Vision

To be pioneers in biotechnology for an improved quality of life.

Mission

Excellence and creativity in the innovation and development of biotechnology applications for scientific and economic benefits.

Strategic Goals

1. Transfer and develop the newest medical, agricultural, and environmental biotechnologies.
2. Provide settings that encourage creativity and investment in the field of biotechnology.
3. Direct the applications of biotechnology to achieve health and food safety.
4. Use biotechnologies to achieve food and health security.
5. Protect the biodiversity resources of the Kingdom through the development of appropriate biotechnology applications.
6. Strengthen the relationship between the biotechnology programs and society.
7. Use biotechnology to prevent, identify and alleviate common problems in Saudi Arabia.

Tracks

1. Bioinformatics
2. Biopolymer
3. Bioreactors
4. Biorecycling
5. Bioremediation
6. Biosensor
7. crop genetic diversity
8. crop genetic improvement
9. disease molecular diagnosis
10. disease resistant crop
11. genetic agricultural productivity
12. genetically modified food safety
13. Genomics
14. Microbial diversity
15. Monoclonal antibodies production
16. Nanobiotechnology
17. Proteomics
18. Tissue engineering

Sub-Tracks

The strategic plan identified the following subfields:

1. Bioinformatics
2. Nanobiotechnology
3. Biocatalysis

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