Core Directions for Research & Business Projects

• Biotechnology to Create New Economic Growth Engines
  • Development of BINT convergence technology
  • Development of disease controlling technologies using stem cells and antibodies
  • Identification of targets and development of candidate materials for the diagnosis and treatment of the five major diseases.
  • Development of the generic technology for cell factories and biomaterials
• Biotechnology to Address the National Agenda
  • Technology Development for infection control
  • Fostering R&D on cranial nerves and the aging society
  • Development of biomass and bioenergy technology
• National Infrastructure to Enhance National Biotechnology Competitiveness
  • Improvement of the infrastructure for compiling, managing and utilizing bio resources and data
  • Consolidation of the infrastructure for biological assessment and GMO risk ssessment

Core Directions for Organizational Management

• Improvement of the Framework to Facilitate R&D
  • Introduction of an open R&D system and acquisition of competitive human resources
  • Strategical selection and concentration
  • Expansion of global cooperation
• Contributions to the Society and the Country
  • Improvement of the ability to respond to future Biotechnology demands
  • Promotion of demand-based R&D and commercialization of technologies
  • Raising public awareness of Biotechnology and public interest in science
• Improvement of the Management Efficiency
  • Promotion of result- and objective-oriented management
  • Augmentation and efficient allocation of the R&D budget
  • Maintenance of an up-to-date data and facility infrastructure