Proteomics And Metabolomics Unit

Introduction Research Group Services Offered Mission To provide intellectual and technical expertise, and instrumentation (Mass Spectrometry based platform), for multiplex analysis of proteins and metabolites towards crop improvement. Importantly, to accomplish this mission, the Unit interacts closely with other research disciplines to promote and facilitate translational research and experienced research groups in data processing and … Read more

Genomics Unit

Introduction Research Group Services Offered Mission To use genomic based technologies to unravel the genome structure and organization of oil palm and explore its full potential for sustainable production.  Objective To develop and apply genomic based diagnostic tools to help improve the efficiency of oil palm breeding and tissue culture.  Strategic Research Areas Develop molecular … Read more

Functional Biotechnology

Introduction Research Group Services Offered Mission To provide the oil palm industry with innovations for the production of genetically modified oil palm and novel high-value products through research in gene function and transgenic technology.  Strategic Research Areas Isolation of constitutive and tissue-specific promoters Isolation of key genes involved in oil synthesis and carotenoids pathway Testing … Read more

Bioinformatics Unit

Introduction Research Group Services Offered Mission To enhance biotechnological research innovations and data interpretation through the development of advanced bioinformatic tools, training and support.  Strategic Research Areas Development of pipelines to automate data analysis workflows. Develop oil palm sequence and annotation databases and web-based tools. Integrate public domain information into local databases. Analyse and mine … Read more

Breeding and Tissue Culture Unit

Introduction Research Group Services Offered Mission Continuous improvement and generation of elite oil palm planting materials. Objective Generation of improved and elite planting material through breeding and clonal propagation, enhanced through the use of molecular tools developed. Strategic Research Areas Diversity studies for oil palm Establishment of a DNA database for oil palm germplasm material … Read more

Printed Publication SPOTME Number of Online Services