Uijeongbu City Partners with Eulji University and BioGansolution: "Aiming to Become an Advanced Bioindustry Hub"

Uijeongbu City in Gyeonggi Province is establishing a robust industry-academia-government cooperation system with universities and companies to transform itself into the center of the advanced bioindustry in northern Gyeonggi.

Donggeun Kim, Mayor of Uijeongbu (center), is taking a commemorative photo after holding a "Business Agreement Ceremony for Industry-Academia Cooperation and Advanced Bioindustry Promotion" with Uijeongbu City, Eulji University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation (Director Insik Kim), and BioGansolution Co., Ltd. (CEO Myungsuk Song) at Uijeongbu City Hall Hoeryong Hall on the 30th. Provided by Uijeongbu City

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On January 30, Uijeongbu City signed a "Business Agreement for Industry-Academia-Government Cooperation and Advanced Bioindustry Promotion" with the Eulji University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation (Director Kim Insik) and BioGansolution Co., Ltd. (CEO Song Myungseok) at the Hoeryong Hall in Uijeongbu City Hall.

This agreement was established to support BioGansolution Co., Ltd., a company attracted to the city, in securing stable research space and settling in, as well as to combine the university's research infrastructure with the company's gene-based core technology, with the goal of developing Uijeongbu City into a global bioindustry hub.

Under the agreement, the three parties will jointly pursue: ▲ discovering and carrying out joint research projects based on industry-academia cooperation; ▲ strengthening the competitiveness of the bioindustry through research and technology exchanges; ▲ providing administrative support to expand corporate investment and business operations; and ▲ other cooperative efforts for mutual development.

In addition, ▲ the city will be responsible for infrastructure development and administrative support; ▲ the Eulji University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation will provide shared use of laboratory space and research equipment, and conduct joint research based on clinical and basic medicine; and ▲ BioGansolution will contribute to the local community by discovering research projects and commercializing technologies.

The scene of the "Industry-Academia Cooperation and Advanced Bioindustry Promotion Agreement Ceremony" held on the 30th at Uijeongbu City Hall Hoeryong Hall, involving Uijeongbu City, Eulji University Industry-Academia Cooperation Group (Director Kim Insik), and BioGansolution Co., Ltd. (CEO Song Myungseok). Provided by Uijeongbu City

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An official from Uijeongbu City stated, "Uijeongbu is the optimal hub for the bioindustry, with locational advantages due to its proximity to Seoul and an excellent talent pool such as Eulji University. We expect that the combination of the company's outstanding technology and the university's excellent infrastructure will drive mutual growth and technology commercialization in the bioindustry, and that this will serve as an opportunity for Uijeongbu City to emerge as the premier hub for the advanced bioindustry."

Meanwhile, BioGansolution Co., Ltd. is a venture company established in 2019, possessing unique technological capabilities in advanced biofields such as the production of human cells and organs using immunodeficient pigs. The Eulji University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation is leading regionally innovative research focused on technology commercialization and professional workforce development, based on the university's excellent clinical and basic medical infrastructure as a health and medical specialized institution.

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