G1 General introduction

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	History Mission Location (Chinese)

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	History

	Biotechnology has opened the way for new and exciting possibilities that will touch every facet of our lives in the 21st century. Because of its importance, the government has identified biotechnology as one of the key areas for development not only to help promoting the industry but also to insure national competitiveness in the high-tech arena. Center for Biotechnology Research, National Taiwan University is devoted to promote the excellence in both biotechnology teaching and research


	1994 workshop
	National Taiwan University has five colleges that have research and teaching activities related to molecular biology and biotechnology. These colleges include science, engineering, medicine, agriculture, and public health totaling about 190 faculty members and 1000 graduate students. Due to a lack of coordination in these activities, some faculty members have long advocated for forming a center of biotechnology in order to capitalize on teaching and research resources. March 1997, the university decided to set up a committee chaired by Vice President CH Chen to evaluate the feasibility of forming such a center and at the same time asked the committee to design a teaching program for biotechnology. One year later in March 1998, the Executive Council approved a proposal submitted by the committee to form "Preparatory Office" for the Center of Biotechnology, and President Chen designated Professor CY Tsai as the Director of the office. During the preparatory stage, a biotechnology teaching program was designed, approved, and implemented starting September 1998. Finally, the Center for Biotechnology was established in January 1999, and officially approved by the Ministry of Education in June 1999. Professor YM Chen was appointed as the Depute Director.


	The 2000 crew

	Mission:

	General Principles:
	(1) From Teaching to Research (established 1996~2002)
	(2) From Theory to Application (on-going 2003~ )
	(3) From Local to Global (future goal)

	Teaching:
	(1) Reorganize all biotechnology-related courses in NTU
	(2) Establish and manage the "Biotechnology Program"
	(3) Run the "Biotechnology Core Techniques (BCT)" core lab course
	(4) Initiate key courses and teaching laboratories for modern biotechnology

	Research:
	(1) Set up Core Laboratories for advanced research
	(2) Identify key research groups in NTU and promote mutual cooperation
	(3) Initiate in-campus interdisciplinary research projects

	Service:
	(1) Establish "Biotechnique Network (BioNet)" for advanced instrumental service
	(2) Establish a functional web site for the smooth management of BioNet
	(3) Publish "NTU BioMed" for research news in the campus
	(4) Publish "Methods in Biotechnology" series for teaching and research

	Industrial Cooperation:
	(1) Establish a database of the industrial, governmental and academic personnel
	(2) Create an interface connecting the industrial and academic researches
	(3) Encourage the cooperation between the industrial and academic researchers
	(4) Promote international cooperation and enhance the visibility of Taiwan

	Information:
	(1) Promote the teaching and research activities in bioinformatics in NTU
	(2) Set up the Core Lab for Bioinformatics
	(3) Establish an efficient and functional web site to connect research units in NTU

	Miscellaneous:
	(1) Joint the initiative of Intergrative Life Science & Biotechnolgy (ILSB) in NTU
	(2) Develop the Plant Biotechnology Education Partner project from Dept of Education

	Download the CBT briefing file [CBT briefing.PPT]

	Current Location:

	CBT center is currently located in the Life Science Building on Chou-Shan Road. In collaboration with College of Life Science, CBT center set up five sets of core laboratories. These laboratories are now in full operation for teaching activities related to biotechnology, cell and tissue cultures, protein technology, recombinant DNA technology and molecular diagnosis.


	Office (blue), Teaching laboratories (purple), Classrooms (turquoise), Working room (Green)

	NTU map on-line

	Office:
	Please contact us in the main office. Tel: (02) 2363-0231 ext 3740 (Office).


	Teaching Laboratories:
	These laboratories are designed specially for BCT.


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