Research & Development Platform

University College Dublin (UCD) and Auranta’s partnership with them was instrumental for the early success of the company. Auranta was a member of UCD’s incubator programme in NovaUCD.

Today, we have continued to grow our Research & Development network. We do this by forming strategic partnerships with various research institutes across the globe.

Our partners include:

• Agriculture Food Bioscience Institute in Belfast – UK
• Banat Veterinary Medicine – Romania
• Cluj University – Romania
• Edinburgh University – UK
• London School of Tropical Medicine – UK
• University College Cork – Ireland
• University of Georgia – USA
• University College Dublin – Ireland

We also have academic and commercial links with veterinarians in different parts of the world.

The scientific backbone of Auranta is a team of biotech pioneers, focused on the research and development of our animal feed ingredients:

• Dr Patrick Ward – microbiologist & founder
• Prof. Nicolae Corcionivoschi – bacteriologist & virologist
• Dr Myriam Deshaies – biotechnologist & plant biologist