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Table 2. Proposed
research themes offered at the 5 participating universities. |
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Research themes |
Host research laboratory (-ies) |
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Environment organisms Probiotic bacteria Functional genomics in yeast Yeast lipid biotechnology Chromosome engineering in yeast Enzyme engineering Production of useful biomaterials by cyanobacteria and plant biotechnology Biochemical engineering for fermentation processes Application of mixed cultures in food production Ecosystem engineering Visual detection of specific genes on DNA and chromosomes Protemome analysis and related studies Development of new techniques in transformation Biomolecular engineering Microbiology of oil assimilating bacteria Microbial utilization of renewable resources Computer-aided control of bioprocesses Cell culture engineering Plant taxonomy Microbial taxonomy by DNA and RNA similarity Genetic and biochemical studies of biomembranes Molecular biology of mammalian gene expression and organellebiogenesis |
ICBiotech,
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| Tohoku |
Gene cloning of useful enzymes from microorganisms Structure and function of polyamine in anaerobes Molecular biology of oxygen tolerance in lactic acid bacteria Genetics and ecology of rhizobia Nitrogen-fixing bacteria in gramineous plants Metabolic engineering of microbes for overproduction of amino acids Molecular biology of glutamic bacteria |
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Regulation of secondary metabolisms and morphogenesis of Streptomyces Application of microbial abilities for the solution of environmental problems Molecular biology of Aspergillus Protein production by A. oryzae |
Graduate
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Microbial enzymes, mainly glycosidases, and their genes Microbial and enzymatic production of biologically and chemically useful compounds Screening, biochemistry and molecular biology of new microbial enzymes Extreme environmental microbiology Thermostable enzymes of hyperthermophiles Protein engineering Development and application of cold active enzymes from cold adapted microorganisms Enzymology of microbial enzymes |
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Biotechnology of Pseudomonads Biotechnology and genetics of saccharolytic clostridia Diversified utilization of renewable resources Bioprocess control for anaerobic fermentation Biochemistry, genetics and fermentation of bacteriocins of lactic acid bacteria |
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Source: National Commission for the Development of Biotechnology, Chile ñ: For year 2000 the values were estimated. |
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