Projects
Cambia's endeavors to freely distribute scientific tools and techniques gave rise to the Biological Open Source (BiOS) Initiative in 2005. Through an open-source biotechnology license and Material Transfer Agreement (MTA), BiOS seeks to establish freedom to operate for innovators. BiOS was built on the back of Jefferson's discovery of the GUS reporter system and the creation of TransBacter, a work-around for the creation of transgenic plants without using the highly patented Agrobacterium genus.
A primary project of Cambia is the free full-text online patent search facility and knowledge resource, the Patent Lens. Launched in 2000, the Patent Lens allows free searching of almost 10 million full-text patent documents. It is distinguished as being the only not-for-profit facility of its kind, with international coverage and integrated links to non-patent literature.
In addition to patent search, the Patent Lens also hosts a number of 'technology landscapes'. These landscapes serve as interpretation maps that analyze volumes of specialized patent, scientific, technical and business data around particular topics, creating a more navigable form. They currently include biotechnologies such as Agrobacterium, Basta resistance, the human genome, and the human Telomerase gene.
In 2009, with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Cambia launched the Initiative for Open Innovation (IOI). The IOI is a global facility dedicated to making the world’s innovation system more transparent, inclusive, and navigable.
Employing and expanding the cyberinfrastructure currently utilized by the Patent Lens, the IOI has declared its intention to create an open Web 2.0 platform to map innovation landscapes in areas such as neglected tropical diseases and biofuels.
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