Professor Piotr Skowron received the 1st award granted by the Pomeranian Employers Association in the category “Primum Cooperatio” i.e. “first and foremost cooperation” during the 2015 Business Gala held in the Grand Hotel in Sopot (Poland). According to the Jury, Professor Piotr Skowron proved that his cooperation between the scientific and economic environment, which has lasted more than 20 years now, brings tangible benefits to business and science.
BioVentures Institute Sp. z o.o. filed an international patent application (PCT). Title of application: „A method of obtaining a polyepitopic protein as well as a DNA vector for embodying this method”, describing a novel technology for the construction of artificial polyepitopic proteins, applied to construct recombinant vaccines, among other applications. The application received positive verification from the PCT International Search Report no WO 2015/162560 A1.
In cooperation with the University of Gdańsk, BioVentures Institute Sp. z o.o. has established funds and applied research programmes for biotechnology, chemistry and biology undergraduate students' laboratory practices, graduate students' complete research for Master’s and Ph.D. degrees, as well as for performing advanced molecular biotechnology projects for D.Sc. (habilitation) candidates.