We perform advanced scientific research and provide research services and technology development for the sustainable transformation of Canadian bio-based resources into higher-value products.
Services and information
Facilities
Research programs
Technical and advisory services
- Analytical chemistry services
- Bio-analysis and pre-clinical validation
- Bioconversion and bioprocessing
- Characterization, quality assurance and quality control
- DNA sequencing, genotyping and bioinformatics
- Environmental toxicology
- Imaging, fluorescence and microscopy
- Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy
- Seed oil analysis and Oilseed trait engineering
- Plant cell technology and tissue culture
- Plant hormone profiling
Technology licensing
Delivering market-ready bio-based products may require additional technologies, process methodologies, genes, or libraries of natural compounds. We extend licensing opportunities for varied applications and geographical regions. Contact our business experts to discuss your needs and find out how partnership with the NRC may accelerate your time to market.
Why work with us
We collaborate with industry, academia and government partners to develop and transform agricultural and marine bioresources into food, feed and ingredients, and other high value bioproducts.
The services we offer include:
- Collaborative research opportunities
- Access to expert researchers and technicians
- Scientific advice and technical services
- Projects tailored to your needs using our specialized facilities
- Research and development support
Our goal is to help strengthen the economy by growing global markets for Canadian industry.
Contact us
Alexander Munro
Telephone: 514-448-7698
Email: alexander.munro@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca
Our experts
Related links
- Advisory Board members (PDF, 388 KB)
- Canadian research establishes standards for natural products and food testing
- Environmentally friendly printed batteries
- Ocean program
- NRC researchers part of international project to protect global wheat supply
- National Research Council showcasing new algal biorefinery project to reduce CO2 emissions
- NRC, Pond Technologies, and St Marys Cement trial Algal Biorefinery
Research publications
- High density genetic mapping of stripe rust resistance in a ‘Strongfield’ / ‘Blackbird’ durum wheat population
- Nutrition and metabolism of minerals in fish
- The toughest material in the plant kingdom: an update on sporopollenin
- Advances in gene editing of haploid tissues in crops
- Apparent digestibility coefficients of proximate nutrients and essential amino acids from a single-cell protein meal derived from Methylobacterium extorquens for pre-smolt Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)