Biotechnology in Indonesia

In Indonesia, Biotechnology research priorities and applications have been outlined as the following:

• Medicine and human health (pharmacognosy)

• Genetic disorders,
• Infectious diseases,
• Degenerative and malignancy diseases

• Agriculture, food production, and fisherie

• Isolations and identification of abiotic stress resistance gene(s) markers,
• Field tests for efficacy and food safety,
• Development of diagnostic kit for marine pollutant and pathogens

• Industries, environment protection and remediation

• Development of recombinant vaccine production,
• Development of novel antibiotics from local microbes,
• Environment protection and bioremediation