Research activities at the Institute of Biotechnology are oriented to:
- beer, wine, ethanol and microbial biomass production and technology,
- fermentative production of organic acids, lipids, pigments and biotransformation of carbohydrates,
- environmental biotechnology with emphasis on microbial degradation of pollutants, bioremediation,
- bioconversion and biotransformation with emphasis on aroma and sensory active compound production,
- biofuels,
- proteomics and enzyme engineering,
- immobilised production systems,
- technology of recombinant DNA,
- overproduction of secondary metabolites used in pharmacy and medicine,
- medical engineering and bioengineering, laboratory scale up.
