{"id":4728,"date":"2025-02-13T12:20:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T04:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/layout-04\/?p=4728"},"modified":"2025-10-24T10:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T02:20:07","slug":"functional-biotechnology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/2025\/02\/functional-biotechnology\/","title":{"rendered":"Functional Biotechnology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4728\" class=\"elementor elementor-4728\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cc1cef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1cc1cef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-218bcaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-adv-tabs\" data-id=\"218bcaa\" 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300.11V464a16 16 0 0 0 16 16l112.06-.29a16 16 0 0 0 15.92-16V368a16 16 0 0 1 16-16h64a16 16 0 0 1 16 16v95.64a16 16 0 0 0 16 16.05L464 480a16 16 0 0 0 16-16V300L295.67 148.26a12.19 12.19 0 0 0-15.3 0zM571.6 251.47L488 182.56V44.05a12 12 0 0 0-12-12h-56a12 12 0 0 0-12 12v72.61L318.47 43a48 48 0 0 0-61 0L4.34 251.47a12 12 0 0 0-1.6 16.9l25.5 31A12 12 0 0 0 45.15 301l235.22-193.74a12.19 12.19 0 0 1 15.3 0L530.9 301a12 12 0 0 0 16.9-1.6l25.5-31a12 12 0 0 0-1.7-16.93z\"><\/path><\/svg>                                                            \n                                                            <span class=\"eael-tab-title title-after-icon\" >Introduction<\/span>                            \n                                                    <\/li>\n                                            <li id=\"research-group\" class=\"inactive eael-tab-item-trigger eael-tab-nav-item\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"research-group-tab\" 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                                                           \n                                                            <span class=\"eael-tab-title title-after-icon\" >Services Offered<\/span>                            \n                                                    <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"eael-tabs-content\">\n\t\t        \n                    <div id=\"introduction-tab\" class=\"clearfix eael-tab-content-item inactive\" data-title-link=\"introduction-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t        <h5 class=\"text-danger\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Mission<\/strong><\/span><\/h5><div class=\"text-justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">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.<\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><h5 class=\"text-danger\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Strategic Research Areas<\/strong><\/span><\/h5><ol class=\"text-justify\"><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Isolation of constitutive and tissue-specific promoters<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Isolation of key genes involved in oil synthesis and carotenoids pathway<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Testing oil palm promoters and genes using model plants<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Molecular approaches towards solving major disease and yield problems<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Development of routine and improved transformation system<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Improving oil quality and novel products using transgenic technology.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Understanding of oil palm genes associated with the height of regulation and affecting oil quality.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>                    <\/div>\n\t\t        \n                    <div id=\"research-group-tab\" class=\"clearfix eael-tab-content-item inactive\" data-title-link=\"research-group-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t        <h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Gene Function Group<\/strong><\/span><\/h5><h6 class=\"text-danger text-left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Objective<\/strong><\/span><\/h6><ul><li class=\"text-danger text-left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To identify, isolate and characterise genes and promoters towards production of oil palm with improved traits and novel high value products.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Transgenic Technology Group\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Objective\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h6><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To provide oil palm industry <span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">with innovations for the production of genetically engineered oil palm with improved oil quality and novel high-value products through research in genetic transformation and its allied sciences.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"text-danger text-left\">\u00a0<\/p>                    <\/div>\n\t\t        \n                    <div id=\"services-offered-tab\" class=\"clearfix eael-tab-content-item inactive\" data-title-link=\"services-offered-tab\">\n\t\t\t\t        <table class=\" aligncenter\"><tbody><tr class=\"alt\"><td><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Gene Function Laboratory<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Transgenic Technology Laboratory<\/strong><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-34865\" src=\"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Gene-Function-Laboratory-300x205.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Gene-Function-Laboratory-300x205.png 300w, 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MPOB information Series No. 308.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Services being offered are:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Transient gene expression system utilizing oil palm protoplasts. MPOB Information Series No. 687.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Services for genetic transformation of plant species. MPOB Information Series No. 483.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Construction of transformation vectors for genetically modifying plants. MPOB Information Series No. 309.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Contact Person: Dr. Zubaidah Ramli (bai@mpob.gov.my)<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Contact Person: Dr. Abdul Masani Mat Yunus (masani@mpob.gov.my)<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>                    <\/div>\n\t\t                    <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.\u00a0 Strategic Research Areas Isolation of constitutive and tissue-specific promoters Isolation of key genes involved in oil synthesis and carotenoids pathway Testing &#8230; <a title=\"Functional Biotechnology\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/2025\/02\/functional-biotechnology\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Functional Biotechnology\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abbc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4728"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34913,"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4728\/revisions\/34913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpob.gov.my\/ms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}