The term biotechnology was first used by Karl Erki in 1919 in terms of the application of medical and biological knowledge and its countermeasures in human construction technologies. This technology is currently the most important, cleanest and most economical technology of the century. In general, any human scientific activity in the field of biotechnology is created in the creation, improvement and delivery of various products, which are carried out using animals, in particular by manipulating them at the molecular level. The Persian Gulf is one of the most diverse seas in the world. It is therefore prone to scientific, developmental and economic activities based on biotechnology.
Mission:
- Molecular identification and barcoding of Persian Gulf aquatic species.
- Study the genetic diversity of Persian Gulf and planning for genetic protection of them.
- Screening potential and potential potential of Persian Gulf waters with an attitude to meet the protein, industrial, health and medical needs.
Goals:
- The molecular identification of all aquatic organisms (including single cell and cellular organisms) in the Persian Gulf using a subunit of a cytochrome oxidase gene (barcoding.
- Using molecular biology techniques to better understand and understand more of the economic species in the Persian Gulf and study their population structures.
- Design and construction of vector expressions for aquatic animals and their application to improve growth and increase production.
- Study of the Different Dimensions of the Molecular Biology of Persian Gulf Fish and Crustaceans with the Purpose of Their Comprehensive Molecular Evaluation.
- The use of molecular biology techniques in artificial propagation processes and domestication of species.
- Identification and sequencing of growth controlling genes, resistant to pathogens and resistant to environmental stresses.
- Isolation of promoters and strong regulatory elements in gene expression from Persian Gulf marine fish.
- Transgenic fish and shrimp production in vitro with the aim of studying physiological processes.
- Cytogenetic studies of Persian Gulf aquatic animals, especially fish and crustaceans.
- Production of polyploidy fish with the aim of growing more.
Screening of Gulf micro-organisms with the aim of identifying and isolating species that are used in industry, health, pharmacy and medical affairs.
- Optimization and design of the biological production process of marine products including biofuels, biological pesticides, biological fertilizers, recombinant drugs, enzymes, and other metabolites in laboratory.
- Isolation and molecular cloning of genes producing industrial enzymes (such as cellulases, gelatinases, lipases, etc.) with the goal of mass production.
- Optimizing and designing the process of producing marine biological products, including biofuels, biological pesticides, biological fertilizers, recombinant drugs, enzymes and other metabolites in the laboratory.
- Cell culture and aquatic tissue.
- Access to cell line production technology from fish and shrimp.
- Provide a database of aquatic animals in the Gulf and collect their genetic information.