veterinary Medicine of Nanjing Agricultural University, said in his speech that this signing is a new step for the School of Veterinary Medicine of Nanjing Agricultural University to sign a cooperation agreement with enterprises. In future cooperation, the school will invest scientific research resources and try its best to achieve better and more scientific research results. It is hoped that through the joint efforts of the school and enterprises, a new level will be reached in talent training, scientific research cooperation, achievement transformation, social services and other aspects.

▲ Miao Jinfeng, vice dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine of Nanjing Agricultural University, introduced the cooperation plan of the joint research institute.

▲ Zhou Jinsong, executive vice general manager of ToCell, presided over the signing ceremony.

In the future, the two parties will earnestly implement strategic cooperation matters, give full play to the platform role of Nanjing Agricultural University ToCell Biopharmaceutical Process Technology Research Institute, vigorously promote the combination of practice and teaching as well as the collaboration between government, industry, academia and research, and achieve complementary advantages, resource sharing, mutual benefit and win-win results.