Science for Business Forum Makes a Comeback – Exciting Bulgarian Projects Premiered Online

The most interesting projects developed at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, ready to give a start to a successful business were presented at the Science for Business forum.

For the first time, the Bulgarian vaccine against COVID-19, PCR test kits, a device for dry-mist air disinfection, bioceramics based on a space technology and many others were introduced.

One of the long-awaited business events - Science for Business forum, organized by the Executive Agency for the Promotion of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (BSMEPA) and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), was held live and entirely online from a virtual studio and presented the most interesting developments of the Academy, ready to help launch a successful business.

The opening ceremony was attended online by Deputy Minister of Economy Mr. Stamen Yanev, Ms. Karina Angelieva, Deputy Minister of Education and Science, as well as by Acad. Julian Revalski, President of BAS, and Dr. Boyko Takov, Executive Director of BSMEPA.

The Bulgarian vaccine against COVID-19, developed at the Institute of Microbiology with BAS was "premiered". It was presented by Prof. Penka Petrova, who told more about its chracteristics, among which is the possibility of being stored at a temperature of 4 C, the ability to help immune response to various virus mutations, and also be sprayed in, unlike the vaccines currently in use which are injected.

In addition to the vaccine, other projects of BAS related to the pandemic, such as the Bulgarian-made PCR test kit for the detection of pathogens developed by the Institute of Molecular Biology, as well as a special device that clears the air from viruses and bacteria, a project of the Central Laboratory of Applied Physics - Plovdiv have been...