Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology

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The Biotechnology Experimental Center in Southern Taiwan (AS-BEST) was established in January, 2005. AS-BEST is located in Tainan Science-based Industrial Park. Its goals are to conduct innovative collaborations with industry for advancing frontiers of plant biotechnology as well as developing breakthrough agricultural products with extension to other applications such as foods, drugs and bio-energy. The location of AS-BEST is in the heartland of agricultural development of this country. We are devoted the effort to integration of advanced technological knowledge into traditional wisdom. Two major research categories currently are under progress and they are (1) Elevation of cultivation quality of vegetables and floral species to improve commercial competition; (2) Applications of molecular farming to the added values of agricultural products and the profitable industrial platform.

Website: http://www.as-best.sinica.edu.tw/

Board Chairman:
Tuan-Hua David Ho

Chief Executive Officer:
Su-May Yu

Associate Executive Officer:
Ming-Tsair Chan

Board Members:
Jei-Fu Shaw, Ning-Sun Yang and Chi-Ming Liang

Research Topics and Corresponding Group Leader:
(1) Value-added agricultural products (Leader: Jei-Fu Shaw)
	1.	Improvement of flower color and quality or flowering time
	2.	Improvement of market value of agricultural products by bioconversion with genetically engineered enzymes, microorganisms, or plants

(2) Plant stress biology (Leader: Ming-Tsair Chan)
	1.	Improvement of crop tolerance to drought, salt, high/low temperature and resistance to pathogens and insects
	2.	Transgenic orchid plants resistant to pathogen

(3) Plant molecular farming (Leader: Su-May Yu)
	1.	Production of High value, high quality, high safety and low cost industrial enzymes and pharmaceutical proteins in transgenic plants
	2.	Bioconversion of rice straw or alike to renewable resources and energy

(4) Post-harvest biology (Leader: Long-Fang Chen)
	1.	Delaying ripening and aging, and extension of shelf and storage lives, of fruits and vegetables
	2.	Technologies in delaying flower fading

Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Tel: +886-2-27899590 Fax: +886-2-27827954

Updated: 04/11/2006