Author Archives: PEIBioAlliance

PEI-based BioTraceIT was featured in Chemical Week highlighting the commercialization of PainTrace, a monitor used to visualize animal pain signals. Canada’s BioTraceIT has introduced a tool that enables veterinarians and researchers to objectively visualize animal pain in real time. The company … Continue reading →

For Pacific GeneTech (PGT), they aim to improve life with biotechnology. Recognizing the interconnection between people, animals, plants and their shared environment in achieving optimal health outcomes, this innovative company takes a One Health approach in tackling the important issues … Continue reading →

Emergence client Bait Masters are preparing to scale up production for a new alternative bait and got some good news from a study just published by a UPEI researcher. It found that the new bait sausage created by Bait Masters catches … Continue reading →

Emergence client, the Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) is once again proving its versatility as a major player in the global Aquaculture Industry with plans for a new Aqua FeedTech extrusion facility.  See below a republished article from CAT, announcing … Continue reading →

Growing up on PEI, where fishing was a part of his family’s DNA, Dan Paynter developed a passion for marine life. Dan is the production manager at Halibut PEI in Victoria (an Emergence client) and one of Hatchery International’s Top 10 Under … Continue reading →

Featuring Emergence client Crystal Trevor, Owner, Stepscan Technologies The Atlantic Women’s Business Series features interviews with entrepreneur women leaders from Atlantic Canada who will share their personal stories – how they started, what barriers they faced, what they’re learned along … Continue reading →

Emergence client Natures Crops International was recently featured in VitaFoods Insights white paper titled “Sustainable supply chain — protecting planet, people & profits”. In 2020 nearly half (48%) of all consumers are now factoring in environmental sustainability in their purchasing choices. … Continue reading →

Nova Scotia-based SynerTek is the latest bioscience company to join Emergence, Canada’s Bioscience Business Incubator. A growth-stage company currently developing forestry-derived products, SynerTek joins a cohort of 58 clients currently in the incubator program.  SynerTek delivers products using wood biomass, both … Continue reading →

Contract research organization Pegasus Biotech Inc. is the latest bioscience company to join Emergence, Canada’s Bioscience Business Incubator. Founded in 2019, Pegasus Biotech is currently developing vaccines and biotherapeutics for the human and animal health sector and joins a cohort … Continue reading →