BASF Agricultural Solutions Belgium NV, Gent, Belgium.
European Commission DG Research and Innovation, Brussels, Belgium.
Trends Biotechnol. 2021 May;39(5):438-444. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.09.006. Epub 2020 Oct 21.
Depending on how the future will unfold, today's progress in biotechnology research has greater or lesser potential to be the basis of subsequent innovation. Tracking progress against indicators for different future scenarios will help to focus, emphasize, or de-emphasize discovery research in a timely manner and to maximize the chance for successful innovation. In this paper, we show how learning scenarios with a 2050 time horizon help to recognize the implications of political and societal developments on the innovation potential of ongoing biotechnological research. We also propose a model to further increase open innovation between academia and the biotechnology value chain to help fundamental research explore discovery fields that have a greater chance to be valuable for applied research.
取决于未来的发展情况，今天生物技术研究的进展在多大程度上有可能成为后续创新的基础。针对不同未来情景的指标跟踪进展情况，将有助于及时关注、强调或淡化发现研究，从而最大限度地提高创新成功的机会。在本文中，我们展示了如何使用到 2050 年的学习情景来帮助认识政治和社会发展对正在进行的生物技术研究的创新潜力的影响。我们还提出了一个模型，以进一步增加学术界和生物技术价值链之间的开放式创新，帮助基础研究探索更有可能对应用研究有价值的发现领域。
