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General news coverage: journalistic reporting on developments, results, policy or industry moves, written by a third party rather than the actor itself. Default when no other Type fits.

Ex: industry news article, regulatory approval report, science journalism, market/company coverage

Scholarly output and research communication: peer-reviewed papers, preprints, study results, theses and academic reviews. The item reports original research or its findings.

Ex: journal paper, preprint (bioRxiv/medRxiv), clinical trial results, systematic review, conference proceedings

Money-and-markets items: funding rounds, investment, M&A, IPOs, grants, earnings, valuations and financial performance.

Ex: Series B round, VC investment, acquisition, IPO filing, public grant award, quarterly earnings

Intellectual property items: patent filings, grants, disputes, licensing and freedom-to-operate matters.

Ex: patent granted, patent application published, IP licensing deal, patent litigation

Opinion, outreach and community voice: influencer/expert commentary, blogs, op-eds, social-media threads, community initiatives and public engagement.

Ex: LinkedIn/X thread, expert op-ed, community blog post, advocacy campaign, podcast/interview opinion

Employment and talent: job openings, hiring, recruitment drives, fellowships and key personnel appointments.

Ex: job posting, "we are hiring", postdoc/fellowship call, executive appointment, recruitment campaign

Time-bound gatherings: conferences, congresses, webinars, workshops, trade shows, hackathons and their announcements or coverage.

Ex: conference announcement, webinar invite, congress agenda, trade-show booth, symposium recap

First-party promotional or official communications: press releases, product launches, partnerships and corporate announcements issued by the organization itself.

Ex: company press release, product launch, partnership announcement, new facility opening, sponsored content

All biotechnology applications oriented toward human health: drug discovery, advanced therapy development, clinical diagnostics and precision medicine.

Ex: molecular oncology, gene therapy, biopharmaceuticals, genomic diagnostics

Biotechnological tools for crop improvement, animal health, sustainable forestry production and pet health, to increase agrosystem productivity and resilience.

Ex: GMO crops, biopesticides, veterinary vaccines, forest genome editing

Biotechnology applied to aquatic (marine and freshwater) resources and organisms: aquaculture, marine bioproducts and bioprospecting.

Ex: fast-growing AquaAdvantage salmon, microalgae omega-3, marine drugs, marine extremophile enzymes

Microorganisms, enzymes and biological systems to make materials, energy and chemicals from renewable feedstocks, replacing petrochemical processes with lower environmental footprint.

Ex: PHA bioplastics, cellulosic bioethanol, industrial enzymes, biorefineries

Living organisms and biological processes to remediate contaminated environments, treat waste, manage the carbon cycle and create circular biotech-based production systems.

Ex: soil bioremediation, biological wastewater treatment, CO2 capture with microalgae, biotechnological waste valorization

Biotechnological tools for alternative proteins, functional ingredients, food fermentation and biotech applied to food processing, focused on sustainability and nutrition.

Ex: cultivated meat, precision fermentation, advanced plant proteins, bio-produced functional ingredients

Companies/platforms whose primary business is massive biological data analysis, AI applied to biological discovery, and engineering of biological systems (genetic programming approach). Classifies by TYPE OF TOOL developed/commercialized, not by the field served.

Ex: Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Ginkgo Bioworks, Twist Bioscience, Zymergen, DNAnexus, Tempus

Develops/commercializes scientific equipment, analytical platforms, microfluidics devices and biosensors used transversally across research and diagnostics (tool sold as final product).

Ex: NGS sequencers, flow cytometers, laboratory bioreactors, HTS platforms, lab-on-a-chip

Specialized services and contract biotech manufacturing infrastructure (CMO/CDMO), regulatory services, IP, specialized logistics and outsourced R&D. Value-chain position as service provider to the industry.

Ex: gene therapy CDMO, oncology preclinical CRO, biologics regulatory management, cold chain logistics for vaccines

Detection, prevention and response to natural or deliberate biological threats: medical countermeasures, high-risk pathogen detection, dual-use risk assessment. Institutional end use.

Ex: rapid response vaccine platforms, portable CBRN pathogen biodetection, broad-spectrum antivirals, dual-use risk assessment in research

Technologies at the intersection with biotech (nanotech, bioelectronics, neurotech, quantum biology, space biotech) with low maturity (TRL<6) and high long-term transformative potential.

Ex: nanoparticles for drug delivery, biological brain-computer interfaces, DNA computers, biofabrication in microgravity

Set of tools for reading, writing, editing and reconfiguring genetic material in living organisms or in vitro.

Ex: CRISPR-Cas9, PCR, gene synthesis, viral vectors

Technologies for determining nucleotide order in nucleic acids and analyzing genomes at full scale.

Ex: Illumina NGS, Oxford Nanopore, PacBio SMRT, spatial sequencing

Set of disciplines that globally quantify the molecules of a biological system (genes, proteins, metabolites) to understand its integrated functioning.

Ex: Proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, systems biology, FBA

Discipline applying engineering principles to design and construct biological systems with new or improved functions.

Ex: Synthetic genetic circuits, synthetic genomes, xenobiology, biofoundries

Set of technologies for producing biomolecules, cells and biological materials at scale, from microbial culture to downstream processing.

Ex: Expression systems, fermentation, bioreactors, chromatography, formulation

Discipline combining cells, biomaterials and biochemical signals to build functional tissues or promote in vivo regeneration.

Ex: Scaffolds, 3D bioprinting, organoids, vascularization, smart biomaterials

Treatments based on living modified or unmodified cells to restore, correct or enhance immunological responses or cellular functions.

Ex: CAR-T, NK cells, TILs, dendritic cells, stem cell therapies

Treatments that introduce, replace or silence genetic material to correct diseases at their molecular cause.

Ex: AAV in vivo, ex vivo gene therapy, therapeutic mRNA, RNAi, ASO, aptamers

Design, engineering and production of monoclonal antibodies, fragments and fusion proteins for diagnosis and therapy.

Ex: mAbs, ADCs, bispecifics, nanobodies, Fc fusion proteins

Technological platforms for development, design and production of preventive and therapeutic vaccines.

Ex: mRNA, viral vectors, subunits, VLP, DNA vaccines, therapeutic vaccines

Technologies for detection, quantification and identification of biomarkers, pathogens and genetic alterations.

Ex: PCR, diagnostic NGS, ELISA, CRISPR diagnostics, IHC, FISH, cfDNA liquid biopsy

Disciplines applying informatics, statistics and mathematics to large-scale biological data analysis.

Ex: Computational genomics, proteomics, structural, AI/ML in biology, in silico drug discovery

Design and application of nanoscale structures for diagnostics, drug delivery and therapeutics.

Ex: LNP, lipid nanoparticles, polymer, inorganic nanoparticles, DNA origami, exosomes

Miniaturized technologies for microscale fluid manipulation and high-sensitivity biomolecule detection.

Ex: Lab-on-a-chip, organ-on-a-chip, electrochemical biosensors, nanopore, POC

Automation technologies applied to biological research, drug development and biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

Ex: HTS, LIMS, lab robotics, continuous manufacturing, digital twin

Application of microorganisms and their enzymes for production of compounds of industrial, pharmaceutical or energy interest.

Ex: Industrial fermentation, metabolic engineering, industrial enzymes, biofuels

Application of microorganisms, plants and biological processes for environmental monitoring, remediation and protection.

Ex: Bioremediation, phytoremediation, biogas, composting, environmental biosensors

Application of biotechnological tools to improve crop plants, agricultural soil and food production systems.

Ex: Transgenic and edited plants, biopesticides, biofertilizers, plant cell culture

Application of biotechnological tools for animal health, livestock production and sustainable aquaculture.

Ex: Veterinary vaccines, animal diagnostics, livestock genetic improvement, aquaculture biotech

Development of interfaces between biological systems and artificial devices for recording, stimulation or function restoration.

Ex: Neural implants, bionic prosthetics, artificial organs, implantable bioelectronics

Technologies, protocols and systems designed to contain, detect and neutralize biological risks in biotechnology research and production environments. Includes biological protection equipment, inactivation systems, risk agent diagnostics and biological waste management.

Ex: BSL 1-4, containment, GMO regulation, risk assessment, bioethics of germline editing

Production, purification and quality control processes of viral vectors for clinical gene and cell therapy.

Ex: AAV, lentivirus, adenovirus production; upstream, downstream, QC of GMP vectors